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It stretches from <a href="/wiki/Exmouth" title="Exmouth">Exmouth</a> in <a href="/wiki/East_Devon" title="East Devon">East Devon</a> to <a href="/wiki/Studland" title="Studland">Studland Bay</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dorset" title="Dorset">Dorset</a>, a distance of about 96 miles (154 km), and was inscribed on the World Heritage List in mid-December 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The site spans 185 million years of geological history, <a href="/wiki/Coastal_erosion" title="Coastal erosion">coastal erosion</a> having exposed an almost continuous sequence of rock formation covering the <a href="/wiki/Triassic" title="Triassic">Triassic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jurassic" title="Jurassic">Jurassic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cretaceous" title="Cretaceous">Cretaceous</a> periods. At different times, this area has been desert, shallow tropical sea and marsh, and the <a href="/wiki/Fossil" title="Fossil">fossilised</a> remains of the various creatures that lived there have been preserved in the rocks. </p><p>Natural features seen on this stretch of coast include <a href="/wiki/Natural_arch" title="Natural arch">arches</a>, pinnacles and stack rocks. In some places the sea has broken through resistant rocks to produce <a href="/wiki/Cove" title="Cove">coves</a> with restricted entrances and, in one place, the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Portland" title="Isle of Portland">Isle of Portland</a> is connected to the land by a <a href="/wiki/Chesil_Beach" title="Chesil Beach">barrier beach</a>. In some parts of the coast, <a href="/wiki/Landslide" title="Landslide">landslides</a> are common. These have exposed a wide range of fossils, the different rock types each having its own typical fauna and flora, thus providing evidence of how animals and plants evolved in this region. </p><p>The area around <a href="/wiki/Lulworth_Cove" title="Lulworth Cove">Lulworth Cove</a> contains a <a href="/wiki/Fossil_Forest,_Dorset" title="Fossil Forest, Dorset">fossil forest</a>, and 71 different rock strata have been identified at <a href="/wiki/Lyme_Regis" title="Lyme Regis">Lyme Regis</a>, each with its own species of <a href="/wiki/Ammonite" class="mw-redirect" title="Ammonite">ammonite</a>. The fossil collector <a href="/wiki/Mary_Anning" title="Mary Anning">Mary Anning</a> lived here and her major discoveries of marine reptiles and other fossils were made at a time when the study of <a href="/wiki/Palaeontology" class="mw-redirect" title="Palaeontology">palaeontology</a> was just starting to develop. The <a href="/wiki/Charmouth_Heritage_Coast_Centre" title="Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre">Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre</a> provides information on the heritage coast, and the whole length of the site can be visited via the <a href="/wiki/South_West_Coast_Path" title="South West Coast Path">South West Coast Path</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_Heritage_Site">World Heritage Site</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jurassic_Coast&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: World Heritage Site"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Jurassic Coast stretches from <a href="/wiki/Orcombe_Point" title="Orcombe Point">Orcombe Point</a> near <a href="/wiki/Exmouth" title="Exmouth">Exmouth</a> in <a href="/wiki/East_Devon" title="East Devon">East Devon</a> to <a href="/wiki/Old_Harry_Rocks" title="Old Harry Rocks">Old Harry Rocks</a> near <a href="/wiki/Swanage" title="Swanage">Swanage</a> in East <a href="/wiki/Dorset" title="Dorset">Dorset</a>, a distance of 96 miles (154 km). Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2001, the Jurassic Coast was the first wholly natural World Heritage Site to be designated in the United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-UNESCO_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNESCO-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At Orcombe Point, the "Geoneedle" (2002), an acute pyramidal sculpture, marks the western end of the heritage site; this is built out of fragments of the different types of rocks to be seen along the coast.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The UNESCO World Heritage Committee nomination document lists eight segments of coast included in the site.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The segments are: </p> <ul><li>from Orcombe Rocks to Chit Rocks, <a href="/wiki/Sidmouth" title="Sidmouth">Sidmouth</a></li> <li>from <a href="/wiki/River_Sid" title="River Sid">River Sid</a>, Sidmouth to <a href="/wiki/Seaton,_Devon" title="Seaton, Devon">Seaton</a> Hole</li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/Axmouth_to_Lyme_Regis_Undercliff" class="mw-redirect" title="Axmouth to Lyme Regis Undercliff">Axmouth to Lyme Regis Undercliff</a>, from the mouth of the <a href="/wiki/River_Axe_(Lyme_Bay)" title="River Axe (Lyme Bay)">River Axe</a> to <a href="/wiki/The_Cobb" class="mw-redirect" title="The Cobb">The Cobb</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lyme_Regis" title="Lyme Regis">Lyme Regis</a></li> <li>from Lyme Regis to <a href="/wiki/West_Bay,_Dorset" title="West Bay, Dorset">West Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesil_Beach" title="Chesil Beach">Chesil Beach</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Lagoon" class="mw-redirect" title="Fleet Lagoon">Fleet Lagoon</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Portland" title="Isle of Portland">Isle of Portland</a> Coast</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portland_Harbour" title="Portland Harbour">Portland Harbour</a> Shore</li> <li>from <a href="/wiki/Bowleaze_Cove" title="Bowleaze Cove">Bowleaze Cove</a> to <a href="/wiki/Peveril_Point" title="Peveril Point">Peveril Point</a></li> <li>from New <a href="/wiki/Swanage" title="Swanage">Swanage</a> to <a href="/wiki/Studland" title="Studland">Studland</a> Bay</li></ul> <p>The cliffs on this part of the coast are being eroded as sections crumble away and landslides occur. These processes reveal successive layers of sedimentary rock, uncovering the geological history at the modern coastline over a period of 185 million years, and disclosing an almost continuous sequence of rock formations covering the <a href="/wiki/Triassic" title="Triassic">Triassic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jurassic" title="Jurassic">Jurassic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cretaceous" title="Cretaceous">Cretaceous</a> periods.