West Bay Beach Dorset — Attraction in Bridport

This is a small fishing village, its v popular for tourists to wander around and get fish n chips from the shacks by the harbour. The harbour has working fishing boats coming in with catch. The beach, is shingle. To each side of the village, are steep hills of upturned sandstone, through millions of years of development. Tackle them only if you r fit! There are car parks around the harbour and back streets, theyr not v expensive. The ones further away from 'the action' are cheaper. We visited out of season, when we could take our dog on the beach, underneath the imposing cliffs. During the summer months, check where the dog friendly part of the beach is, I'm sure there is one. Always "pick up" after your dog please all dog owners, the lazy thoughtless few, give us thortful majority, a very bad name! There are pleanty of pubs and eateries to cater for you, with of course delicious ice creams available, including some 'locally made' temptations. You will be spoilt for choice! We always have a lovely day there, recommend it...

We visited here as part of a day out to celebrate a friend's birthday. We arrived at the car park and discovered it would be £2 to park all day - bargain! We then wandered down to the quay in the biting cold wind and took a stroll along the harbour wall. Next we searched for a cafe that could accommodate about a dozen of us but it seemed everyone had the same idea. We finally found a place tucked behind all the obvious places and were treated to some lovely coffee and DEE-LISH-US cakes in the warm friendly atmosphere. Most of us could have stayed longer but the food was too tempting so we departed before everyone's diet had been compromised! Back to the car park to say our goodbyes and wish each other safe journeys home. A lovely way to celebrate and discover a charming little place, even though the weather was not...

Stayed at the caravan site in west bay as a base for walking this part of the south west coast path ...west bay is an old fishing port but sadly not many boats go out of this harbough any more....its a bit run down...too many quick food huts sreving not to good food.....but there is a good fish bar on the beach with real food...and doggies allowed in certain areas....we only stayed 3 days out of our planned 5 days.......the caravan park was not good....muddy mess around our caravan and I cleaned the caravan to get rid of the smell...but the coast ealks in both directions were good and the beach pebbly and hard on the legs but a good walk ...the dog got sore pores after a day walking on the beach😕so wr dtuck to...