Osmington Mills

Osmington Mills

The Smugglers' Inn at Osmington Mills
Osmington Mills
Osmington Mills shown within Dorset
OS grid reference SY734820
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town WEYMOUTH
Postcode district DT3
Dialling code 01305
Police Dorset
Fire Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK Parliament

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.

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:

See also

Further reading

  • Callaghan, Christopher. "The Palaeoichnology of the Oxfordian of Osmington Mills, Dorset".

References

  1. ↑ "CONSTABLE : impressions of land, sea and sky - John CONSTABLE - Osmington Bay". Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Posters, Art Prints, Vintage Posters & Canvas Art at Barewalls.com". Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  3. ↑ http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_art.asp?recview=true&id=32397

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