Fossils, dinosoar footprints

Compton Bay

Large beach situated between Brook and Freshwater Bay, this mostly sandy beach is popular with surfers. Pay and display car park, toilets and usually an ice cream van in the summer months selling a variety of goods, ice creams and hot and cold drinks. No other facilities. Eroding cliffs back onto the beach with steep but short steps for beach access. Fossils may be found here and dinosaur footprints may be seen at low tide in the bedrock near Hanover Point (sadly no longer). A shipwreck is also visible sometimes just off the shoreline at the Freshwater Bay end of the beach.

Good for watersports. No Lifeguards. Dinasoar footprints Just one of the dinasoar footprints here, more may be seen at low tide. There used to be an old stone marker at Hanover Point see Not forgotten pictures.