Pleasant walkways punctuate the wooded valley of Shanklin Chine, Isle of Wight
Shanklin Chine, here reaching the sea has been a tourist attraction of pleasant walkways (punctuating the wooded valley of Shanklin Chine, Isle of Wight) for more than two centuries, inspiring literary figures and poets (Keats, Horsley) and artists and illustrators (Turner, Daniell, Rowlandosn, Howitt). The 40th Royal Marine Commando trained in WW2 preparing for the 1942 Dieppe Raid and PLUTO (Pipeline Through The Ocean) ran through the Chine before servicing the allied Normandy landings via Cherbourg. S Horsley in 1828 described it: 'The delightful village of Shanklin. In this sequestered spot is a good inn, fitted up for the accommodation of visitors. The object of attraction at Shanklin is the Chine, (which is situated at about ten minutes walk from the inn. This phenomenon of nature is a combination of beauty and grandeur; it is formed by the separation of a lofty cliff, whose height is 280 feet perpendicular, and 100 feet wide at the top. On entering the Chine from the shore, we pass along one side, rugged and barren; through which a winding path has been cut by a poor fisherman; while below the rippling stream urges its way to the ocean, which pours its rolling waters at its feet, and spreads its boundless expanse before it. On the other side the cliff is fertile, covered with hanging wood and bushes, adorned with a neat cottage, and having a little rustic inn. About the middle of the Chine is a small Chalybeate: and the path now conducts by a serpentine course to a scene of awful grandeur, formed by stupendous masses of matter on each side, and the rustling of a small cascade, which falls from the head of the Chine, and passes between the dark and overhanging cliffs
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Location: Shanklin Chine, Isle of Wight, England, UK
Photo credit: © Philip Chapman / Alamy / Afripics
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