The Kimmeridge Ledges form part of the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site, and the Dorset National Landscape.

The coast is also part of a Site of Special Scientific Interest, protected for its a rich sea life.

The geology of the area around Kimmeridge Ledges is important as part of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site.

[4] It comprises bedrock formed in the Late Jurassic epoch, overlain in many places by superficial Quaternary head deposits.

Kimmeridge gives its name to the Kimmeridgian, the division of the Jurassic period in which the beds were laid down, because of the quality of the cliffs and the fossils they yield.