Thank you for sharing your recent experience of your visit to Lulworth Cove.
The car park, along with the beach café has been a victim of the unusually wet and wild winter.
The car park, which is a natural water course, is due for its annual refurbishment after Easter when the weather is likely to be more settled. It also receives on-going levelling as dictated by the (unpredictable) weather.
Sadly the beach café became unstable during the storms and had to be demolished. We are currently seeking planning consent to rebuild as part of a comprehensive improvement scheme for Lulworth Cove.
In the meantime, the remaining foundation and walls provides support for the adjacent cliff, also made vulnerable by the storms. As an interim measure a suitable screen is being positioned around this site.
The public toilets are owned and managed by Purbeck District Council. We too are disappointed with their condition.
It is worth noting that the Lulworth Estate entirely funds the Lulworth Rangers. Their responsibilities include the Estate’s education service used by many schools and universities, the maintenance of paths and access, not included within Natural England’s Coastal Access Scheme and various environmental and conservation projects running the length of the Lulworth Coastline between Warbarrow Bay and White Nothe. As you will appreciate with more than 600,000 visitors each year, there is much other work to be done.
We hope this goes some way to explain our position and hope you will enjoy future visits to Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door.
