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	Chesil Beach - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Chesil Beach (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Chesil Beach in Dorset, England, is one of many shingle beaches found in southern England.
		Chesil Beach connects Portland with the mainland and encloses a tidal lagoon known as the Fleet.
		The lateral gradation of Chesil Beach's pebbles is caused by downdrift attrition (the grinding of pebbles and rocks together) and longshore drift (the zig-zag movement of pebbles along the beach, carried by waves ascending the bank at an angle and then returning in a straight descent).
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Chesil+Beach (358 words)

	Chesil Beach
		Chesil Beach is a shingle barrier ridge at the eastern end of Lyme Bay, extending 18 miles from Burton Bradstock to Fortuneswell on Portland.
		Chesil Beach is the current accumulation of this material, too heavy to be moved other than before the waves, and representing deposits from land eroded from what is now in the Channel up to 35 or 40 metres below sea level.
		Chesil Beach itself is accessible at its far eastern end on a bus route between Weymouth and Portland Bill.
	www.du.edu /~jcalvert/geol/chesil.htm (1298 words)

	Chesil Beach -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Pebbles on the beach are graded, getting coarser nearer Portland, and fishermen familiar with the beach claim to be able to tell their location from pebble size alone.
		The origin of the beach has been argued over for some time, originally believed to be from the (Click link for more info and facts about Budleigh Salterton) Budleigh Salterton pebble beds to the west and later from Portland to the south east.
		The beach provides shelter from the (The predominant wind direction) prevailing winds and ((physics) a movement up and down or back and forth) waves for the towns of (Click link for more info and facts about Weymouth) Weymouth and (Click link for more info and facts about Fortuneswell) Fortuneswell, which otherwise would probably not exist.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/chesil_beach.htm (295 words)

	Chesil Beach - Mystery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Chesil Beach is a storm beach, whose fortress-like walls of pebbles and shingle protect and shelter this part of the English coast from the fury of the Atlantic Ocean.
		Chesil Beach Centre is an exciting venue for visitors situated in the car park, right on the edge of Chesil Bank and Fleet Nature Reserve.
		The Chesil Beach Centre is open from 10.00 am to 6.00 pm during April to September and 10.00 am to 4.00 pm during October to March.
	www.weymouth.gov.uk /main.asp?svid=7&svaid=294&svapid=918 (824 words)

	Chesil Beach -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		From Abbotsbury to Portland (12 miles [19 km]) the beach is separated from the mainland by a lagoon.
		The peninsula is connected to the mainland by Chesil Beach, an unbroken shingle ridge about 30 feet (9 m) high and 600 feet (180 m) wide, stretching 10 miles (16 km) west as...
		A haven for surfing enthusiasts, Huntington Beach is in Orange County on the Pacific coast 35 miles (56 kilometers) southeast of Los Angeles and boasts a beach 8 miles (14 kilometers) long.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9023875&query=beach&ct= (947 words)

	Chesil Beach, Dorset - Geology Field Trip Guide
		Opposite the Fleet the Chesil Beach is between 150 and 200 m wide, but it is narrower both adjacent to the cliffs in the west and at its extreme eastern end.
		Baden-Powell stated (1930) that the Raised Beach marks the earliest known date at which pebbles from the Dawlish breccia, from the Budleigh Salterton pebble beds, and perhaps from the Tertiary gravels were assembled in one deposit in the Portland district.
		The general explanation for the origin of the Chesil Beach as given above was partly based on some form of direct transport eastward from Budleigh Salterton in the past and partly on Strahan's (1898) argument that the Chesil Beach represents the winnowings of lost land in West Bay.
	www.soton.ac.uk /%7Eimw/chesil.htm (10670 words)

	Chesil Beach Holiday Park - Privacy Policy
		Chesil Beach Holiday Park has no control over the content of any Website that is independent from Chesil Beach Holiday Park.
		Chesil Beach Holiday Park is a corporation organised and existing under the laws of England.
		Chesil Beach Holiday Park does not intend to avail itself of any of the laws, protections or benefits of any other jurisdiction.
	www.chesilholidays.co.uk /privacy/index.asp (431 words)

	Chesil Beach Diving (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The beach is littered with the wreckage of ships that have lost battles to demanding waves of the past and come to settle on the pebbles and rocks of Chesil.
		Chesil Cove, the sheltered part of the beach reserved specifically for diving activities, offers both novices and experienced divers a year-round underwater experience and is often also used by visiting dive schools.
		The "Hag pebbles", on the banks of the Chesil Beach, are highly prized though removal of pebbles is still strictly forbidden.
	www.divedorset.com /chesil.htm (628 words)

