The Chink is a scenic rock cleft between

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and Luccombe,

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, with steps descending from

St Boniface Down St Boniface Down is a chalk down near Ventnor, on the Isle of Wight, England. Its summit, , is the highest point on the island, with views on a clear day stretching over 70 miles from Beachy Head to the east, Walbury Hill to the north, the I ...

to the

Bonchurch Landslips Bonchurch Landslips is a site of special scientific interest which is located north-east of Ventnor, Isle of Wight. A wooded coastal landslip zone, the site was notified in 1977 for both its biological and geological features. Part of the I ...

below. Its upper end is at the northern end of clifftop parkland accessed from the Leeson Road ( A3055) car park, where there is a

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bus route 3 stop. The Chink was known in Victorian times as part of the development of the Bonchurch Landslips as a picturesque woodland walk.Historic Environment Action Plan: The Undercliff
Isle of Wight County Archaeology and Historic Environment Service, October 2008 (retrieved 13 July 2013) One of several such paths with carved steps connecting the clifftop to the Isle of Wight Undercliff, it follows a joint through the

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crags capping the cliffs above the Landslip. The path continues down through the Landslip as footpath V65, which joins the coastal path V65A at its foot.Isle of Wight Council
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Map 82, Shanklin Down / Luccombe / The Landslip The Chink survived the disastrous December 2023 landslide, being just to the north of the worst-affected area, but the path through it is now closed as unsafe, as are all other paths through the landslip area that were not completely obliterated. A similar rock cleft, the better-known Devil's Chimney, lies about 200 yards south.

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