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Lyme Regis is a small bay between Church cliffs on the east and Chippel bay (to Severn Rock Point) cliffs on the west. The town and the river valley is in a syncline of Liassic clays (Shales-with-Beef and Black Veb Marls) with cliffs of the harder Blue Lias limestones and shales on either side. The Blue Lias tends to produce vertical cliffs while the Liassic clays above form sloping, slumped cliffs.

The bay at Lyme Regis corresponds to the area where the soft Liassic clays come down almost to sea-level, with the Parade on the uppermost Blue Lias beds, unlike the cliffs both east and west where the top of the Blue Lias limestone-shale sequence is higher. This circumstance provides easy access to the shore but results in landslips similar to those at Black Ven, requiring extensive stabilization works.

Field trip Details

16 June

Portland

17 June

Lyme Regis to Charmouth

18 June 

Lyme Regis

Accommodation

Heights Hotel, Isle of Portland, DT5 2EN

Fees

Trip fee: £65

Other costs: £88.50

Further information

For further information please contact the field trip organiser Richard Ghail - [email protected]