Kimmeridge Bay Part of the Jurassic Coast of England
Kimmeridge Bay is an excellent place from which to experience the
extraordinary geological importance of the Jurassic Coast, a ninety-five mile stretch of coastline between Swanage and Exmouth that became England’s first Natural World Heritage Site in honour of its unique insight into 185 million years of the Earth’s history.
This sheltered bay, though not sandy, is a designated area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and home to the Dorset Wildlife Trust’s Marine Centre and boasts the best rock-pooling and safest snorkelling site in Dorset!
A life-sized cast iron sculpture by Sir Antony Gormley that stood on rocks at a Dorset beauty spot has toppled over into the water following a storm.
Along the shore immediately eastwards of Kimmeridge Bay is a folly known as Clavell Tower which inspired P.D. James's novel The Black Tower. The tower is available as a holiday let.
UK Day Walk 11: Kimmeridge Bay to Lulworth Cove
A UK day walk from Kimmeridge Bay to Lulworth Cove. 05/09/15
Snorkle freediving at Kimmeridge bay Dorset uk
messing about in the clear water at Kimmeridge bay, plenty of fish and kelp to keep me amused for a few hours. the UK is amazing in the sunshine.
UK Day Walk 8: Chapman's Pool to Kimmeridge Bay (3D)
A UK day walk from Chapman's Pool to Kimmeridge Bay. 07/09/14
Kimmeridge Bay
A trip to Kimmeridge Bay with Chloe
Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset 28th August 2017
Night dive
Kimmeridge Bay The Isle of Purbeck Dorset.
Kimmeridge Bay is a bay on the Isle of Purbeck, a peninsula on the English Channel coast in Dorset, England, close to and southeast of the village of Kimmeridge, on the Smedmore Estate. The area is renowned for its fossils, with The Etches Collection in the village of Kimmeridge displaying fossils found by Steve Etches in the area over a 30-year period. It is a popular place to access the coast for tourists. To the east are the Kimmeridge Ledges, where fossils can be found in the flat clay beds.
Kimmeridge Bay forms part of the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site. The coast is also part of a Site of Special Scientific Interest, and the whole area is part of the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Kimmeridge is the type locality for Kimmeridge clay, the geological formation that covers most of the area. Within the clay are bands of bituminous shale. An oil well has operated on the shore of Kimmeridge Bay since 1959. The bay is roughly semi-circular, facing southwest. It is backed by low cliffs of Kimmeridge clay, and beneath the cliffs is a large wave-cut platform and a rocky shore with rock pools and attendant ecology. Kimmeridge Bay is a surfer and diver area. The Purbeck Marine Wildlife Reserve and Fine Foundation Marine Centre are located here.
The geology of the area around Kimmeridge Bay is world-renowned. It comprises bedrock formed in the Late Jurassic epoch, overlain in many places by superficial Quaternary head deposits. The bedrock is mostly Kimmeridge clay, except for the top of Smedmore Hill and along to Swyre Head, which is formed from Portland stone. Between this and the Kimmeridge clay, and outcropping just beneath the top of the hill, is a thin band of Portland sand. Landslip deposits from the Portland stone cover most of the steep southwest-facing slopes of the hills. Within the Kimmeridge clay are bands of bituminous shale and dolomite, which form flat ledges within Kimmeridge Bay that are exposed at low tide.
Kimmeridge gives its name to the Kimmeridgian, the division of the Jurassic period in which the beds were laid down, because of the quality of the cliffs and the fossils they yield. Kimmeridge is also the type locality for the Jurassic age Kimmeridge Clay formation, which is well represented in southern England, and provides one of the source rocks for hydrocarbons found in the Wessex and North Sea Basins.
The Kimmeridge Oil Field is northwest of Kimmeridge Bay. On the cliff west of the village is the Perenco nodding donkey oil pump which has been pumping continually since the late 1950s, making it the oldest working oil pump in the UK. The well currently yields around 65 barrels per day (10.3m3/d) from the Middle Jurassic strata that lie around 1,150 feet (350m) below the cliff. The well has been operating for this long because it has tapped into a network of connected reserves; however the yield is decreasing year on year. The oil is transported by tanker to the Perenco site at Wytch Farm from whence it is piped to the main refinery on Southampton Water.
Kimmeridge Bay is a surfing area which breaks infrequently due to its lack of exposure to Atlantic Ocean swells, but can produce walls of water in the right conditions. Below the cliffs to the east are the Kimmeridge Ledges, with slow left- and right-hand breaking waves; the right-handers can spiral for 70 yards (64m) or more into the bay. To the west is the Broad Bench promontory, within the Ministry of Defence firing range and only accessible when the ranges are open to the public.
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UK Day Walk 8: Chapman's Pool to Kimmeridge Bay (2D)
A UK day walk from Chapman's Pool to Kimmeridge Bay. 07/09/14
Kimmeridge Bay Dorset Drone Video 4K 30 FPS 100Bit rate Mavic Air
Kimmeridge Bay Dorset Drone Video 4K 30 FPS 100Bit rate Mavic Air
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Stalked jellyfish Kimmeridge bay Dorset UK
Photographing stalked jellyfish Kimmeridge bay Dorset UK , Julie Hatcher & Steve Trewhella , authors of The Essential Guide To Beachcombing And The Strandline , & In The Company Of Seahorses , using Canon G9X with Fantasea G9X housing , and Nikon D7500 with Nauticam NA D7500 housing ,
Kimmeridge Bay Fishing
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Kimmeridge Clay Formation - #AnturusDorset
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Kimmeridge and Durdle Door - Dorset Wildlife Trust
A couple of dives off the South Dorset Coast. Kimmeridge Bay and the reef just east of Durdle Door.
Shot with a Sony HC-7 camcorder in a Gates HC housing. Ambient light and manual white balance used with additional lighting from two Greenforce squid 250 HID lights.
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Kimmeridge Surf - Dorset - 2016
All shot on 17/12/2016 at Kimmeridge Bay
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Kimmeridge Bay, from the air
This was a great flight
Several flight locations where used, and always using a spotter.
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Part of storm Carmen effecting the UK
Kimmeridge Bay
Kimmeridge Bay during storm Carmen
Kimmeridge bay, Dorset, 11th August 2016 Vlog, Utopia!!
The clip at the beginning is Helen and a friend coming back along the beach after a swim.
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Massive Surf at Kimmeridge Bay
An amazing day at Kimmeridge Bay with incredible waves. Incredibly cold though.