![Mupe Beach, Mupe Ledges and easterly Mupe Rocks - geograph](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Mupe_Beach%2C_Mupe_Ledges_and_easterly_Mupe_Rocks_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1707606.jpg)
Mupe Bay is a bay with a
shingle beach to the east of
Lulworth Cove
Lulworth Cove is a cove near the village of West Lulworth, on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset, southern England. The cove is one of the world's finest examples of such a landform, and is a World Heritage Site and tourist location with approximately ...
in
Dorset
Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset. Covering an area of , ...
,
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
, and is part of the
Jurassic Coast
The Jurassic Coast is a World Heritage Site on the English Channel coast of southern England. It stretches from Exmouth in East Devon to Studland Bay in Dorset, a distance of about , and was inscribed on the World Heritage List in mid-Decembe ...
World Heritage Site
A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). World Heritage Sites are designated by UNESCO for h ...
.
![Mupe Rocks - geograph](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Mupe_Rocks_-_geograph.org.uk_-_161667.jpg)
The bay exposes a sequence of
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 ...
rocks from the
Bindon Hill Chalk
Chalk is a soft, white, porous, sedimentary carbonate rock. It is a form of limestone composed of the mineral calcite and originally formed deep under the sea by the compression of microscopic plankton that had settled to the sea floor. Ch ...
in the north through the
Wealden Beds
The Wealden Group, occasionally also referred to as the Wealden Supergroup, is a group (a sequence of rock strata) in the lithostratigraphy of southern England. The Wealden group consists of paralic to continental (freshwater) facies sedimenta ...
to the
Purbeck Beds
The Purbeck Group is an Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) in south-east England. The name is derived from the district known as the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset where the strata are exposed in ...
in the south at Mupe Rocks.
Mupe Bay is only accessible when the
Lulworth Ranges
The Lulworth Ranges are military firing ranges located between Wareham and Lulworth in Dorset, England. They cover an area of more than , are leased in a rolling contract from the Weld Estate by the Ministry of Defence and are part of the Armoure ...
are open to the public.
It can be reached by a walk from the car park at
Lulworth Cove
Lulworth Cove is a cove near the village of West Lulworth, on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset, southern England. The cove is one of the world's finest examples of such a landform, and is a World Heritage Site and tourist location with approximately ...
.
To the south are Mupe Ledges and out to sea Mupe Rocks.
Black Rock is located at the eastern end of the bay.
See also
*
List of Dorset beaches
This is a list of notable beaches in the United Kingdom.
England
* Bigbury-on-Sea, Devon
* Biggar, Cumbria
* Blackpool, Lancashire
* Blackpool Sands, Devon
* Bournemouth, Dorset
* Brean, Somerset
* Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire
* Br ...
References
External links
Ian West's ''Geology of the Wessex Coast'' Field Guide including photographs
Bays of Dorset
Jurassic Coast
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