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The cliffs run about 6 miles (10 km) from Flamborough Head north towards Filey and are over 330 feet (100 m) high at points. The cliffs at Bempton are some of the highest chalk cliffs in England, Beachy Head in East Sussex being the highest at 530 feet (160 m). [2] The area administered by the RSPB also includes Buckton Cliffs. [3]
The cliff is the highest chalk sea cliff in Britain, rising to 162 m (531 ft) above sea level. The peak allows views of the south east coast towards Dungeness in the east, and to the Isle of Wight in the west.
It is the highest sea cliff in England [1] and the highest point on the South West Coast Path. [2] Little Hangman is 716 feet (218 m) high and overlooks the village of Combe Martin at the western boundary of Exmoor National Park. Both cliffs lie on the South West Coast Path and are in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Golden Cap seen from Stonebarrow Hill in winter. Golden Cap is a hill and cliff situated on the English Channel coast between Bridport and Charmouth in Dorset, England.At 191 metres (627 ft), it is arguably the highest point near the south coast of Great Britain (although the highest point is set back some 250 m (820 ft) from the coastline) and is visible for tens of miles along the coastline.
St John's Head, Hoy, Orkney, 335m above the North Atlantic, highest purely vertical sea cliff in the UK [1] Hangman cliffs, Devon 318 m above Bristol Channel is the highest sea cliff in England; Benwee Head Cliffs, Erris, County Mayo, Ireland, 304 m above Atlantic Ocean; Dingli Cliffs, Malta, 250 m above Mediterranean sea
With a cliff face of 800 feet (244 m), it is described as the highest cliff on mainland Britain. [28] The path now leaves the Exmoor National Park and enters the village of Combe Martin, which claims to have the longest village street in England (two miles (3.2 km)). [29]
In the east, the escarpment terminates at the English Channel coast between Seaford and Eastbourne, where it produces the spectacular white cliffs of Seaford Head, the cross-section of dry valleys known as the Seven Sisters and Beachy Head, the highest chalk sea cliff in Britain at 162 m (531 ft) above sea level.
The western stretch of Exmoor boasts Hangman cliffs, the highest cliffs in mainland Britain, culminating near Combe Martin in the "Great Hangman", a 1,043 ft (318 m) 'hog-backed' hill with a cliff-face of 820 ft (250 m); its sister cliff the "Little Hangman" has a cliff-face of 716 ft (218 m).