Fossils and Fossil Collecting in Whitecliff Bay
Isle of Wight Geological Guide and Geology Info

This location has been classified as 'High', although lots of fossils can be found, you will often need the right conditions. Fossils can mostly be found during scouring conditions on the foreshore, but fossils can also be found from Upper Chalk in the landslips.

(Suitable for Children)

Whitecliff is ideal for families, and suitable for children. The close parking with toliets an care together with a nice clear sandy beach would make an ideal day out.

Access to Whitecliff is excellent, parking right near to the location.Toliets a cafe and in the summer a food and drink is available.

Foreshore, Cliff

Most of the fossils are found on the Foreshore, you just simply pick them up, but they can also be found in the cliff.

! IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTES !

Other Similar Locations to Whitecliff

For locations for collecting from the Barton Clay; try Barton. For locations which have the Bracklesham Formation, you could try Bracklesham Bay in Sussex, or Herne Bay in Kent

If you are interested in locations with London Clay you can try the following areas that contains London Clay, try Nacton, Bognor Regis, Ramsholt, Bawdsey, Maylandsea, Levington, Harwich, or Burnham on Crouch. Isle of Sheppey, Walton-on-Naze.

For collecting from The Wealden Group, you could try Hastings and Fairlight in Sussex or Bexhill.

For collecting from the Bembridge Limestone, try Bembridge, Whitecliff Bay, Yarmouth and Hamstead.

For locations with chalk, you could Culver Cliff and Bembridge Quarry, which are just round the corner or try the Seven Sisters, Peacehaven, Beachy Head or Eastbourne both in Sussex. In Bedfordshire, you can also visit Houghton Quarry.

In Kent, St Margaret's Bay, Pegwell Bay, Dover, and Samphire Hoe may be of interest, or in Dorset, Whitenothe

Microscopes

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.