Compton Bay

Its northeastern edge is formed from the soft red and orange lower cretaceous rocks of Brook Bay, which are rapidly eroding.

Due to the lack of grazing on the cliffs above the bay, the native chalk ecosystem has thrived.

The car park and its public facilities are owned by the National Trust, as is the coastal strip of land.

It is inscribed with a memorial to a resident of one of the nearby villages who fell from the cliff to his death in 1846.

Erected in remembrance of a most dear and only child who was suddenly removed into eternity by a fall from the adjacent cliff on the rocks below.