Black Ven	Doghouse Hill	Stonebarrow Hill
Eype Mouth	Golden Cap	Hope Corner	Ridge Cliff	Looking East
Seatown	Thorncombe Beacon	Wear Cliffs	Charmouth	Looking West

Seatown

Seatown viewed from halfway up Ridge Cliff. To the west Golden Cap dominates the coast.

Seatown viewed from halfway up Ridge Cliff. [Oct 2003]

The beach at Seatown viewed from the top of Ridge Cliff. [Oct 2003]

The River Winniford joins the sea at Seatown. This is normally a 'lost river'. The storm surges and high tides push up the shingle on the beach, blocking the river's entry to the sea. The river drains out buy percolating through the shingle.

Following heavy rain inland, and a very high storm tide, the shingle bank normally blocking the River Winniford was eroded away. Two days later, the river was again blocked.

Seatown seen nestling between Wear Cliffs and Ridge Cliff, taken from the west, under Golden Cap.
[Oct 2003]

Seatown beach showing some very high storm surges.
This means that the high tides rarely reach the base of Wear Cliffs.
[Oct 2003]

The wide and gently sloping beach at Seatown provides easy access to the base of Wear Cliffs and Golden Cap at low tide.