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Purbeck District
Purbeck
Shown within Dorset
Geography
Status:District
Region:South West England
Admin. Dorset ( (or archaically, Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England, with only one South West England is one of the Regions of England. It is the largest such region in terms of area and extends from Gloucestershire and Wiltshire to County:Dorset
Area:
- Total		Ranked 117th
404.40 km²
Admin. Dorset ( (or archaically, Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast Surface area is the measure of how much exposed Area an object has This is a list of Districts of England ordered by area. The areas given are calculated from the Output Areas created for Census 2001 and made available To help compare different Orders of magnitude and geographical regions we list here areas between 100 km² and 1000 km² Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of HQ:Wareham
ONS code:19UG
Demographics
Population:
- Total (2006 est. Wareham is a historic Market town and under the name Wareham Town, a Civil parish, in the English county of Dorset. The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating Census and other statistical data In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology )
- Density		Ranked 344th
45,200
112 / km²
Ethnicity:98. The density of a material is defined as its Mass per unit Volume: \rho = \frac{m}{V} Different materials usually have different The figures are mid-year estimates for 2007 from the Office for National Statistics. 8% White
Politics
Purbeck District Council
http://www.purbeck-dc.gov.uk/
Leadership:Leader & Cabinet
Executive:TBA (council NOC)
MPs:Annette Brooke, Jim Knight

Purbeck is a local government district in Dorset, England. The pattern of local government in England is complex with the distribution of functions varying according to the local arrangements Within the context of Local councils of the United Kingdom the term No Overall Control (abbreviated to NOC refers to a situation in which no single party achieves Composition Graphical representation of the House of Commons This is a comparison of the party strengths in the British House of Commons Annette Lesley Brooke (born 7 June 1947 is a British Politician. James Knight known as Jim Knight (born 6 March 1965, Sidcup) is a British politician for the Labour Party who has been Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially ' shire districts', are a type of local government district in England. Dorset ( (or archaically, Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The district is named after the Isle of Purbeck, a peninsula that forms a large proportion of the district's area. The Isle of Purbeck, not a true island but a Peninsula, is in the county of Dorset, England. A peninsula is a piece of land that is nearly surrounded by Water but connected to Mainland via an Isthmus. However the district extends significantly further north and west than the traditional boundary of the Isle of Purbeck along the River Frome. The River Frome (fruːm is a River in Dorset in the south of England. The district council is based in the town of Wareham, which is itself north of the River Frome. Wareham is a historic Market town and under the name Wareham Town, a Civil parish, in the English county of Dorset.

The district was formed under the Local Government Act 1972 on 1 April 1974, from the former municipal borough of Wareham, Swanage urban district and Wareham and Purbeck Rural District. The Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c 70 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, that reformed local government in England and Wales Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Municipal boroughs were a type of Local government which existed in England and Wales between 1835 and 1974 in Northern Ireland from 1840 to Swanage is a small coastal Town in the south east of Dorset, England. In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, an urban district was a type of Local government district that covered an Urbanised area

Its name is recorded in 948 AD as Anglo-Saxon Purbicinga = "of the people of Purbic", where Purbic may be a former Celtic name, or may contain a supposed Anglo-Saxon word *pur = "male lamb".

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Settlements

Settlements with a population over 2,500 are in bold. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology

Places of interest

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Affpuddle is a small Village and Civil parish in the Purbeck district of Dorset in South West England; situated 11 miles east of Arne is a large Village and Civil parish in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England; situated 4 miles west of Wareham. Bere Regis is a large Village in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England; situated 6 miles north-west of Wareham. Bloxworth is a village in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England, situated in Wareham Forest on the A35 road 5 Miles west Chaldon Herring or East Chaldon is a village in the Purbeck district of the county of the English county of Dorset. Church Knowle is a village in Dorset, England, situated near Corfe Castle on the Isle of Purbeck, two Miles south of Wareham Coombe Keynes is a hamlet in the Purbeck district of the English county of Dorset. Corfe Castle is a Village, Civil parish and ruined Castle, in the English county of Dorset. East Lulworth is a hamlet in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England, consisting of 17th century Thatched cottages and situated nine miles east Harman's Cross is a Village in the English county of Dorset. It is situated on the A351 road between Swanage and Corfe Castle Kingston is a Village in the English county of Dorset, situated about one Mile south of Corfe Castle on the Isle of Purbeck Kimmeridge is a small village in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England, situated on the English Channel Coast. Langton Matravers is a village in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England, just outside Swanage. Lytchett Matravers is a large village in the Purbeck district of south Dorset, England. Lytchett Minster is a small Village in the English county of Dorset. Morden is a village in south Dorset, England, situated in the Purbeck district six Miles north west of Poole. Moreton is a village in Dorset, England, situated on the River Frome eight Miles east of Dorchester. Ridge is a Village in the English county of Dorset. It is situated on the south bank of the River Frome, about half a Mile due south Steeple is a hamlet in the Purbeck district of the English county of Dorset. Stoborough is a village in the English county of Dorset. It is situated immediately to the south of the town of Wareham, and separated from it by the Stoborough Green is a village in the English county of Dorset. Studland is a small village on the Isle of Purbeck in the English county of Dorset. Swanage is a small coastal Town in the south east of Dorset, England. Turners Puddle is a hamlet in Dorset, England, situated on the River Piddle in the Purbeck district seven Miles north west of Wareham is a historic Market town and under the name Wareham Town, a Civil parish, in the English county of Dorset. West Lulworth is a village in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England, situated on the English Channel Coast beside Lulworth Winfrith Newburgh is a village in the Purbeck district of the English county of Dorset. Wool is a village in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England. Worgret is a Village in the English county of Dorset. It is situated immediately to the west of the town of Wareham. Worth Matravers is a Village and Civil parish in the English county of Dorset. Upton is an small town in south east Dorset, England. It is the second largest town in Purbeck behind Swanage. Lytchett Minster and Upton is a Civil parish in the English county of Dorset. Ballard Down is an area of Chalk Downland in Dorset, southern England. The Blue Pool is a lake in the Furzebrook Estate a park of Heath woodland and Gorse near Furzebrook in Dorset, England. Brownsea Island is the largest of the Islands in Poole Harbour in the county of Dorset, England. Chapman's Pool is a small cove to the west of Worth Matravers in Dorset, England, and is part of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Clouds Hill is an isolated cottage near Wareham in the county of Dorset in South West England. Corfe Castle is a Village, Civil parish and ruined Castle, in the English county of Dorset. Dancing Ledge is part of the Jurassic Coast near Langton Matravers in the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England. Durdle Door (sometimes spelled Durdle Dor) is a natural Limestone arch on the Jurassic Coast near Lulworth in Dorset, Durlston Country Park is a 113 square kilometre (280- Acre) Nature reserve stretched along the Coast of the Isle of Purbeck near Swanage The Jurassic Coast is a World Heritage Site on the English Channel coast of southern England. A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex Lulworth Castle, in East Lulworth, Dorset, situated south of Wool, is 17th century Castle -like stone building that serves as a Museum Lulworth Cove is a Cove near the village of West Lulworth, on the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site in Dorset, south England Kimmeridge is a small village in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England, situated on the English Channel Coast. Nine Barrow Down is an elongated hill forming the northern ridge of the Purbeck Hills on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England. Old Harry Rocks are Chalk stacks located directly east of Studland and to the north of Swanage in Dorset. Poole Harbour is a large natural Harbour in Dorset, southern England, with the town of Poole on its shores The South West Coast Path is Britain's longest waymarked long-distance footpath and a National Trail. St Alban's Head (also known as St Aldhelm's Head is located five kilometres southwest of Swanage, on the coast of Dorset, England. Studland is a small village on the Isle of Purbeck in the English county of Dorset. The Swanage Railway is a six Mile -long Heritage railway in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England. Swyre Head is the highest point of the Purbeck Hills and the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, on the south coast of England. Tyneham is a ghost village in south Dorset, England, near Lulworth on the Isle of Purbeck. Wareham Forest is a large Coniferous Plantation beside the A35 road near Wareham, between Poole and Dorchester, in Winspit is an old quarry on the cliffs near Worth Matravers in the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England that is no longer in use Wytch Farm is an Oil field and processing facility in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England. Purbeck Marble is a Fossiliferous Limestone quarried in the Isle of Purbeck, a Peninsula in south-east Dorset, England Purbeck Ball Clay is a concentration of Ball clay found on the Isle of Purbeck in the English county of Dorset.
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