<sup id="cite_ref-Whatis_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whatis-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fossils found in the area and the coastal geomorphologic features of this dynamic coast, have advanced the study of earth sciences for more than two hundred years. The area covered by the designation comprises the land between the mean low water mark and the top of the cliffs or the back of the beach.<sup id="cite_ref-Whatis_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whatis-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The fossils found in abundance along this coastline provide evidence of how animals and plants evolved in this region. During the Triassic this area was a desert, while in the Jurassic it was part of a tropical sea, and in the Cretaceous it was covered by swamps. The fossilised remains of the animals and plants that lived in those periods are very well preserved, providing a wealth of information on their body shapes, the way they died and even the fossilised remains of their last meals. Fossil groups found here include <a href="/wiki/Crustacean" title="Crustacean">crustaceans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Insect" title="Insect">insects</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mollusca" title="Mollusca">molluscs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Echinoderm" title="Echinoderm">echinoderms</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fish" title="Fish">fish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amphibian" title="Amphibian">amphibians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reptile" title="Reptile">reptiles</a> and a few <a href="/wiki/Mammal" title="Mammal">mammals</a>. At <a href="/wiki/Lulworth_Cove" title="Lulworth Cove">Lulworth Cove</a> there is a fossil forest of <a href="/wiki/Pinophyta" class="mw-redirect" title="Pinophyta">conifers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cyatheales" title="Cyatheales">tree-ferns</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cycad" title="Cycad">cycads</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jurassic_Coast&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:070329jad_ukdor_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/070329jad_ukdor_01.jpg/220px-070329jad_ukdor_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/070329jad_ukdor_01.jpg/330px-070329jad_ukdor_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/070329jad_ukdor_01.jpg/440px-070329jad_ukdor_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="509" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lyme_Bay" title="Lyme Bay">Lyme Bay</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CoastalrockintheJurassi_Coast_DorsetEngland22263892945298045725812.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/CoastalrockintheJurassi_Coast_DorsetEngland22263892945298045725812.jpg/220px-CoastalrockintheJurassi_Coast_DorsetEngland22263892945298045725812.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/CoastalrockintheJurassi_Coast_DorsetEngland22263892945298045725812.jpg/330px-CoastalrockintheJurassi_Coast_DorsetEngland22263892945298045725812.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/CoastalrockintheJurassi_Coast_DorsetEngland22263892945298045725812.jpg/440px-CoastalrockintheJurassi_Coast_DorsetEngland22263892945298045725812.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1194" data-file-height="672" /></a><figcaption>Coastal rock on the Jurassic Coast</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Durdle_Door_Overview.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Durdle_Door_Overview.jpg/220px-Durdle_Door_Overview.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Durdle_Door_Overview.jpg/330px-Durdle_Door_Overview.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Durdle_Door_Overview.jpg/440px-Durdle_Door_Overview.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3996" data-file-height="2616" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Durdle_Door" title="Durdle Door">Durdle Door</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PortlandCoast.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/PortlandCoast.JPG/220px-PortlandCoast.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/PortlandCoast.JPG/330px-PortlandCoast.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/PortlandCoast.JPG/440px-PortlandCoast.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>The Jurassic limestones on the Isle of Portland have been extensively quarried.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Jurassic Coast consists of <a href="/wiki/Triassic" title="Triassic">Triassic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jurassic" title="Jurassic">Jurassic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cretaceous" title="Cretaceous">Cretaceous</a> cliffs, spanning the <a href="/wiki/Mesozoic" title="Mesozoic">Mesozoic</a>, documenting 185 million years of <a href="/wiki/Geology" title="Geology">geological</a> history. The site can be best viewed from the sea, when the dipping nature of the rock strata becomes apparent.