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Attraction · Dorset · Updated on 1 November 2026.

Old Harry Rocks in Dorset

Old Harry Rocks is an attraction in Dorset, United Kingdom. This place has a story in the app. Within 160 m you'll find a bench.

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The story

Story · Old Harry Rocks

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You're standing at Handfast Point, on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset. Look out to sea. Those white rocks rising out of the water are Old Harry Rocks. This is where the Jurassic Coast begins, a stretch of shoreline that's a UNESCO World Heritage Site. You're at its very eastern tip.

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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons. In the app you add your own photo when you are there.

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Facilities near Old Harry Rocks

The nearest pitstop of each kind within 1 km, as the crow flies. No water point, public toilet, bike pump or food stand within 1 km.

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