From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Brook Chine
Brook Chine
Brook Chine
of the village of Brook. The hamlet of Brookgreen runs
along its southern edge.
It is a small coastal gully, one of a number of such
chines on the island created by stream erosion of soft
Cretaceous rocks. It runs from the A3055 Military Road
about 300m due east to the beach at Brook Bay just south
of Hanover Point. The sides of the gully are fairly shallow
and allow the growth of hardy bushes, scrub and rough
grasses.
The Chine drains water from fairly flat agricultural
land that extends from Mottistone Down in the north
to the coast in the south and almost to the next chine,
Chilton Chine to the east.
The Isle of Wight Coastal Path crosses the chine via
Brook Chine
Brook Chine on the Isle of Wight the road bridge on the A3055 bridge.
Brook Chine is a geological feature on the south west External links
coast of the Isle of Wight, England. It lies just to the west
Useful info on chines of West Wight
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