2009

SZ0378 : Former route of the coastal path, south of Belle Vue Road

taken 14 years ago, near to Swanage, Dorset, England

Former route of the coastal path, south of Belle Vue Road
Former route of the coastal path, south of Belle Vue Road
A beautiful view from these flats, maybe, but not a such beauty to look at. There is an identical block hidden behind the block seen here. The coast path used to continue on from here to the right, around the bottom of the gardens, but a mudslide in April 2001 wiped it out and now this is a 'dead-end' path at the northern extreme of Durlston Country Park. There is stone seat in the shadows beneath the tree in the foreground, but its inscription is badly weathered and thus hard to read.

The far section of the former coastal path climbs up between the ugly flats and the block beyond, via a set of stone steps. These can still be accessed from Belle Vue Road, but now they only lead to the top of the Zigzag Path which leads down to the bottom of the cliffs in the middle of Durlston Bay.

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Category: Coastal change
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · View across the Bay [24] · Looking across the Bay [21] · Coast Path [16] ·
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SZ0378, 822 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Jim Champion   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 25 October, 2009   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 27 October, 2009
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SZ 0339 7808 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:36.1459N 1:57.2075W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SZ 0334 7800
View Direction
North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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