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Osmington mills weymouth dorset 18th april 2015
Osmington Mills is a coastal hamlet in the English county of Dorset. It lies within the civil parish of Osmington in the West Dorset administrative district, about 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Weymouth.
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- Osmington mills weymouth dorset 18th april 2015
- Map of Osmington Mills Weymouth UK
- Christine peter and his parents osmington mills weymouth 1961 cine film
- Geology
- Tourism
- John Constable
- References
Map of Osmington Mills, Weymouth, UK
Christine peter and his parents osmington mills weymouth 1961 cine film
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 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 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 in the early 19th century. He spent his honeymoon in the area in 1816. Paintings include: