West Dorset Beaches

  • West Bay Beach

    west bay
    West Bay Beach is located next to a bustling harbour to which extends eastwards and westwards

  • Lyme Regis Beach

    lyme regis beach evening

    Lyme Regis Beach is a sandy stretch along the town's seafront leading to the harbour and famous Cobb

  • Charmouth Beach

    Charmouth beach

    Located by the small village of Charmouth, the beach is one of the best fossil hunting beaches in the UK.

  • Seatown Beach

    Seatown beach

    Seatown is another popular fossil hunting beach with a rich and dark history of smuggling

  • Chesil Beach

    Chesil beach view
    Chesil Beach is both a spectacle and an enigma. A huge shingle bank stretching from Portland almost to the border with Devon

  • Chesil Cove

    Chesil Cove

    Chesil Cove, at the most southerly, Portland, extreme of the 17 mile long Chesil Beach, is a pebble beach that protects the low-lying village of Chiswell from flooding.

  • Church Ope Cove

    Church Ope Cove

    Church Ope Cove is one of the few beaches on the Isle of Portland and is suitable for swimming and diving

  • Weymouth Beach

    weymouth town beach
    Weymouth beach is a long, fine sandy beach that has been awarded the Blue Flag award on several occasions

  • Overcombe Beach

    Overcombe beach

    Overcombe Beach is a continuation of the beach at Weymouth

  • Bowleaze Cove

    bowleaze cove

    Bowleaze Cove is the far end of the crescent of sand that stretches from Weymouth. It is popular with jetskis and other watercraft

Best beaches in & around West-Dorset