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In East Devon, the coastal cliffs consist of steep cliffs of red sandstone from the Triassic, and at <a href="/wiki/Budleigh_Salterton" title="Budleigh Salterton">Budleigh Salterton</a>, the gravel cliffs contain red <a href="/wiki/Quartzite" title="Quartzite">quartzite</a> pebbles which accumulate on the beach below as Budleigh pebbles, locally protected.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further east at <a href="/wiki/Ladram_Bay" title="Ladram Bay">Ladram Bay</a>, more sandstone cliffs give rise to spectacular red sandstone stacks. </p><p>Around <a href="/wiki/Lyme_Regis" title="Lyme Regis">Lyme Regis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charmouth" title="Charmouth">Charmouth</a> the cliffs are of Jurassic clays and shale, and landslips are common. <a href="/wiki/Chesil_Beach" title="Chesil Beach">Chesil Beach</a> is a good example of a <a href="/wiki/Barrier_beach" class="mw-redirect" title="Barrier beach">barrier beach</a> and stretches for 18 miles (29 km) from <a href="/wiki/Burton_Bradstock" title="Burton Bradstock">Burton Bradstock</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Portland" title="Isle of Portland">Isle of Portland</a>. The beach encloses an intertidal lagoon which is an internationally important <a href="/wiki/Ramsar_Convention" title="Ramsar Convention">Ramsar Convention</a> site known for its <a href="/wiki/Biodiversity" title="Biodiversity">biodiversity</a>. </p><p>At <a href="/wiki/Lulworth_Cove" title="Lulworth Cove">Lulworth Cove</a>, the waves have cut their way through the resistant <a href="/wiki/Portland_stone" title="Portland stone">Portland stone</a> and created a horseshoe-shaped cove by eroding the softer sands and clays behind. Another feature of this part of the coast is <a href="/wiki/Durdle_Door" title="Durdle Door">Durdle Door</a>, a natural arch. <a href="/wiki/Sea_stack" class="mw-redirect" title="Sea stack">Sea stacks</a> and pinnacles, such as <a href="/wiki/Old_Harry_Rocks" title="Old Harry Rocks">Old Harry Rocks</a> at Handfast Point, have been formed by erosion of the chalk cliffs.<sup id="cite_ref-RGS_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The highest point on the Jurassic Coast, and on the entire south coast of Britain, is <a href="/wiki/Golden_Cap" title="Golden Cap">Golden Cap</a> at 627 ft (191 m) between Bridport and Charmouth.<sup id="cite_ref-Turnbull_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Turnbull-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This coast shows excellent examples of landforms, including the <a href="/wiki/Natural_arch" title="Natural arch">natural arch</a> at Durdle Door, the <a href="/wiki/Cove" title="Cove">cove</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fold_(geology)" title="Fold (geology)">limestone folding</a> at Lulworth Cove and a <a href="/wiki/Tied_island" title="Tied island">tied island</a>, the Isle of Portland. Chesil Beach is a fine example of both a <a href="/wiki/Tombolo" title="Tombolo">tombolo</a> (a deposition landform in which an island is attached to the mainland by a narrow piece of land such as a spit or bar) and a <a href="/wiki/Storm_beach" title="Storm beach">storm beach</a> (a beach affected by particularly fierce waves). The site has stretches of both <a href="/wiki/Concordant_coastline" title="Concordant coastline">concordant</a> and <a href="/wiki/Discordant_coastline" title="Discordant coastline">discordant</a> coastlines. Due to the quality of the varied geology, the site is the subject of international <a href="/wiki/Field_study" class="mw-redirect" title="Field study">field studies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Edwards_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Edwards-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The many sedimentary layers on this coastline are rich with fossils, the remains of the animals and plants present in the area whose tissues became immersed in deposits of mud which later hardened into rock. At <a href="/wiki/Lyme_Regis" title="Lyme Regis">Lyme Regis</a>, for example, geologists have identified 71 layers of rock, each one containing fossils of a different species of ammonite.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jurassic_Coast&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the end of the 18th century <a href="/wiki/Georges_Cuvier" title="Georges Cuvier">Georges Cuvier</a> showed that some fossil animals resembled no living ones, thus demonstrating that animals could become <a href="/wiki/Extinction" title="Extinction">extinct</a>; this led to the emergence of <a href="/wiki/Palaeontology" class="mw-redirect" title="Palaeontology">palaeontology</a>, the study of fossils.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The coasts of eastern Devon and western Dorset were rich in fossil beds, but before this time the fossils had merely been gathered as a pastime or collected by local residents and sold to visitors as curios. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Mary_Anning" title="Mary Anning">Mary Anning</a> (1799–1847) lived in <a href="/wiki/Lyme_Regis" title="Lyme Regis">Lyme Regis</a> and followed in her father's footsteps as a collector. She became an expert on the fossils to be found in the <a href="/wiki/Blue_Lias" title="Blue Lias">Blue Lias</a> around the town and discovered the first complete <a href="/wiki/Ichthyosaur" class="mw-redirect" title="Ichthyosaur">Ichthyosaur</a> skeleton at <a href="/wiki/The_Spittles" title="The Spittles">The Spittles</a>. Other important discoveries of ichthyosaurs, <a href="/wiki/Plesiosauria" class="mw-redirect" title="Plesiosauria">plesiosaurs</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Pterosaur" title="Pterosaur">pterosaur</a> followed, as well as invertebrates such as <a href="/wiki/Cephalopod" title="Cephalopod">cephalopods</a> and their ink sacs.