The 10 minute walk from Tyneham car park to Worbarrow Bay in Dorset is well worthwhile.

The pictures below show the views from Warbarrow Tout, the word "Tout" meaning "Look-out hill", from the Old English "Tote".

The correct spelling of Worbarrow is somewhat confusing. Over the years it has changed from Wyrebarowe 1462, to Wyrbarrow 1500, to Worthbarrow 1575, to Warbarrow 1841, to today's mix of Worbarrow and Warbarrow.

The next bay east of Worbarrow is called Brandy Bay. Needless to say smuggling was a cottage industry along this coast. One smuggler was stoned on Warbarrow beach. No, not too much brandy on a moonlit night, he was stoned to death by the excise men. I guess he tried to go through the green exit with nothing to declare!

Rodney Legg's book has a brilliant extract from Walter Miller, who goes on to state that all of the Miller family were smugglers before the Crimean War. One of his great uncles was unlucky to be caught smuggling and was sent to Dorchester jail. When let out, he was met by the Squire and taken to the Kings Arms for a good meal.

This shows Worbarrow Bay in the late evening.

For the geology of Worbarrow Bay, see the Southampton University web site:-

Worbarrow Bay