Editing Chideock (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Chideock from Quarry Hill - geograph.org.uk - 1342258.jpg|thumb|Chideock from Quarry Hill]]
Chideock is situated in the [[Dorset (unitary authority)|Dorset Council]] administrative area about {{convert|2.5|mi|km}} west of Bridport, {{convert|5|mi|km}} east of Lyme Regis and {{convert|0.75|mi|km}} inland from the English Channel. The parish includes the coastal hamlet of [[Seatown]], which is less than {{convert|1|mi|km}} to the south on the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site. Seatown has a long shelving pebble beach, with views up towards the hill which forms [[Golden Cap]], which at {{convert|191|m|ft}} is the highest cliff on the south coast of England. Fossilised [[ammonites]] and [[Belemnitida|belemnites]] can often be found on the beach due to continued [[coastal erosion]] of the soft blue lias [[clay]]s which make up the cliffs. Iron-rich rocks such as [[lodestone]] and [[magnetite]] can also be found on the beaches near the village – these are thought to have been transported down the coast from Chesil Beach, having been deposited there by a shipwreck in the 1800s.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} Similar collections of these rocks can be found on beaches along the Jurassic Coast and in the neighbouring counties of [[Hampshire]] and the [[Isle of Wight]].