Ridgeway Hill, also referred to as Grange HillBurke, Sir Bernard (1852). A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain, Volume 1, Colburn, London, p. 65.Creech Grange listing at English Heritage website. Accessed on 9 Jun 2013 or Steeple Hill,Steeple Pit - Steeple Hill, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, UK - Places of Geologic Significance on Waymarking.com. Accessed on 8 Jun 2013 is the third highest point of the Purbeck Hills in the county of Dorset standing at , is one of the only hills with a prominence of over a hundred metres, HuMPs, in the county. Near the top of the hill is an 18th-century folly known as Grange Arch, built by the former owner of Creech Grange, Denis Bond.Grange Arch on the Purbeck ridgeway at www.geograph.org.uk. Accessed on 26 May 2013.Grange Arch, Steeple at www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Accessed on 26 May 2013. On the eastern spur of the hill is Stonehill Down which is now a nature reserve. There are also good views of Swyre Head on the Jurassic Coast.
Location
The hill lies about 1¾ miles (2.8 km) from Kimmeridge Bay on Dorset's Jurassic Coast and west of Corfe Castle. The hamlet of Steeple lies at its southern foot. To the west is the better-known, but slightly lower, Povington Hill above the abandoned village of Tyneham. The Lulworth Ranges lies between Ridgeway Hill and the coast.
There is a free car park on the ridgeline west of the summit just off the Grange Hill road known as Steeple Hill Car Park, from where there are panoramic views of the area.
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