Luccombe Chine
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Luccombe Chine is a chine, which is to say a narrow cleft in the cliff, which has become a visitor attraction, to the south of the village of Luccombe on the Isle of Wight, Hampshire. A wooded coastal ravine, one of a number of such chines on the island created by stream erosion of soft Cretaceous rocks, it leads from the clifftop to Luccombe Bay.
The Chine is at the eastern end of the Isle of Wight Undercliff landslip. A small fishing community existed at the foot of the Chine until 1910, when the settlement was destroyed by a landslip.[1] There were previously steps down to the beach from the clifftop coastal path, but these are now (as of 2017) closed due to erosion and landslips.
Location
- Location map: 50°36’38"N, 1°10’46"W
Outside links
- Walk to Luccombe Chine and beach: Isle of Wight Attractions
References
- ↑ Slope Stability Engineering, Institution of Civil Engineers, Thomas Telford, 1991 , ISBN 0727716603 Google Books, retrieved 3 August 2008