Osmington Mills is a coastal
hamlet in the
English county
The counties of England are areas used for different purposes, which include administrative, geographical, cultural and political demarcation. The term "county" is defined in several ways and can apply to similar or the same areas used by each ...
of
Dorset. It lies within the
civil parish of
Osmington northeast of
Weymouth.
Geology
The coastline around Osmington Mills is part of Dorset's ''
Jurassic Coast'', and
fossils can be found in the
cliffs. The rocks consist of Kimmeridge Clay and the Corallian group from the Oxfordian (Upper Jurassic) and have an interesting trace fossil assemblage. To the west are
Black Head
Black Head may refer to:
* Black head, a blocked sweat/sebaceous duct of the skin
Headlands Antarctica
* Black Head (Graham Land)
* Black Head (South Georgia)
Australia
* Black Head, New South Wales
Republic of Ireland
* Black Head, County C ...
and beyond that
Redcliff Point, with fossils in the Upper
Oxford Clay.
Tourism
Osmington Mills is popular with tourists, providing facilities such as
camping and
caravan
Caravan or caravans may refer to:
Transport and travel
*Caravan (travellers), a group of travellers journeying together
**Caravanserai, a place where a caravan could stop
*Camel train, a convoy using camels as pack animals
*Convoy, a group of veh ...
sites, a
public house (of which the site has been traced back to the 13th century), and attractive coastal walks.
John Constable
The area around Osmington Mills and Osmington Bay was painted by the English
landscape artist
John Constable
John Constable (; 11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837) was an English landscape painter in the Romanticism, Romantic tradition. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for revolutionising the genre of landscape painting with his pictures of Dedha ...
in the early 19th century. He spent his honeymoon in the area in 1816. Paintings include:
* ''Osmington Bay''
* ''A View of Osmington Bay''
* ''Weymouth Bay from the Downs above Osmington Mills''
* ''
Weymouth Bay: Bowleaze Cove and Jordon Hill''
See also
*
Geology of Dorset
*
Trigoniidae, found particularly around Osmington Mills
Gallery
File:Beach to the east of Osmington Mills - geograph.org.uk - 1322277.jpg, 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.
File:Inscription on Smugglers Inn, Osmington Mills - geograph.org.uk - 414702.jpg, Poetry at the
'Smugglers Inn' (Based on Rudyard Kipling's '' A Smuggler's Song'')
File:John Constable - Weymouth Bay from the Downs above Osmington Mills - 30.731 - Museum of Fine Arts.jpg, ''Weymouth Bay from the Downs above Osmington Mills'', John Constable, (c. 1816)
Further reading
*
References
External links
Villages in Dorset
Tourist attractions in Dorset
Populated coastal places in Dorset
Jurassic Coast
{{Dorset-geo-stub