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Coordinates: 50°38′14″N 2°22′29″W / 50.637211°N 2.374782°W
Osmington Mills 
The Smugglers' Inn at Osmington Mills
Osmington Mills
Osmington Mills shown within DorsetOS grid reference SY734820 Metropolitan borough Dorset Metropolitan county Dorset Region South West Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town WEYMOUTH Postcode district DT3 Dialling code 01305 Police Dorset Fire Dorset Ambulance South Western EU Parliament South West England UK Parliament South Dorset List of places: UK • England • Dorset Osmington Mills is a coastal village situated between Ringstead Bay (to the east) and the town of Weymouth (to the west) in Dorset, England. It is located within the civil parish of Osmington.
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Tourism
The village is popular with tourists; providing numerous holiday facilities (including camping and caravan sites) and a public house (of which the site has been traced back to the 13th century). Footpaths provide routes connecting the village to Weymouth to the west, a walk of approximately 5 miles (8.0 km), and to Ringstead Bay 1 mile (1.6 km) away eastwards, via Bran Point approximately at the halfway point.
Geology
The coastline makes up part of Dorset's Jurassic Coast; and as such, fossils can be found in the cliffs. To the west are Black Head and beyond that Redcliff Point, with fossils in the Upper Oxford Clay.
John Constable
The area around Osmington Mills and Osmington Bay was painted by the English landscape artist John Constable in the early 19th century. He spent his honeymoon in the area in 1816. Paintings include:
- Osmington Bay[1]
- A View of Osmington Bay[2]
- Weymouth Bay from the Downs above Osmington Mills[3]
- Weymouth Bay: Bowleaze Cove and Jordon Hill
See also
- Geology of Dorset
- List of places on the Jurassic Coast
- Trigoniidae, found particularly around Osmington Mills
References
- ^ Osmington Bay by John Constable. National Gallery of Australia.
- ^ A View of Osmington Bay by John Constable.
- ^ Weymouth Bay from the Downs above Osmington Mills by John Constable. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA.
Gallery
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The rounded nodules on the beach to the east of Osmington Mills are of calcite-cemented sandstone and come from the Bencliff Grit Formation which is found at the base of the cliffs.
External links
Media related to Osmington Mills at Wikimedia CommonsCategories:- Villages in Dorset
- Visitor attractions in Dorset
- Populated coastal places in Dorset
- Jurassic Coast
- Dorset geography stubs
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