	Chesil Beach
		Throughout this period the beach rolled in reducing the size of the Fleet.
		The work was carried out as a part of a project to lure them along the beach into their former territories by the use of tape lures and decoys.
		The tern breeding season has finished, scientists and students are giving themselves a break from their research on the Fleet and although there are plenty of visitors to keep an eye on, it is generally one of the more relaxed times of the year.
	www.o-keeffe.freeserve.co.uk /chesil_beach.html (1103 words)

	Sea Fishing at the Chesil Beach
		The Chesil Beach is part of the Jurassic Coast which is part of England's only natural World Heritage Site.
		Chesil Beach is approximately 17 miles long all of which is fishable.
		It extends from Chesil Cove in the east to Bridport Harbour.
	www.weymouthangling.f9.co.uk /chesil.html (714 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Chesil Beach (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Beach, gently sloping strip of land bordering an ocean or other body of water.
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	encarta.msn.com /Chesil+Beach.html (135 words)

	Winter diving in the UK - Chesil Baech - December 2001 - DIVERNET from Diver Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		There is usually a current running along the beach, so the most reliable way to hit the wreck is to follow the seabed out along a compass bearing.
		Walk to the ridge of the beach, line up the posts of the fence at the end of the car park, then stride 16 paces along the ridge away from Portland.
		For Chesil Cove, cross the beach at the Scuba Centre or from the end of any of the side roads and tracks further towards Portland.
	www.divernet.com /travel/1201winter6.htm (848 words)

	Weymouth,Dorset,England -Shipwrecks around Weymouth,Portland & Chesil Beach (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It sucks down the pebbles from the beach too and they move so quickly that it can be difficult to remain upright once the water laps the feet.
		The Columbine, a schooner, was wrecked on Chesil Beach between Wyke and Portland.
		By daybreak, Chesil Beach was once again strewn with wreckage and the local fisherman in lerrets made a chain to rescue those in the boat.
	www.weymouth.here-on-the.net /shipwrecks.html (2780 words)

	Chesil Beach, Dorset, England
		The Chesil Beach (or Bank) is a shingle beach approx 16 miles long stretching from West Bay (Bridport) in the West to The Isle of Portland.
		At Ferrybridge the eastern extremity of the Fleet the beach forms a Tombolo (bar of shingle) rising to a height of 40ft and a width of 600ft at its base, which for two miles connects the mainland to the Isle of Portland.
		At the Western end of the beach the make up is a fine shingle, as you walk Eastwards towards Portland the shingle changes gradually to larger and larger pebbles.
	www.thedorsetpage.com /locations/Place/C180.htm (281 words)

	Pictures of Chesil Beach, , , England. Chesil Beach hotels, accommodation, Photographs, history, maps and attractions
		The glorious lagoon that lies to the rear of the beach, is known as the fleet and is rich in eel-grass, a source of food for the Abbotsbury Swans.
		Chesil Beach is amazing, bordering the lagoon is a great bank of pebbles and all along the bank is a continuous roar of the sea as it hurls back and forth over hundreds of thousands of pebbles.
		Disaster to one side, Chesil is a wonderful area that is very much in harmony with nature, it is a truly amazing place which is a haven for many species of sea-birds and wildlife.
	www.picturesofengland.com /Chesil_Beach (656 words)

	Bird life at Chesil Beach (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Curlew, and Whimbrel pass along Chesil Beach usually in May and the lonely haunting cry of the Whimbrel accentuates the remote beauty of the area.
		The area of the beach adjacent to the Chesil Beach Centre has spectacular displays of Thrift during the early spring, complemented by white Sea Campion.
		Chesil Beach is one of only two sites it is found in Britain.
	www.weymouth.gov.uk /main.asp?svid=62&svaid=361&svapid=1445 (479 words)

	Details (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Chesil Beach, a huge ridge of shingle, runs from Abbotsbury in the west to Portland in the east and encloses a lagoon of partly salt, partly fresh water known as the Fleet.
		At its eastern end the Chesil Beach joins the Isle of Portland to the mainland where the pebbles are at their largest.
		It is said that years ago local fishermen, if swept up onto the beach could tell exactly where they were by the size of the pebbles which are naturally graded in decreasing size from Portland to the sand at West Bay.
	www.palmersbrewery.com /details.asp?key=chesil (158 words)

	Jurassic Coast - coastal processes
		The peat is being eroded on the seaward side of the beach and thrown onto it as large blocks while storm events push pebbles onshore, indicating that the beach is moving onshore.
		The beach is exposed to the full force of the Atlantic and the long shore drift is predominantly to the east.
		The traditional view is that Chesil Beach was driven onshore with rising sea levels at the end of the last Ice Age.
	www.swgfl.org.uk /jurassic/coastal2.htm (1137 words)

