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Though not actually an island, the ISLE OF PURBECK - a promontory of low hills and heathland jutting out beyond Poole Harbour - does have an insular and distinctive feel. Reached from the east by the ferry from Sandbanks , at the narrow mouth of Poole harbour, or by a long and congested landward journey via the bottleneck of Wareham , Purbeck can be a difficult destination to reach, but its villages are immensely pretty, none more so than Corfe Castle , with its majestic ruins. Swanage , a low-key seaside resort, is flanked by more exciting coastlines, all accessible on the Dorset Coast Path. Like Portland, further west, the area is pockmarked with stone quarries - Purbeck marble is the finest grade of the local oolitic limestone.
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