Chesil Beach — Attraction in England

Magical place! Great for fishing, its an amazing place to walk if you are strapped up with ankle support, i did walk the whole 11 mile stretch from Abbotsbury down to Ferrybridge and I've never felt such pain, my dog couldn't walk for 3 days, it's not for the under prepared, but short walks along the cove is lovely at sunset. Obviously world famous for fishing, great all year round when the wind is right, although avoid storms as those rogue waves are no joke, a few people get swept away most years when they ignore the warnings.. Also totally open to dogs all year round, just keep an eye on them, fishing line with hooks often get washed up, along with wood with nails, stick to the upper ridge and you will be away from the wash up zone. And have good etiquette with the anglers, dont let your dogs go running over, anglers often have bait knives, hooks and other sharp things in their area and bait will attract dogs, this wont go down well and puts your dog at serious risk, just be polite and pop them on a lead if recall isn't perfect. And for kids, in summer months you'll often see dogfish eggs washing up, quite interesting, if you find one with the contents moving, pop it back in the sea, let that...

One of my favourite places in the whole world! Initially curious after reading Ian McEwan’s ‘On Chesil Beach’ I took a very last minute trip to Weymouth to get away from the city I live in. Standing atop the beach that day was a revelation; I was entranced by this mysterious and perplexing location which seemingly had its own weather system and a whole mood of its own. It was late September and I wasn’t sharing the beach with many other humans. The sky was enormous with rain clouds and the sound of the smooth pebbles being pulled back and forth by the small but mighty barrel waves had me absolutely transfixed. I can’t even tell you how long I was there for but I walked to Portland lighthouse that same day and all I thought about was Chesil Beach. I went back earlier this month and it was just as fantastical as it was five...

Visited over the weekend. Nice man made structure to protect the land etc. Toilets in car parks are as you would expect (unclean). The beach itself is not suitable for confident swimmers due to the sheer drop when entering the water this causes difficulty getting in and out due to the waves pulling you out at force, after a couple of feet the water is calmer but deep. Would recommend wearing trainers to walk across the beach and swimming shoes if thinking of entering the water. You may also struggle to enter the water due to people with Fishing rods every 10 feet along the beach. There was a small amount of rubbish on the beach near where we set up- please take your rubbish with you as there are many bins in the car parks and one of the car parks we tried even has a specific fishing...