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> several sections of the Jurassic Coast became the property of the <a href="/wiki/War_Office" title="War Office">Ministry of War</a>. One of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a>'s largest bases was at <a href="/wiki/Portland_Harbour" title="Portland Harbour">Portland Harbour</a>, though it has since closed. A major army base at <a href="/wiki/Bovington" class="mw-redirect" title="Bovington">Bovington</a> remains in use today. Large areas of land, including the coast between <a href="/wiki/Lulworth_Cove" title="Lulworth Cove">Lulworth Cove</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kimmeridge" title="Kimmeridge">Kimmeridge</a>, are still only partially accessible; this includes the ghost village of <a href="/wiki/Tyneham" title="Tyneham">Tyneham</a> which was evacuated after being requisitioned by the army in 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Areas of the coast near Exmouth, <a href="/wiki/The_Fleet_Lagoon" class="mw-redirect" title="The Fleet Lagoon">The Fleet Lagoon</a> at <a href="/wiki/Weymouth,_Dorset" title="Weymouth, Dorset">Weymouth</a> and the beaches at <a href="/wiki/Studland" title="Studland">Studland</a> have also been used for military training but have since been returned to civilian use. </p><p>Parts of the coast, especially around Portland, can be dangerous, and shipwrecks have been a feature of the coast. In January 2007 the coast experienced its most environmentally damaging wreck when the <a href="/wiki/MSC_Napoli" title="MSC Napoli">MSC <i>Napoli</i></a>, a 2,400 capacity container ship, was beached at <a href="/wiki/Branscombe" title="Branscombe">Branscombe</a> near <a href="/wiki/Sidmouth" title="Sidmouth">Sidmouth</a>, losing oil and cargo.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Management_and_access">Management and access</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jurassic_Coast&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Management and access"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jurassic_Coast_west_of_St_Aldhelm%27s_Head.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Jurassic_Coast_west_of_St_Aldhelm%27s_Head.JPG/220px-Jurassic_Coast_west_of_St_Aldhelm%27s_Head.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Jurassic_Coast_west_of_St_Aldhelm%27s_Head.JPG/330px-Jurassic_Coast_west_of_St_Aldhelm%27s_Head.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Jurassic_Coast_west_of_St_Aldhelm%27s_Head.JPG/440px-Jurassic_Coast_west_of_St_Aldhelm%27s_Head.JPG 2x" data-file-width="5170" data-file-height="3446" /></a><figcaption>The Jurassic Coast west of <a href="/wiki/St_Aldhelm%27s_Head" class="mw-redirect" title="St Aldhelm's Head">St Aldhelm's Head</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The Jurassic Coast is subject to severe weather conditions at times. Violent storms occurred in 1824 and 1974, and these and various lesser storms have battered the cliffs and caused flooding and structural damage in coastal towns. The coast is largely an eroding landscape and management of the site aims to allow the natural processes of erosion to continue while protecting people and property.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coastal defences have been put in place in Charmouth and Weymouth, where houses are at risk, but in other places, where the coastline remains in a natural state, the management policy is to take no action and allow erosion to take its course.<sup id="cite_ref-RGS_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Charmouth_Heritage_Coast_Centre" title="Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre">Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre</a> is an independent educational charity situated near the beach in Charmouth; it provides information and displays on the geology of the area and the wildlife, including a large collection of fossils and a rockpool aquarium. Family fossil-hunting trips are organised from here as well as other events and activities related to the geology and natural history of the area.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The entire length of the coast can be walked on the <a href="/wiki/South_West_Coast_Path" title="South West Coast Path">South West Coast Path</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SWCP_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SWCP-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Landslip" class="mw-redirect" title="Landslip">Landslips</a> and rockfalls are a continuing feature of the evolution of this coast. On 6 May 2008, a 1,300 ft (400 m) section of the coast was dramatically re-shaped after a landslip that was described as the worst in 100 years.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There was a fatality in 2012 when 400 tonnes (390 long tons) of rock fell onto the beach at <a href="/wiki/Burton_Bradstock" title="Burton Bradstock">Burton Bradstock</a><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and another cliff fall took place in 2016 at <a href="/wiki/West_Bay,_Dorset" title="West Bay, Dorset">West Bay</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Bridport" title="Bridport">Bridport</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There was a further cliff collapse at Hive Beach near the village of <a href="/wiki/Burton_Bradstock" title="Burton Bradstock">Burton Bradstock</a> shortly before dawn on 29 August 2020 after prolonged rain fall. The public were warned to stay clear of the unstable rocks.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 15 April 2021, a further collapse occurred. The collapse was described as being the biggest UK rockfall in 60 years.