The Jurassic Coast is about 95 miles long and stretches from Old Harry Rocks in the east, in Dorset, to Exmouth in the west, in Devon. Along the way it includes Durdle Door, Weymouth, Chesil Beach, West Bay, Golden Cap, Lyme Regis and a hundred other places in between. Almost all the drawings of places I’ve completed in the last ten years or so have been of places on or near the Jurassic Coast.
There’s a very good reason for this. The Jurassic Coast is stunning.
I mean, just look at that. Or this:
Or this…
Not to mention this:
The Jurassic Coast is famous because the cliffs expose 185 million years of geographical history, from the Triassic through the Jurassic to the Cretaceous. (Lots of dinosaur fossils and footprints are found along here and it’s where Mary Anning made her famous finds.) It’s a World Heritage Site. It’s been featured in books and films. It’s wonderful.