Eype
Village in Dorset, England
title: "Eype" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-dorset"] description: "Village in Dorset, England" topic_path: "general/villages-in-dorset" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eype" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Village in Dorset, England ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| country | England |
| official_name | Eype |
| static_image_name | Eype beach and cliffs.jpg |
| static_image_caption | Looking west from Eype Mouth |
| coordinates | |
| map_type | Dorset |
| unitary_england | Dorset |
| lieutenancy_england | Dorset |
| region | South West England |
| constituency_westminster | West Dorset |
| os_grid_reference | SY449917 |
| postcode_area | DT |
| dial_code | 01308 |
| postcode_district | DT6 |
| :: |
| country = England | official_name = Eype | static_image_name = Eype beach and cliffs.jpg | static_image_caption = Looking west from Eype Mouth | coordinates = | map_type = Dorset | population = | population_ref = | unitary_england = Dorset | lieutenancy_england = Dorset | region = South West England | constituency_westminster = West Dorset | os_grid_reference = SY449917 | postcode_area = DT | dial_code = 01308 | postcode_district = DT6 Eype ( ) is a small village in southwest Dorset, England, situated 1+1/4 mi southwest of Bridport. It lies on the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site on the English Channel and is within the civil parish of Symondsbury.
Eype means "steep place". Many of the village buildings can be traced back to the late eighteenth or early nineteenth centuries, but little is known in detail until the Victorian era.
To the west of Eype Beach is Golden Cap, the highest cliff on the south coast of England at 191 m above sea level. In 2011 a beach hut at Eype Beach went on the market for £200,000.
A notable resident was the antiques dealer Paul Atterbury.
St Peter's Church is regularly used for art exhibitions, known as Eype Centre for the Arts and was also used to record P.J. Harvey's Mercury prize-winning Let England Shake
The village contains Eype's Mouth Country Hotel, The New Inn (operated by Palmers Brewery), Eype House Caravan and Camping Park and Highlands End Holiday Park.
References
References
- "eype dorset, a delightful village in west dorset". Eype-dorset.co.uk.
- Chris Carson. (11 December 2008). "All change at Eype as railway home goes on the market". bournemouthecho.co.uk.
- "PJ Harvey's Eype Church album to be released".
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