Spyway Dinosaur Footprints
Visitors find Spyway Dinosaur Footprints, a historic site, 900 m southwest of Langton Matravers. It is cared for by the National Trust. A short trip away is Corfe Castle, 5 km off, the first of 41 within 15 km.
Historic site near Langton Matravers
Just outside Langton Matravers
Spyway Dinosaur Footprints is 900 m southwest of Langton Matravers. Towns near it ↓
Cared for by the National Trust
One of the places the National Trust looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Weather by the month
If warmth matters, go June to September: Langton Matravers reaches 19–21°C.
Spyway Dinosaur Footprints
Historic site.
It is run by National Trust.
- Type
- Historic site
- Run by
- National Trust
- Town
- 900 m southwest of Langton Matravers
- Official site
- dorset-nl.org.uk/location/spyway
Map of Spyway Dinosaur Footprints and nearby
Orange is Spyway Dinosaur Footprints; numbered in green, the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns that list Spyway Dinosaur Footprints
By population, Swanage leads the 5 with 9,115. Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.
Langton Matravers
Worth Matravers
Harman's Cross
Swanage
Compare the 5 towns
| Town | Where Spyway Dinosaur Footprints is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Langton Matravers | 900 m northeast of it | 868 | 23 |
| Worth Matravers | 1 km west of it | 260 | 14 |
| Harman's Cross | 1.9 km north of it | 404 | 23 |
| Swanage | 2.2 km east of it | 9,115 | 21 |
| Corfe Castle | 3.7 km northwest of it | 890 | 17 |
After Spyway Dinosaur Footprints
Within 15 km you can add 3 castles, 2 museums and a heritage railway.
Castle · National TrustCorfe Castle5 km away · 190K visitors a year (2010)2
Heritage railwaySwanage Railway3 km away3
CastleBrownsea Castle11 km away4
Castle · English HeritageLulworth Castle14 km away5
MuseumPurbeck Mining Museum5.7 km away6
MuseumSwanage Museum & Heritage Centre4.6 km away7Park or estatePark or estate · National TrustNational Trust - Purbeck700 m away8AttractionAttraction · National TrustNorman's Quarry1 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
What people ask about Spyway Dinosaur Footprints
Where is Spyway Dinosaur Footprints?
Spyway Dinosaur Footprints is 900 m southwest of Langton Matravers, Dorset.
What is Spyway Dinosaur Footprints?
Historic site.
Who runs Spyway Dinosaur Footprints?
National Trust, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.
When is the best time to visit Spyway Dinosaur Footprints?
June to September are the warmest months in Langton Matravers, with afternoon highs of 19–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Spyway Dinosaur Footprints?
Within 15 km: Corfe Castle (5 km), Swanage Railway (3 km), Brownsea Castle (11 km) and Lulworth Castle (14 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (6)
- Corfe Castle: Albany E. Howarth, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Swanage Railway: LordHarris at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brownsea Castle: Iain A. Wanless, https://www.flickr.com/photos/reemul/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lulworth Castle: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Purbeck Mining Museum: John Rowley, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Swanage Museum & Heritage Centre: Nicholas Mutton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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