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jurassic_Coast&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Full <a href="/wiki/List_of_places_on_the_Jurassic_Coast" title="List of places on the Jurassic Coast">list of places on the Jurassic Coast</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jurassic_Coast&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/143/">"World Heritage Committee Inscribes 31 New Sites on the World Heritage List"</a>. 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Amberley Publishing Limited. p. 86. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4456-1922-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4456-1922-4"><bdi>978-1-4456-1922-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Jurassic+Coast%3A+Britain%27s+Heritage+Coast&rft.pages=86&rft.pub=Amberley+Publishing+Limited&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=978-1-4456-1922-4&rft.au=Harris%2C+Paul&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DhSH8AwAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPT86&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJurassic+Coast" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>BBC News</i>, 2007. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/6283455.stm">Stricken cargo ship run aground</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070227170728/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/6283455.stm">Archived</a> 27 February 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSue_Paz2012" class="citation web cs1">Sue Paz (6 October 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-19814685">"Jurassic Coast: Safeguarding Dorset's eroding coastline"</a>. <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212213331/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-19814685">Archived</a> from the original on 12 December 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 August</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=South+West+Coast+Path&rft.atitle=The+Official+Guide+to+the+SWCP&rft.date=2004&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.southwestcoastpath.com%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJurassic+Coast" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>BBC News</i>, 2008. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/dorset/7386923.stm">Landslip is 'worst in 100 years'</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080510214608/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/dorset/7386923.stm">Archived</a> 10 May 2008 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-20756703">"Cliff landslip death: Charlotte Blackman '10ft from safety'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>. 18 December 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 August</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Large+rockfall+at+West+Bay+on+Jurassic+Coast&rft.date=2016-08-17&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fuk-news%2F2016%2Faug%2F17%2Flarge-rock-fall-jurassic-coast-west-bay-dorset&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJurassic+Coast" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-53958154">"Jurassic Coast cliff fall: Warnings after cliff collapse at Hive Beach"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>. 29 August 2020. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200829124221/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-53958154">Archived</a> from the original on 29 August 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 April</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Jurassic+Coast+cliff+collapses+in+biggest+UK+rockfall+for+60+years&rft.date=2021-04-15&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fenvironment%2F2021%2Fapr%2F15%2Fjurassic-coast-cliff-collapses-in-biggest-uk-rockfall-for-60-years&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJurassic+Coast" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jurassic_Coast&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrunsden2003" class="citation book cs1">Brunsden, Denys, ed. (2003). <i>A Walk Through Time: The Official Guide to the Jurassic Coast</i>. Coastal Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9544845-0-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9544845-0-7"><bdi>978-0-9544845-0-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Walk+Through+Time%3A+The+Official+Guide+to+the+Jurassic+Coast&rft.pub=Coastal+Publishing&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=978-0-9544845-0-7&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJurassic+Coast" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jurassic_Coast&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output 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<span class="fn org region"><a href="/wiki/Devon" title="Devon">Devon</a></span></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><i><a href="/wiki/Portal:Devon" title="Portal:Devon">Devon Portal</a></i></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unitary authorities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth" title="Plymouth">Plymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torbay" title="Torbay">Torbay</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Boroughs or districts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Devon" title="East Devon">East Devon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exeter" title="Exeter">Exeter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_Devon" title="Mid Devon">Mid Devon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Devon" title="North Devon">North Devon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Hams" title="South Hams">South Hams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teignbridge" title="Teignbridge">Teignbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torridge_District" title="Torridge District">Torridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Devon" title="West Devon">West Devon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Major