English Riviera Global Geopark, Torquay, South Devon
The world's first urban Geopark
The English Riviera Geopark was the world's first urban Geopark. It's exceptionally beautiful and fascinating and within one of the UK's hottest tourist destinations.
A Geopark is a territory with an internationally important geological and cultural heritage. The English Riviera Geopark is a territory of international geological importance around The English Riviera covering 400 million years of geological history. It was declared a Geopark in September 2007.
Rare geological and cultural heritage sites
The English Riviera Geopark is one of only fifty or so Geoparks in the world. Others in the UK include North Pennines AONB European Geopark, North West Highlands Geopark, Fforest Fawr Geopark, Lochaber Geopark and Geo Mon (Anglesey).
Comprises 32 GeoSites
The English Riviera Geopark comprises 32 GeoSites
Babbacombe Cliffs
Barcombe Mews Quarry (Shorton)
Barton Quarry
Berry Head to Sharkham Point
Black Head and Anstey's Cove
Breakwater Quarry (Brixham)
Brokenbury Quarry (Churston Ferrers)
Brixham Cavern
Chapel Hill (Torre)
Churston Cove/Churston Point
Crystal Cove
Daddyhole Cove
Dyers Quarry
Goodrington Quarry and Road Cutting
Hollicombe Head to Corbyns Head
Hope's Nose: Marine Devonian
Hope's Nose: Mineralogy of SW England
Hope's Nose and Thatcher Rock: Quaternary of SW England
Hopes Nose South
Kents Cavern
Long Quarry
Lummaton Quarry
Meadfoot Sea Rd
New Cut
Oddicombe
Petitor (Maidencombe)
Quarry Woods Quarry (Cockington)
Roundham Head
Saltern Cove: Marine Devonian
Saltern Cove: Permian Triassic
Sharkham Iron Mine
Shoalstone
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