ONE of Dorset’s most famous locations is the latest to benefit from the multi million pound Superfast Dorset broadband partnership.

High-speed fibre broadband is now available to more than 850 households and businesses in Lulworth and Winfrith, which includes Lulworth Castle, Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door.

Lulworth and Winfrith Primary School, like many schools across Dorset, have also benefitted from the fibre broadband rollout.

Superfast Dorset has already made fibre broadband available to more than 80 schools across Dorset.

And work to connect schools to faster and more reliable broadband won’t stop there, with the partnership planning to reach even more schools in the coming months.

The arrival of high-speed broadband was celebrated at Lulworth and Winfrith Primary School, which is on the Lulworth Estate.

Teachers and pupils showed how they are using this exciting new technology provided by Superfast Dorset.

Headteacher Sharon Buckland said: “The arrival of faster broadband is great news. Use of the internet now touches every part of the curriculum with pupils using it every day for everything from interactive exercises on a whiteboard connected to the internet to doing online research for school projects and a variety of other schoolwork.

"Without fast connectivity and speeds there is the risk that children will miss out on what is now an essential learning tool.

"It is also essential to the day to day working of our split site school as both sites rely on a fast connection for administration access.”

Superfast Dorset is funded by the UK Government, Dorset councils and BT.

Deputy leader of Purbeck District Council, Barry Quinn, said: “The Superfast Dorset team are committed to providing 95 per cent of Dorset residents with superfast broadband before the end of the year.

"Residents and businesses, who otherwise would have been left out, will benefit as a result of the scheme.

"As you can see, faster and more reliable broadband helps to ensure more opportunities for all Dorset residents, which will help our county to prosper now and for many years to come.”