Hull Geological Society
Geology field guides and walks
Disclaimer – details
about parking and facilities may have changes since the author last visited
these sites.
Note all sites are best visited on a falling tide. For some the tide is critical either to view the site or to avoid getting stranded. You are recommended to wear a hard hat when examining cliffs.
Summary -
Danes Dyke
Conservation status – SSSI and Marine No Take Zone going to Sewerby Steps (you
are not allowed to remove any living organisms including pebbles with attached
barnacles or sea weed).
Parking – Pay and display at Danes Dyke country park
Facilities – small café and toilets
Access – steep gravel path to beach.
Beach – sand, pebbles, boulders and wave cut platform
Hazards – wave cut platform can be slippery.
Escape routes – South Landing or Sewerby or climb a rockfall and wait for tide
to fall
Safety and PPE – hard hat and sensible clothes. Sensible footwear.
Geological highlights – Flamborough formation, zone boundary between Marsupites
and I. lingua zones, pre-glacial valley fill, glacial till, erratics,.
Other interests there or nearby – The Danes Dyke earthworks
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