Purbeck District
| Purbeck District | |
|---|---|
 Location in Dorset |
|
| status | District |
| region | South West England |
| Administration County | Dorset |
| Administrative headquarters | Wareham |
| surface | 404.40 km² |
| Residents | 45,800 |
| ONS code | 19UG |
Until 2019, Purbeck was a district in the county of Dorset in England that was named after the Isle of Purbeck peninsula . The administrative seat was Wareham .
The district was formed on April 1, 1974 and was created from the merger of the Municipal Borough Wareham, the Urban District Swanage and the Rural District Wareham and Purbeck. On April 1, 2019, the district became part of the new Dorset Unitary Authority .
Localities
- Places with more than 2,500 inhabitants are written in bold .
- Acton , Affpuddle , Arne
- Bere Regis , Bloxworth
- Chaldon Herring , Church Knowle , Coombe Keynes , Corfe Castle
- East Lulworth , East Stoke
- Harman's Cross
- Kingston , Kimmeridge
- Langton Matravers , Lytchett Matravers , Lytchett Minster
- Morden , Moreton
- Ridge
- Steeple , Stoborough , Stoborough Green , Studland , Swanage
- Turner's puddle
- Wareham , West Lulworth , Winfrith Newburgh , Wool , Worgret , Worth Matravers
- Upton , Lytchett Minster and Upton
Coordinates: 50 ° 41 ′ N , 2 ° 7 ′ W