Bonchurch Landslips

50°36′22″N 1°10′41″W / 50.606°N 1.178°W / 50.606; -1.178

Bonchurch Landslips
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Scenery at the Landslip
LocationIsle of Wight
Grid referenceSZ582785
InterestBiological and Geological
Area28.2 hectare
Notification1977
Location mapNatural England
Bonchurch Landslips is located in Isle of Wight
Bonchurch Landslips
Bonchurch Landslips
The Bonchurch Landslips on the Isle of Wight

Bonchurch Landslips is a 28.2-hectare (70-acre) site of special scientific interest which is located north-east of Ventnor, Isle of Wight. A wooded coastal landslip zone, the site was notified in 1977 for both its biological and geological features.

Part of the Isle of Wight Undercliff, it is accessed by several footpaths, including Coastal Path V65b from Ventnor and V65a from Luccombe, footpath V65 descending into the landslip via a rock cleft called 'The Chink', and formerly V65C, descending via another cleft, the Devil's Chimney, destroyed by a landslide in December 2023.[1][2]

  1. ^ Isle of Wight Council, Rights of Way, Map 82
  2. ^ Curtis, P., Walking on the Isle of Wight, Cicerone Press, 2013