Egmont Bight is a shallow embayment at the southern end of the Encombe valley in
Dorset
Dorset ( ; Archaism, archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north and the north-east, Hampshire to the east, t ...
, England. It is part of the
Jurassic Coast
The Jurassic Coast, also known as the Dorset and East Devon Coast, is a World Heritage Site on the English Channel coast of southern England. It stretches from Exmouth in East Devon to Studland Bay in Dorset, a distance of about , and was ins ...
.
Geology
The bay exposes good sections of Upper Kimmeridge shale and mudstone, with some
bituminous shale and some small calcareous nodules.
On foot the stony beach is only accessible at low tide by walking west around Egmont Point from the beach at
Chapman's Pool. There is no safe route down from the clifftop
coast path, across Houns-tout cliff, nor around the Freshwater Steps promontory at the beach's western end.
See also
*
List of Dorset beaches
This is a list of notable beaches in the United Kingdom.
England
* Bigbury-on-Sea, Devon
* Biggar, Cumbria
* Blackpool, Lancashire
* Blackpool Sands, Dartmouth, Blackpool Sands, Devon
* Bournemouth, Dorset
* Brean, Somerset
* Bridlington, E ...
References
Gallery
Image:Egmont bight dorset.jpg, Egmont Bight
Image:Beach at egmont bight dorset.jpg, Stony beach, Egmont Bight
Image:Egmont bight east end dorset.jpg, East end of the beach
Image:Egmont bight western end dorset.jpg, West end of the beach
Image:Freshwater steps promontory east side.jpg, East side of the small Freshwater Steps promontory
Image:Cliff fall egmont bight dorset.jpg, Cliff-fall of shale on the beach
Bays of Dorset
Hills of Dorset
Jurassic Coast
Corfe Castle
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