Places on the Triassic Coast.

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Places on the Jurassic Coast.

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Places on the Cretaceous Coast.

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Sidmouth – Devon.

Sidmouth sits amongst red East Devon Triassic cliffs which were formed in desert and semi-desert conditions some 235 - 245 million years ago.

Looking east along the beach towards the mouth of the river Sid. Looking west from Jacobs Ladder towards Ladram Bay. Jacobs Ladder an old lime kiln that is now a café and viewing point on the west side of Sidmouth. Cave in the Mercia Mudstone Cliffs, east of Sidmouth.. Little Picket and Big Picket rocks from the South West Coastal path between Sidmouth and Ladram Bay. Red Mercia Mudstone Cliffs east of Sidmouth with the landslip at Salcombe Mouth in the distance.

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Huge rivers crossed the Triassic desert carrying and depositing large quantities of sediment causing the rivers to split into a network of small channels forming the Otter Sandstone and Mercia Mudstone landscape we see today.