settlements<br />(cities in italics)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashburton,_Devon" title="Ashburton, Devon">Ashburton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Axminster" title="Axminster">Axminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bampton,_Devon" title="Bampton, Devon">Bampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnstaple" title="Barnstaple">Barnstaple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bideford" title="Bideford">Bideford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bovey_Tracey" title="Bovey Tracey">Bovey Tracey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brixham" title="Brixham">Brixham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buckfastleigh" title="Buckfastleigh">Buckfastleigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Budleigh_Salterton" title="Budleigh Salterton">Budleigh Salterton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chagford" title="Chagford">Chagford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chudleigh" title="Chudleigh">Chudleigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chulmleigh" title="Chulmleigh">Chulmleigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colyton,_Devon" title="Colyton, Devon">Colyton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crediton" title="Crediton">Crediton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cullompton" title="Cullompton">Cullompton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dartmouth,_Devon" title="Dartmouth, Devon">Dartmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dawlish" title="Dawlish">Dawlish</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Exeter" title="Exeter">Exeter</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exmouth" title="Exmouth">Exmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Torrington" title="Great Torrington">Great Torrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatherleigh" title="Hatherleigh">Hatherleigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holsworthy" title="Holsworthy">Holsworthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honiton" title="Honiton">Honiton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilfracombe" title="Ilfracombe">Ilfracombe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivybridge" title="Ivybridge">Ivybridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingsbridge" title="Kingsbridge">Kingsbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingsteignton" title="Kingsteignton">Kingsteignton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynton" title="Lynton">Lynton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moretonhampstead" title="Moretonhampstead">Moretonhampstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton_Abbot" title="Newton Abbot">Newton Abbot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Tawton" title="North Tawton">North Tawton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northam,_Devon" title="Northam, Devon">Northam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okehampton" title="Okehampton">Okehampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottery_St_Mary" title="Ottery St Mary">Ottery St Mary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paignton" title="Paignton">Paignton</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Plymouth" title="Plymouth">Plymouth</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plympton" title="Plympton">Plympton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymstock" title="Plymstock">Plymstock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salcombe" title="Salcombe">Salcombe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seaton,_Devon" title="Seaton, Devon">Seaton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidmouth" title="Sidmouth">Sidmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Molton" title="South Molton">South Molton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tavistock" title="Tavistock">Tavistock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teignmouth" title="Teignmouth">Teignmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiverton,_Devon" title="Tiverton, Devon">Tiverton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Topsham,_Devon" title="Topsham, Devon">Topsham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torquay" title="Torquay">Torquay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Totnes" title="Totnes">Totnes</a><br /><i>See also:</i> <b><a href="/wiki/List_of_civil_parishes_in_Devon" title="List of civil parishes in Devon">List of civil parishes in Devon</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rivers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/River_Ashburn" title="River Ashburn">Ashburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Avon,_Devon" title="River Avon, Devon">Avon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Axe_(Lyme_Bay)" title="River Axe (Lyme Bay)">Axe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Barle" title="River Barle">Barle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Bovey" title="River Bovey">Bovey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Bray" title="River Bray">Bray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Burn,_Devon" title="River Burn, Devon">Burn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Clyst" title="River Clyst">Clyst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Creedy" title="River Creedy">Creedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Culm" title="River Culm">Culm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Dart" title="River Dart">Dart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Dart_River" title="East Dart River">East Dart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Dart_River" title="West Dart River">West Dart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Erme" title="River