Luccombe Chine is a geological feature and visitor attraction south of the village of Luccombe on the

Isle of Wight The Isle of Wight ( ) is a county in the English Channel, off the coast of Hampshire, from which it is separated by the Solent. It is the largest and second-most populous island of England. Referred to as 'The Island' by residents, the Isle of ...

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. A wooded coastal ravine, one of a number of such

chine A chine () is a steep-sided coastal gorge where a river flows to the sea through, typically, soft eroding cliffs of sandstone or clays. The word is still in use in central Southern England—notably in East Devon, Dorset, Hampshire and the Isl ...

s on the island created by stream erosion of soft

Cretaceous The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of th ...

rocks, it leads from the clifftop to Luccombe Bay. Luccombe Chine, IW, UK

The Chine is at the eastern end of the Isle of Wight

Undercliff The Undercliff is the name of several areas of landslide, landslip on the south coast of England. They include ones on the Isle of Wight; on the Dorset-Devon border near Lyme Regis; on cliffs near Branscombe in East Devon; and at White Nothe, Dors ...

landslip. A small fishing community existed at the foot of the Chine until 1910, when the settlement was destroyed by a landslip.''Slope Stability Engineering'', Institution of Civil Engineers, Thomas Telford, 1991 ,
Google Books, retrieved 3 August 2008
/ref> There were previously steps down to the beach from the clifftop coastal path, but these are now (as of 2017) closed due to erosion and landslips.

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''Isle of Wight Attractions'', retrieved 3 August 2008 {{Chines on the Isle of Wight Chines of the Isle of Wight