Hobarrow Bay is a small secluded southwest-facing bay, with an Oil shale and shingle beach to the southeast of Brandy Bay and to the southwest of Kimmeridge on the south coast of the Isle of Purbeck, in Dorset, England.
Hobarrow Bay is located just over one kilometre southeast of the ghost village Tyneham, about six kilometres south of Wareham and about 15 kilometres west of Swanage. Hobarrow Bay is part of the Jurassic Coast.[1]
Access to Hobarrow Bay is solely possible by foot from the South West Coast Path via Kimmeridge, but admission to the Bay is prohibited. The area around the Bay is owned by the Ministry of Defence (MoD). Lulworth Military Range is part of the Armoured Fighting Vehicles Gunnery School. The 7,500-acre (30 km2) range lies within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and stretches along the coastline between Lulworth Cove to just west of Kimmeridge. Because tanks and Armoured vehicles are used in this area, safety warnings about explosives and unexploded shells are posted around the area by the MoD, visitors are advised to keep to official footpaths and abide to local site notices.[2]