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Ridgeway Hill

Hill in Dorset, England

Field	Value
name	Ridgeway Hill
photo	Ridgeway Hill from Povington Hill 2.JPG
photo_caption	Ridgeway Hill (right) on the Purbeck Ridge, Dorset, seen from Povington Hill to the west
elevation_m	199
elevation_ref
prominence_m	107
prominence_ref
parent_peak	Swyre Head
listing	HuMP
location	Dorset, England
range	Purbeck Hills
coordinates
grid_ref_UK	SY914817
topo	OS Landranger 195

Explorer 15E Ridgeway Hill, also referred to as Grange Hill or Steeple Hill, is the third highest point of the Purbeck Hills in the county of Dorset standing at 199 m, is one of the only hills with a prominence of over a hundred metres, HuMPs, in the county. Near the top of the hill is an 18th-century folly known as Grange Arch, built by the former owner of Creech Grange, Denis Bond. On the eastern spur of the hill is Stonehill Down which is now a nature reserve. There are also good views of Swyre Head on the Jurassic Coast.

Location

The hill lies about 1¾ miles (2.8 km) from Kimmeridge Bay on Dorset's Jurassic Coast and 2.8 mi west of Corfe Castle. The hamlet of Steeple lies at its southern foot. To the west is the better-known, but slightly lower, Povington Hill above the abandoned village of Tyneham. The Lulworth Ranges lies between Ridgeway Hill and the coast.

There is a free car park on the ridgeline west of the summit just off the Grange Hill road known as Steeple Hill Car Park, from where there are panoramic views of the area.

Gallery

File:Ridgeway Hill from Creech Barrow Hill.JPG|The long wooded back of Ridgeway Hill seen from Creech Barrow Hill to the North East File:Ridgeway Hill from footpath to west.JPG|The footpath up the western slope of Ridgeway Hill from the car park

References

[[Ordnance Survey]] 1:50,000 Landranger map series, No. 195.
Jackson, Mark (2009). ''More Relative Hills of Britain'', Marilyn News Centre, UK, p. 168. [http://www.rhb.org.uk/humps/humps_1_1_0c.pdf E-book] {{webarchive. link. (October 12, 2013 .)
Burke, Sir Bernard (1852). ''A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain'', Volume 1, Colburn, London, p. 65.
[http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1000532 ''Creech Grange''] listing at English Heritage website. Accessed on 9 Jun 2013
[http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM5487_Steeple_Pit_Steeple_Hill_Isle_of_Purbeck_Dorset_UK ''Steeple Pit - Steeple Hill, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, UK - Places of Geologic Significance''] on Waymarking.com. Accessed on 8 Jun 2013
[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/221715 ''Grange Arch on the Purbeck ridgeway''] at www.geograph.org.uk. Accessed on 26 May 2013.
[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-108682-grange-arch-steeple-dorset ''Grange Arch, Steeple''] at www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Accessed on 26 May 2013.

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