Churchill Chine is a geological feature on the south west coast of 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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. It is west of the village of

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and just east of

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. It is a small sandy coastal gully, one of a number of such chines 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 30 foot high clifftop to the beach of

Brook Bay Brook Bay is a bay on the south western coast of the Isle of Wight, England. It lies to the west of the village of Brook. It faces south west out into the English Channel. It stretches about 2km from Hanover Point in the east to Sudmoor Poi ...

. The Chine carries water from a lake about 100m to the north, just across the nearby Military Road and also from a small brook that runs down the hillside from Dunsbury. The gully contains a small waterfall which drops down to the beach. The Isle of Wight Coastal Path crosses the top of the chine via a small footbridge.

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Useful info on chines of West Wight
{{Chines on the Isle of Wight Chines of the Isle of Wight