Jurassic Coast
The Jurassic Coast, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, stretches over a distance of 155 kilometres (96 mi), from Orcombe Point near Exmouth, in the west, to Old Harry Rocks on the Isle of Purbeck in the east.
The coastal exposures along the coastline provide a continuous sequence of Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous rock formations spanning approximately 185 million years of the Earth's history. The rocks dip gently to the east. Due to this tilting and erosion the oldest exposed rocks are found in the west. The younger Cretaceous rocks form the cliffs in the east. Worbarrow Bay is part of the Jurassic Coast.
- for further sites see: List of places on the Jurassic Coast
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“And ladies with their nails prepared for tea
And sunken barques that coast the shores of hell
And old men vacant of propriety
Have faintly rung a next-door neighbor’s bell.”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)