{"id":5321,"date":"2015-03-08T16:47:12","date_gmt":"2015-03-08T16:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/?page_id=73"},"modified":"2025-10-06T17:16:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T16:16:29","slug":"worbarrow-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/worbarrow-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"Worbarrow Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Worbarrow Bay Revisited<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Worbarrow Bay, Dorset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I first visited Warbarrow Bay near Lulworth Cove back in 1996 as a Field Researcher for the Defence of Britain Project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At that time I documented many of the WWII defences that lay around the edge of the bay and when Tim Denton suggested a joint revisit I jumped at the chance to examine the nearby deserted wartime Tyneham village and the remaining Worbarrow defences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allen-Williams Turret now located outside the boundary of the Lulworth Tank Ranges. However, it is now used as a rubbish bin!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 Remains of a Type 25 Pillbox on the northern side of the bay.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Dragons Teeth At Warbarrow Tout.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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by Graham G Matthews
Photos: Tim Denton & Graham G Matthews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Worbarrow Bay Revisited Worbarrow Bay, Dorset. I first visited Warbarrow Bay near Lulworth Cove back in 1996 as a Field Researcher for the Defence of Britain Project. At that time I documented many of the WWII defences that lay around the edge of the bay and when Tim Denton suggested a joint revisit I jumped […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6200,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,3],"tags":[126],"class_list":["post-5321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dorset","category-england","tag-worbarrow","czr-hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t