Solent Group

Solent Group Stratigraphic range: Priabonian - Rupelian
Bembridge Limestone Formation (harder white weathering layers) and overlying clays of the Bouldnor Formation at the northern end of Whitecliff Bay, Isle of Wight.
Type	Group
Sub-units	Headon Hill Formation, Bembridge Limestone Formation & Bouldnor Formation
Underlies	Quaternary at an unconformity
Overlies	Barton Group
Thickness	up to 190 m
Location
Region	Hampshire Basin, England
Country	United Kingdom
Type section
Named for	Solent

The Solent Group is a geological group in the Hampshire Basin of southern England. It preserves fossils ranging in age from Priabonian (uppermost Eocene) to Rupelian (lower Oligocene). The group is subdivided into three formations, the Headon Hill Formation, the Bembridge Limestone Formation and the Bouldnor Formation.