Osmington Mills Explained

Country:England
Official Name:Osmington Mills
Coordinates:50.6356°N -2.3754°W
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Static Image Caption:The Smugglers' Inn at Osmington Mills
Shire County:Dorset
Region:South West England
Constituency Westminster:South Dorset
Post Town:WEYMOUTH
Postcode District:DT3
Postcode Area:DT
Dial Code:01305
Os Grid Reference:SY734820

Osmington Mills is a coastal hamlet in the English county of Dorset. It lies within the civil parish of Osmington 5miles northeast of Weymouth.

Geology

The coastline around Osmington Mills is part of Dorset's Jurassic Coast, and fossils can be found in the cliffs. The rocks consist of Kimmeridge Clay and the Corallian group from the Oxfordian (Upper Jurassic) and have an interesting trace fossil assemblage. To the west are Black Head and beyond that Redcliff Point, with fossils in the Upper Oxford Clay.

Tourism

Osmington Mills is popular with tourists, providing facilities such as camping and caravan sites, a public house (of which the site has been traced back to the 13th century), and attractive coastal walks.

John Constable

The area around Osmington Mills and Osmington Bay was painted by the English landscape artist John Constable in the early 19th century. He spent his honeymoon in the area in 1816. Paintings include:

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: CONSTABLE : impressions of land, sea and sky - John CONSTABLE - Osmington Bay. 7 October 2014.
  2. Web site: Posters, Art Prints, Vintage Posters & Canvas Art at Barewalls.com. 7 October 2014. https://archive.today/20120710231426/http://artwork.barewalls.com/artwork/AViewofOsmingtonBayDorset.html?productid=376151&ns=normal. 10 July 2012. dead.
  3. Web site: MFA Boston: Collections Search Results . 17 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070224100213/http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_art.asp?recview=true . 24 February 2007 . dead .