Chapmans Pool in Dorset on the Jurassic Coast is worth the walk. It can be approached via the village of Worth Matravers. It is a natural amphitheatre of interest especially for people who study rocks and fossils. Tall crumbling cliffs surround the bay leading to many boulders of various types tumbling to the shore. Fossils are common but frequently crushed within the matrix. Some energy must be expended to get down to the beach and get back up again to the nearest car park. There is a good path, with steps for the steepest part, leading to the boathouses and safe beach access at that point.
Click on the links below to see previously posted articles and photographs about Chapmans Pool on Jessica’s Nature Blog.
JURASSIC COAST NATURE – Chapmans Pool
Weathering on boulders at Chapmans Pool
Flotsam shoes at Chapmans Pool
Strandline flotsam at Chapmans Pool 2
Strandline flotsam at Chapmans Pool 1
Flat or spiral wrack from Chapmans Pool
Ammonite fossil from Chapmans Pool
Boulders of Portland Cherty Series at Egmont Rocks
Black crystals at Egmont Rocks
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Fantastic colours in your photos – very sorry for the poor gannet (I assume he’s an ex-gannet).
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Beautiful pictures!😊 I was on the quarry Saturday and I thought about yours picture and tried to take some close pictures of the stones who have many colors, but I failed…
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Thank you, Emma. The gannet was dead but was still a beautiful bird and I loved being able to get close and photograph all the details.
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Thank you, John. I saw some of your quarry rock pictures and thought they were great. I wonder how close you are able to get to the rocks or whether you use a zoom because it is not safe to enter. I especially liked the colour of the water at the bottom of the quarry.
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Beautiful pictures, I remember once sitting above Chapman’s Pool on a summer’s day and marvelling at the colours in the sea below.
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I can come into the rocks, it’s quite safe down there.
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This is a fascinating set. I must go there. Those black crystals are very interesting.
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Thank you, Angela.
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