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The Smugglers' Inn at Osmington Mills |
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Osmington Mills
Osmington Mills shown within Dorset |
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| OS grid reference | SY734820 |
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| Metropolitan borough | Dorset |
| Metropolitan county | Dorset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WEYMOUTH |
| Postcode district | DT3 |
| Dialling code | 01305 |
| Police | Dorset |
| Fire | Dorset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | South Dorset |
| List of places: UK • England • Dorset | |
Osmington Mills is a coastal village situated between Ringstead Bay (to the east) and the town of Weymouth (to the west) in Dorset, England. It is located within the civil parish of Osmington.
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The village is popular with tourists; providing numerous holiday facilities (including camping and caravan sites) and a public house (of which the site has been traced back to the 13th century). Footpaths provide routes connecting the village to Weymouth to the west, a walk of approximately 5 miles (8.0 km), and to Ringstead Bay 1 mile (1.6 km) away eastwards, via Bran Point approximately at the halfway point.
The coastline makes up part of Dorset's Jurassic Coast; and as such, fossils can be found in the cliffs. To the west are Black Head and beyond that Redcliff Point, with fossils in the Upper Oxford Clay.
The area around Osmington Mills and Osmington Bay was painted by the English landscape artist John Constable in the early 19th century. He spent his honeymoon in the area in 1816. Paintings include:
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