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Worth Matravers Radar

Worth Matravers, Dorset

Where wartime scientists tested radar that changed the war.

From 1940 to 1942, scientists at Worth Matravers on the Purbeck coast developed new radar systems that helped Britain fight night bombers and U-boats. A memorial on the cliffs at St Aldhelm's Head remembers their work.

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When
1940–1942
Where
50.5900, -2.0300
Group
Secret bunkers & war sites

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A radar memorial stands near St Aldhelm's Chapel on the coast path.

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