Take any rock or stone and it has its own story to tell. Rocks range from thousands to billions of years old so their stories can be very long but also incredible. With careful study a rock can tell you if its been melted, shattered, squashed, heated, dissolved, eroded, buried, scraped, rolled, intruded, erupted or even eaten! It doesn’t mater where you go, any cliff face, crag, mountain, pebble or grain has its own unique history.

The rocks in the cliffs and on the beach at Charmouth speak volumes. They are made up of layers of sediment laid down in an ocean around 185 million years ago and contain lots of fossils. By clicking on the links above you can learn more about the secrets contained within the geology of Charmouth.