Church Ope Cove

Church Ope Cove
The cove, seen from the church ruins.

Church Ope Cove is a small secluded beach on the sheltered eastern side of the Isle of Portland in Dorset, southern England.[1] The beach has many unusual features for the Isle of Portland. To access the beach there is a path which runs through a wood and a pirate graveyard next to the remains of Rufus Castle, then down stone steps to the cove. The beach used to be sandy, but quarry debris now covers the sand, and has been worn into rounded pebbles. The pebbles cover a small stream which runs to the sea, which is one of the few streams on the Isle of Portland.

Church Ope Cove is excellent for diving access to the numerous wrecks in the surrounding waters, and also for fishing, snorkelling and swimming.

Geology

See also: Geology of Dorset

The Jurassic Coast stretches over a distance of 153 kilometres (95 mi), from Orcombe Point near Exmouth, in the west, to Old Harry Rocks on the Isle of Purbeck, in the east [2]. The coastal exposures along the coastline provide a continuous sequence of Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous rock formations spanning approximately 185 million years of the Earth's history. The localities along the Jurassic Coast includes a large range of important fossil zones.

See also

References

  1. ^ Church Ope Cove, Dorset Beaches.
  2. ^ "Dorset and East Devon Coast". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. 2001. http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=1029. Retrieved 2007-01-14. 

Coordinates: 50°32′16″N 2°25′38″W / 50.5377°N 2.4273°W / 50.5377; -2.4273


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