Chink (Isle of Wight)
The Chink is a scenic rock cleft between Bonchurch and Luccombe, Isle of Wight, with steps descending from St Boniface Down to the Bonchurch Landslips below.
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Its upper end is at the northern end of clifftop parkland accessed from the Leeson Road (A3055) car park, where there is a Southern Vectis bus route 3 stop.
The Chink was known in Victorian times as part of the development of the Bonchurch Landslips as a picturesque woodland walk.[1]
One of several such paths with carved steps connecting the clifftop to the Isle of Wight Undercliff, it follows a joint through the Upper Greensand crags capping the cliffs above the Landslip.[2] The path continues down through the Landslip as footpath V65, which joins the coastal path V65A at its foot.[3]
A similar rock cleft, the better-known Devil's Chimney, is about 200 yards south.
References
- Historic Environment Action Plan: The Undercliff, Isle of Wight County Archaeology and Historic Environment Service, October 2008 (retrieved 13 July 2013)
- Isle of Wight Council, Isle of Wight Shoreline Management Plan 2 / Appendix D / Natural and Built Environment Baseline / (Thematic Review), December 2010 (retrieved 13 July 2013)
- Isle of Wight Council, Rights of Way Maps, Map 82, Shanklin Down / Luccombe / The Landslip