| Bembridge |
| Bembridge is a peaceful location, with small low cliffs that yield a range of different brachiopods and bivalves. This is an ideal location for anyone who enjoys collecting molluscs and an ideal place to escape the summer influx of collectors. |
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| Bembridge Quarry |
| This small quarry along the B3395 near Bembridge yields Sponges and fish remains. There is lots of clean faces and scree to look through, although fossils are not common here. |
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| Blackgang Chine |
| Whilst most people remember Blackgang Chine for its popular theme park, the cliffs of Blackgang Chine which are slowly shrinking the theme park are also yielding some fossils. These include trace fossils and occasional but rare dinosaur bones. |
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| Brighstone Bay |
| Brighstone Bay is famous for the partial Sauropod Skeleton found by Portsmouth University. Reptile and Dinosaur remains are often found along this coastline. |
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| Brook Bay |
| Brook Bay is popular for finding dinosaur fragments along the shores. Here, many rolled fragments get caught up in the shingle and you can find these remains by simply searching along the foreshore. Reptile and larger bones are also found. |
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| Culver |
| The huge cliffs of Culver Cliff can yield some superb sponges and large echinoids with occasional fish remains. However collecting from this location can be dangerous and difficult. Extreme Care must be taken at all times. |
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| Fossil Forest Hanover Point |
| Shown on the 1898 map |
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| Hamstead |
| The Early Oligocene beds at Hamstead are highly fossiliferous in mammal, crocodile, turtle, crustaceans and fish remains. Molluscs, Plants and Seeds can also be found simply lying on the foreshore. |
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| Rocken End |
| In a peaceful corner on the Isle of Wight, Rocken End is a less visited location with a small inland quarry is ideal for anyone interested in ammonites and mollusc's. It also makes an excellent day out for all the family |
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| Shepherds Chine |
| Shepherds Chine is a superb location that yields some superb fish remains, lobsters, ammonites, brachiopods, bivalves and occasional reptile and dinosaur bones. During the right conditions, you could come back with some superb specimens. |
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| Whitecliff |
| Whitecliff Bay is a geologists heaven, where else can you collect from the Upper Chalk, London Clay, Reading Clay, Bagshot Beds, Bracklesham Beds, Barton Clay, Fishbourne member, Cliff End Member, Totland Bay Member, plus much more. |
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| Yarmouth |
| The Early Oligocene beds at Yarmouth are highly fossiliferous in mammal, crocodile, turtle, crustaceans and fish remains. Molluscs, Plants and Seeds can also be found simply lying on the foreshore. |
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| Yaverland - Sandown |
| This famous location is well known for Dinosaur bones, Reptile and Fish remains, but you need the right conditions to have any luck, best collecting during the winter or spring high tides. Yaverland is often sadly over collected |
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