Compton Chine

Compton Chine

Compton Chine on the Isle of Wight

Compton Chine

Compton Chine is a geological feature on the south west coast of the Isle of Wight, England. It lies between the village of Brook to the east and Freshwater Bay to the west. It is a small sandy coastal gully, one of a number of such chines on the island created by stream erosion of soft Cretaceous rocks. It leads from the 50 foot high clifftop to the beach of Compton Bay.

The Chine drains water off the slopes of Compton Down, to the north, into the sea.

The Isle of Wight Coastal Path crosses the top of the chine via a small footbridge.

External links

Useful info on chines of West Wight

Around the Chines of the Isle of Wight

West
Alum Bay Chine

Compton Chine

East
Shippards Chine

Chines on the Isle of Wight

Alum Bay Barnes Chine Blackgang Chine Brambles Chine Brook Chine Chilton Chine Churchill Chine Colwell Bay Compton Chine Cowleaze Chine Grange Chine and Marsh Chine Ladder Chine Linstone Chine Luccombe Chine New Chine Shanklin Chine Shepherd's Chine Shippards Chine Walpen Chine Whale Chine Widdick Chine

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