Luccombe Bay

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2015}}

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|country = England

|official_name= Luccombe Bay

|civil_parish= Shanklin

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|static_image_name = File:Luccombe Bay.jpg

|static_image_caption= Luccombe Bay looking to the north

|constituency_westminster= Isle of Wight

|map_type = Isle of Wight

|lieutenancy_england= Isle of Wight

|region = South East England

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Luccombe Bay is a bay on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, England. It lies to the east of Luccombe Village from which it takes its name. It faces south-east towards the English Channel, its shoreline is {{convert|2/3|mile}} in length.{{Google Maps| url= https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.6103736,-1.1771171,1428m/data=!3m1!1e3 |title= Luccombe Bay |access-date= 5 September 2018}} It consists of a predominantly sand and shingle beach lined with sea cliffs which range from {{convert|200|to|280|ft|m|round=5}} in height.{{cite web | url=http://www.risknat.org/projets/riskydrogeo/docs/guide_pratique/Acivite1_Ateliers/Presentations%20Atelier1/A1P13-Coastal%20changes/vol2/g2.pdf| title=Geotechnical Study Area G2 Luccombe landslide, Ventnor Undercliff, Isle of Wight, UK | publisher=risknat.org }} It stretches from Horse Ledge in the north to Bordwood Ledge in the south. The sea bottom is a mixture of mud and rocks.

Along the top of the cliffs which line the bay is the site of the National trust maintained {{convert|4 + 1/2|mile|adj=on}} Luccombe and the Landslip Walk.

The bay is best viewed from Luccombe Chine which descends to the beach about two-thirds of the way along the bay. There was a footpath down a set of wooden steps to the beach from the coastal path, but these are currently closed due to damage from landslips. A small fishing community existed at the foot of the Chine on the bay until it was destroyed in the Great Landslip of 1910. The area is the site of a lot of erosion and cliff retreat (though no cliff failures), with a loss of around a foot (30 cm) per year.