- Located in Devon (see Interactive Map)
- The first urban Geopark in the world. It's exceptionally beautiful and fascinating and within one of the UK's hottest tourist destinations
- The English Riviera Geopark is a territory of international geological importance around The English Riviera covering 400 million years of geological history
- A Geopark is a territory with an internationally important geological and cultural heritage
- One of only fifty or so Geoparks in the world. Others in the UK include: North Pennines AONB European Geopark, North West Highlands Geopark, Fforest Fawr Geopark, Lochaber Geopark and Geo Mon (Anglesey)
- Declared a Geopark in September 2007
- Comprises 32 GeoSites
- The Geosites are:
- Babbacombe Cliffs, Barcombe Mews Quarry (Shorton), Barton Quarry, Berry Head to Sharkham Point, Black Head and Anstey's Cove, Breakwater Quarry (Brixham), Brokenbury Quarry (Churston Ferrers), Brixham Cavern, Chapel Hill (Torre), Churston Cove/Churston Point, Crystal Cove, Daddyhole Cove, Dyers Quarry, Goodrington Quarry and Road Cutting, Hollicombe Head to Corbyns Head, Hope's Nose: Marine Devonian, Hope's Nose: Mineralogy of SW England, Hope's Nose and Thatcher Rock: Quaternary of SW England, Hopes Nose South, Kents Cavern, Long Quarry, Lummaton Quarry, Meadfoot Sea Rd, New Cut, Oddicombe, Petitor (Maidencombe), Quarry Woods Quarry (Cockington), Roundham Head, Saltern Cove: Marine Devonian, Saltern Cove: Permian Triassic, Sharkham Iron Mine, Shoalstone
External Links www.englishrivierageopark.org.uk
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