Ware Cliffs are a set of long cliffs which stretch towards the town of Lyme Regis

Lyme Regis

Lyme Regis is a coastal town in West Dorset, England, situated 25 miles west of Dorchester and east of Exeter. The town lies in Lyme Bay, on the English Channel coast at the Dorset-Devon border...

 in Dorset to the Ware

Ware, Devon

Ware is a hamlet and civil parish in the East Devon district of Devon, England. The hamlet lies approximately south-west from Lyme Regis, just off the Jurassic Coast....

 hamlet in the East Devon

East Devon

East Devon is a local government district in Devon, England. Its council is based in Sidmouth, and the largest town is Exmouth.The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the borough of Honiton with the urban districts of Budleigh Salterton, Exmouth, Ottery St. Mary, Seaton, Sidmouth...

 district of Devon

Devon

Devon is a large county in southwestern England. The county is sometimes referred to as Devonshire, although the term is rarely used inside the county itself as the county has never been officially "shired", it often indicates a traditional or historical context.The county shares borders with...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. The cliffs are stituated near Pinhay Bay

Pinhay Bay

Pinhay Bay is a bay in Devon, on the south coast of England. Pinhay Bay lies about two kilometres southwest of Lyme Regis and about six kilometres east of Seaton....

, on the Devon-Dorset

Dorset

Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...

 border. The highest point on Ware Cliffs is the 'Black Ven', which reaches a height of approximately 137 metres (449.5 ft).

There have been a notable amount of fossils found along the beaches of the Ware Cliffs in the past few years. The cliffs are expected to have been formed in the early Jurassic

Jurassic

The Jurassic is a geologic period and system that extends from about Mya to  Mya, that is, from the end of the Triassic to the beginning of the Cretaceous. The Jurassic constitutes the middle period of the Mesozoic era, also known as the age of reptiles. The start of the period is marked by...

period. Its approximate age is estimated to be around 199-189 million years old.