Fossils and Geology of Chippel Bay, Dorset. Fossil Collecting & Geological Guides

Location Information
	Chippel Bay, famous for its highly fossilferious cliffs but unlike Charmouth and Lyme Regis, relies more on the right tidal and beach conditions.
	(Recommended) Recommended for children , they can sit on the beach, or walk along the foreshore and pick up ammonites etc.
	The car park is very close by and has toilets, cafe, Excellent for children and families.
	Foreshore, Cliff Fossils are mostly found on the foreshore but can also be found at the bottom of scree slopes, slippages and occasionally the cliff. Please note that hammering the cliff is not permitted since Chippel Bay is part of the Jurassic Heritage Coastline. You are far more likely to find fossils from the foreshore.
ACCESS RIGHTS	This site is part of the Jurassic World Heritage Coastline. Please follow the Fossil Code of Conduct.

Please follow our national fossil collecting code

! IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTES !

Common sense when collecting at all locations should be taken and knowledge of the tide times should always be noted. Care should be especially taken at Chippel Bay headlands, the sea will reaches tghis head at high tide, if you venture past this point, return in good time. Care must also be taken of falling rocks, these are frequent due to the alternating Hard Limestone and Shale of the Blue Lias.

Other Locations similar to Chippel Bay

There are many locations in the UK which can be seen to be similar to Chippel bay. apart from those in the nearby proximity such as Lyme Regis , Seatown (Golden Cap), Thorncombe Beacon and Charmouth,
in South Wales, you can also try Llantwit Major, and Lavernock. There are plenty of good locations along the Yorkshire Coast too, such as Staithes, Saltwick Bay, Port Mulgrave, Kettleness, Whitby, Ravenscar, Runswick Bay, Sandsend, and many more. In Somerset there are also many locations such as Watchet, Quantoxhead, Kilve, Doniford Bay, St Audries Bay, Lilstock, and Hinkley Point.

Stone Tumblers (Lapidary)

Microscopes

Test Sieves for Particle Analysis

Stone Tumblers are used for tumbling and polishing rough rock, stones and pebbles including those found on the beach and glass.

Whilst collecting fossils, on those days where you come back empty handed, you could collect rocks, stones and glass from the beach and tumble then at home.

These are all high quality machines to give a professional finish to your samples. The tumblers can be used with a variety of grits, most commonly Silicon Carbide Grit and Cerium Oxide. We have a wide range of rough rocks for sale too.

Microfossils are much easier to collect because they are so small that the vast majority of collections only concentrate on large finds. These small finds can simply be found by taking small samples of sands, crags, clays and soft rocks and examining them under a microscope.

We have a wide range of microscopes for sale, both for the study of fossils, but also educational and professional for use in the laboratory. We have Stereo microscopes, Compound Microscopes, Polarising Microscopes and Monocular Microscopes.

We have thousands of Test Sieves for Particle Analysis.

Endecotts Sieves: For accurate dependable results you can't buy a better test sieve than Endecotts. At every stage of manufacture each test sieve is individually inspected.

High Precision Tecan manufactures precision apertures as small as 3 microns for a wide array of applications such as filtering, sieving and nozzles. Its high-performance, ASTM/ISO compliant test sieves satisfy the most demanding fine particle grading requirements.

Chippel Bay Fossils and Fossil Collecting Your Dorset Geological Guide and Geology Info

Chippel Bay Fossils and Fossil Collecting
Your Dorset Geological Guide and Geology Info