It comprises limestone cottages and farm houses and is built around a pond, which is a regular feature on postcards of the Isle of Purbeck.

[1] The earliest attestation of the name of Worth Matravers occurs in the Domesday Book of 1086, where the settlement was simply called 'Worth' (represented by a range of spellings including Wirde, Orde, and Urda).

[5] In 2004, local fishermen were targeted with a sabotage campaign by the so-called "Lobster Liberation Front", a fringe animal rights group operating in the area.

In September 2006, it was reported that the BBC soap opera EastEnders had been filming in the village for a storyline involving the Wicks family.

This coastline is popular with tourists in the summer months, with the rocky beaches of Winspit, Seacombe and Chapman's Pool situated within walking distance of the village.

[8] The parish formed part of the Purbeck local government district until its replacement by the Dorset unitary authority in April 2019.

[20] It holds an annual week-long stone carving festival and accommodates a small museum exhibiting fossils and other local artefacts.