Broadrock

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Broadrock, looking towards Redcliff Point.
View from the sea of the Corallian cliffs at Broadrock, with the Osmington White Horse in the background. Broadrock - geograph.org.uk - 135844.jpg
View from the sea of the Corallian cliffs at Broadrock, with the Osmington White Horse in the background.

Broadrock is a cliff on the coast in Dorset, southern England. It faces out into Weymouth Bay between Bowleaze Cove and Redcliff Point. [1] There are many landslips on the cliffs at this point. [2]

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Coordinates: 50°38′07″N2°24′46″W / 50.6354°N 2.4129°W / 50.6354; -2.4129