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Redcliff Point

UNESCO World Heritage landscape in England

Redcliff Point
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UNESCO World Heritage landscape in England

pillbox]] in the foreground.
View of Redcliff Point from [[Broadrock]].
View of Redcliff Point with [[Weymouth Bay]] and the [[Isle of Portland]] in the background.
View from the Stone Pier at the end of the [[Weymouth Pier]] area in [[Weymouth, Dorset]], looking across to the red cliffs between [[Bowleaze Cove]] and Redcliff Point.

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Redcliff Point is on the south coast of England, to the east of Weymouth in Dorset. It lies just past the eastern end of the sweeping Weymouth Bay on the Jurassic Coast, a UNESCO World Heritage landscape known for its geology. Fossils can be found in the Upper Oxford Clay in this area.

The cliff looks over to the Isle of Portland. It is so-called because of the red colouring of the cliffs at this point.

Close by to the west are the Broadrock cliffs and Bowleaze Cove. To the east are Black Head and the coastal village of Osmington Mills.

References

References

  1. [http://www.scopac.org.uk/scopac%20sediment%20db/wey/wey.htm Isle of Portland and Weymouth Bay (Portland Bill to Redcliff Point)] {{webarchive. link. (2007-09-28 , [http://www.scopac.org.uk/ SCOPAC].)
  2. Ian West, [http://www.soton.ac.uk/~imw/Bowleaze-Redcliff.htm Bowleaze Cove to Redcliff Point, east of Weymouth, Dorset]; ''Geology of the Wessex Coast'', 14 April 2009.
  3. [http://www.scopac.org.uk/scopac%20sediment%20db/wey/photos/photo2.htm Photograph of Redcliff Point]{{Dead link. (August 2025)
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