Hartland Quay, North Devon
Hartland Quay, North Devon
Hartland Quay is located in a remote corner of the north Devon coast that offers some of the most dramatic coastal scenery in the United Kingdom. At nearby Warren Beach, the two major rock types of this location, sandstone and mudstone, have been folded and contorted to produce spectacular cliff features - evidence of geological events that took place around 300 million years ago in the Variscan Orogeny. The beach also provides excellent examples of faulting, marine erosion, a wide wave cut platform, and a spectacular arch.
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Paul Berry
Paul is a former Head of Geography and Assistant Vice-Principal. Paul took early retirement after 35 years as a Geography Teacher, and has written GCSE exam revision books for Collins, Hodder, and BBC Bitesize. He currently works as a Field Studies Tutor in Iceland for education travel company Rayburn Tours.
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