Winspit
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Winspit is an old quarry on the cliffs near Worth Matravers in the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England that is no longer in use. More recently it has been used as a set for Doctor Who and Blake's 7.
Winspit until roughly 1940 was used as a stone quarry, producing stone for major buildings in London. However, during World War II it was used as a site for naval and air defences. Since then the caves were open to the public, and were used as the location for the planet Mecron II in an episode of Blake's 7, and in Doctor Who was used in the story The Underwater Menace and then the planet Skaro in the serial Destiny of the Daleks. The quarry is now a lesser known tourist attraction. Although recently the many of Winspit's caves have been closed off for purposes public safety and bat conservation, people still enjoy having picnics there and swimming at the adjacent beach in summer months.
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 NCI St Alban's Head Lookout Station |
 limestone cliffs immediately to the east of St Alban's Head |
 Old Coastguard cottages at St Aldhelm's Head |
 St Aldhelm's Chapel at St Aldhelm's Head |
 Radar research memorial at St Aldhelm's Head |
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