	Welcome to Chesil Beach
		Chesil Beach is a long shingle ridge that joins with Portland and extends to Burton Bradstock covering some 18 miles.
		There is a history of shipwrecks on Chesil Beach, caused by the strong sea breeze and tides.
		The beach is thought to be over 5000 years old.
	www.birminghamuk.com /chesilbeach.htm (159 words)

	Vesta - The Chesil Beach Monster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The root of the word stems from old Dorsetshire dialect, meaning feast - the olden-day beach gathering that was held on warm summer evenings on the neatly shelved banks of Portland's Chesil Beach.
		Veasta is the Chesil Beach monster and, though ignored for well over 500 years, she was sighted again as recently as August 1995, 50 yards off Chesil Beach at Portland - some 12 feet high, half fish, half giant seahorse.
		These are the seas that organise and rank those cohorts of brightly coloured calcareous, quartz and jasper pebbles on Portland's ancient beach, whose shields of armour dazzle in the sunlight.
	www.weymouth.gov.uk /main.asp?svid=7&svaid=294&svapid=917 (1273 words)

	Chesil Beach and Bank
		Chesil Beach is a long, narrow spit of land reaching 18 miles from Portland Bill to Abbotsbury.
		Chesil is a steep slope of shingle fronted by pebbles which have been polished smooth by the action of the waves.
		The Chesil Beach Centre near Portland tells the story of the regions unique geology through a series of interactive displays.
	www.britainexpress.com /counties/dorset/countryside/chesil.htm (332 words)

	Chesil Beach Pebbles, Dorset - Geology Field Trip Guide
		I expect that it is in the Chesil beach because, although it comes from the Middle Purbeck strata which are missing on Portland, it is common in the Tertiary gravels of Blackdown Hill (Hardy Monument), not far away.
		I have not seen chert replacements of gypsum in the Chesil Beach but it occurs in the western cliffs and elsewhere on Portland and should be present (in very small quantities) in the raised beach.
		In the battered Chesil Beach pebbles it is unlikely that good large crystals will be seen and in most cases the tourmaline has a flening effect and is associated with quartz which gives the pebbles sufficient resistance for survival in this harsh environment.
	www.soton.ac.uk /~imw/chespeb.htm (6163 words)

	PortlandBill.co.uk
		Chesil beach, a natural shingle bank stretching for 16 miles to the west from Portland.
		The beach shelves as steeply below the water as above it making it a very popular place for fishermen with huge shoals of Mackerel in the summer and Cod in the winter.
		The wreck of the Pervezza in Chesil Cove January 1920.
	www.portlandbill.co.uk /chesil.htm (257 words)

	Chesil Beach (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Chesil beach is a vast shingle bank that stretches for miles west of Portland.
		There is a car park right on the beach front, that is charged for a certain time of the year.
		It is best to walk away from the carpark, (don't forget to pay for your parking), there is a path behind the bank and walking is much easier than along the beach, just cross the bank when you get to your chosen spot.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /daviesp2/Fishing/chesil.htm (298 words)

	South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales): FISHING: IT'S ARCH DE TRIOMPHE ON CHESIL BEACH `I did a conger in my car' Joe ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		CARDIFF'S former World Shore Fishing Champion Joe Arch was in cracking form for the two opens on Dorset's Chesil Beach at the weekend.
		He started with the Galeforce Open, which was fished on the Bexington section of the huge shingle beach.
		The next day it was along the beach at Covedon for the ISAAC Open and builder Arch went one better with a winning 9lb made up of nine dogfish worth almost pounds 15 each in prize money.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:99864855&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (221 words)

	Chesil Beach - 16th March 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The shore-dive programme is structured to support all of the club members who want to dip their fins in the water, either after a lull in diving over the winter or for those who want some support early in their diving life.
		As it was 6 of the club made their way to Chesil beach for what turned out to be a good but not entirely uneventful day.
		When we arrived at the Chesil beach drop-off area, you could have been forgiven for thinking you had actually travelled through a time warp.
	www.divingdragons.co.uk /chesil_beach.htm (609 words)

	Chesil Beach and the Ancient Mermaid - West Bexington, England - BootsnAll.com
		It seems it is only one of hundreds of exotic cast-ashore objects that have been found over centuries along the shore of Chesil Beach in England's County of Dorset.
		Even though Ashley calls it an awful place and is haunted by a childhood memory of a great steamer, with her propeller in the air, ending her days grinding herself into the beach, I resolved to see this fascinating part of the Dorset Coast.
		She calls it "an elegant stone house close to the sea, Lyme Bay and Chesil Beach - where good silver, candle lamps, and nosegays are on every apricot clothed table.
	www.bootsnall.com /cgi-bin/gt/travelstories/europe/apr02chesil.shtml (2389 words)

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