Erme">Erme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Exe" title="River Exe">Exe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Heddon" title="River Heddon">Heddon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Lemon" title="River Lemon">Lemon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Lew" title="River Lew">Lew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Lumburn" title="River Lumburn">Lumburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Lyd,_Devon" title="River Lyd, Devon">Lyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Lyn_River" title="East Lyn River">East Lyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Lyn_River" title="West Lyn River">West Lyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Meavy" title="River Meavy">Meavy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Mole,_Devon" title="River Mole, Devon">Mole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Okement" title="River Okement">Okement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Okement_River" title="East Okement River">East Okement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Okement_River" title="West Okement River">West Okement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Otter,_Devon" title="River Otter, Devon">Otter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Plym" title="River Plym">Plym</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Sid" title="River Sid">Sid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Swincombe" title="River Swincombe">Swincombe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Tamar" title="River Tamar">Tamar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Tavy" title="River Tavy">Tavy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Taw" title="River Taw">Taw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Teign" title="River Teign">Teign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Thrushel" title="River Thrushel">Thrushel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Torridge" title="River Torridge">Torridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Walkham" title="River Walkham">Walkham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Wallabrooke" title="River Wallabrooke">Wallabrooke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Webburn_River" title="East Webburn River">East Webburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Webburn_River" title="West Webburn River">West Webburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Wolf" title="River Wolf">Wolf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Yealm" title="River Yealm">Yealm</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Devon" title="Flag of Devon">Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devon_County_Council" title="Devon County Council">Devon County Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Parliamentary_constituencies_in_Devon" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Parliamentary constituencies in Devon">Parliamentary constituencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Devon" title="Economy of Devon">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Devon" title="List of places in Devon">Places</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_and_cities_in_Devon_by_population" class="mw-redirect" title="List of towns and cities in Devon by population">Towns by population</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_in_Devon" title="List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Devon">SSSIs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Country_houses_in_Devon" title="Category:Country houses in Devon">Country houses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grade_I_listed_buildings_in_Devon" title="Grade I listed buildings in Devon">Grade I listed buildings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_Devon" title="Grade II* listed buildings in Devon">Grade II* listed buildings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scheduled_monuments_in_Devon" title="Scheduled monuments in Devon">Scheduled monuments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Bridges_in_Devon" title="Category:Bridges in Devon">Bridges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Devon" title="History of Devon">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Devon" title="List of schools in Devon">Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Devon" title="List of museums in Devon">Museums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Devon" title="Lord Lieutenant of Devon">Lord Lieutenants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Sheriff_of_Devon" title="High Sheriff of Devon">High Sheriffs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Devon" title="List of people from Devon">Notable people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dartmoor" title="Dartmoor">Dartmoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exmoor" title="Exmoor">Exmoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Devon_AONB" class="mw-redirect" title="South Devon AONB">South Devon AONB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamar_Valley_AONB" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamar Valley AONB">Tamar Valley AONB</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Jurassic Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_West_Coast_Path" title="South West Coast Path">South West Coast Path</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Two_Moors_Way" title="Two Moors Way">Two Moors Way</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Devon%27s_Biosphere_Reserve" title="North Devon's Biosphere Reserve">North Devon's Biosphere Reserve</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Ceremonial_county_of_Dorset272" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist vcard mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Dorset" title="Template:Dorset"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Dorset" title="Template talk:Dorset"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Dorset" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Dorset"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Ceremonial_county_of_Dorset272" class="adr" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><span class="category"><a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England" title="Ceremonial counties of England">Ceremonial county</a></span> of <span class="fn org region"><a href="/wiki/Dorset" title="Dorset">Dorset</a></span></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unitary authorities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bournemouth,_Christchurch_and_Poole" title="Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole">Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_areas_in_Bournemouth,_Christchurch_and_Poole" title="List of areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole">areas and suburbs</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorset_Council_(UK)" title="Dorset Council (UK)">Dorset</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Major settlements<br />(cities in italics)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beaminster" title="Beaminster">Beaminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blandford_Forum" title="Blandford Forum">Blandford Forum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bournemouth" title="Bournemouth">Bournemouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridport" title="Bridport">Bridport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broadstone,_Dorset" title="Broadstone, Dorset">Broadstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chickerell" title="Chickerell">Chickerell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christchurch,_Dorset" title="Christchurch, Dorset">Christchurch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corfe_Mullen" title="Corfe Mullen">Corfe Mullen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorchester,_Dorset" title="Dorchester, Dorset">Dorchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferndown" title="Ferndown">Ferndown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gillingham,_Dorset" title="Gillingham, Dorset">Gillingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highcliffe" title="Highcliffe">Highcliffe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyme_Regis" title="Lyme Regis">Lyme Regis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merley" title="Merley">Merley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poole" title="Poole">Poole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaftesbury" title="Shaftesbury">Shaftesbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherborne" title="Sherborne">Sherborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stalbridge" title="Stalbridge">Stalbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sturminster_Newton" title="Sturminster Newton">Sturminster Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swanage" title="Swanage">Swanage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upton,_Dorset" title="Upton, Dorset">Upton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verwood" title="Verwood">Verwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wareham,_Dorset" title="Wareham, Dorset">Wareham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weymouth,_Dorset" title="Weymouth, Dorset">Weymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wimborne_Minster" title="Wimborne Minster">Wimborne Minster</a><br /><i>See also:</i> <b><a href="/wiki/List_of_civil_parishes_in_Dorset" title="List of civil parishes in Dorset">List of civil parishes in Dorset</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rivers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/River_Allen,_Dorset" title="River Allen, Dorset">Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Asker" title="River Asker">Asker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Avon,_Hampshire" title="River Avon, Hampshire">Avon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Axe_(Lyme_Bay)" title="River Axe (Lyme Bay)">Axe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Bourne,_Dorset" title="River Bourne, Dorset">Bourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Bride,_Dorset" title="River Bride, Dorset">Bride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Brit" title="River Brit">Brit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Cerne" title="River Cerne">Cerne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Char" title="River Char">Char</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corfe_River" title="Corfe River">Corfe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Crane,_Dorset" title="River Crane, Dorset">Crane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Frome,_Dorset" title="River Frome, Dorset">Frome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Hooke" title="River Hooke">Hooke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moors_River" title="Moors River">Moors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Piddle" title="River Piddle">Piddle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Simene" title="River Simene">Simene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Stour,_Dorset" title="River Stour, Dorset">Stour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sydling_Water" title="Sydling Water">Sydling Water</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Tarrant" title="River Tarrant">Tarrant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Wey,_Dorset" title="River Wey, Dorset">Wey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Dorset" title="Flag of Dorset">Flag</a></li> 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