Arish Mell is a small embayment and beach between Mupe and

Worbarrow Bay Worbarrow Bay is a large broad and shallow bay just to the east of Lulworth Cove on the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England. Location Worbarrow Bay is located about six kilometres south of Wareham and about 16 kilometres west of Swanage. At the ...

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Dorset Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset. Covering an area of , ...

, England and is part of the

Jurassic Coast The Jurassic Coast is a World Heritage Site on the English Channel coast of southern England. It stretches from Exmouth in East Devon to Studland Bay in Dorset, a distance of about , and was inscribed on the World Heritage List in mid-Decembe ...

and the South West Coast Path passes just to the north. It is about due south of Lulworth Castle and

East Lulworth East Lulworth is a village and civil parish nine miles east of Dorchester, near Lulworth Cove, in the county of Dorset, South West England. It consists of 17th-century thatched cottages. The village is now dominated by the barracks of the Royal ...

. The bay is relatively inaccessible because it is within the

Lulworth Ranges The Lulworth Ranges are military firing ranges located between Wareham and Lulworth in Dorset, England. They cover an area of more than , are leased in a rolling contract from the Weld Estate by the Ministry of Defence and are part of the Armoure ...

, an Army tank firing range, and although the Range Walks are open at most weekends and public holidays, there is no public access to the beach and cliffs.

History

Arish Mell was the site of a series discharges pipes carrying effluent from the

Winfrith Winfrith Atomic Energy Establishment, or AEE Winfrith, was a United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority site near Winfrith Newburgh in Dorset. It covered an area on Winfrith Heath to the west of the village of Wool between the A352 road and the Sout ...

Nuclear Power Station into the sea.

Geology

Arish Mell forms a break in the line of chalk hills that form the Purbeck Ridge.

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File:Arish Mell - geograph.org.uk - 161671.jpg, Arish Mell from the east. File:Behind Arish Mell - geograph.org.uk - 1521249.jpg, Behind Arish Mell Isle of Purbeck Bays of Dorset Jurassic Coast {{Dorset-geo-stub

History

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