Places

Shell Bay beach is the first beach on the Studland Peninsula, Isle of Purbeck, at the mouth of Poole Harbour. Read more…

Fishermans Walk Beach is a sandy beach with some pebbles. Facilities include cafe, toilets, deck chair hire, beach huts, cliff lift, car parks and Read more…

Eype’s Mouth beach is a gravel and sand beach backed by cliffs, including Golden Cap at 191m above sea level Read more…

Alum Chine Beach is a sandy beach popular with families and has a children’s play area and a paddling pool. Read more…

Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens was established in 1765 as a kitchen garden for the nearby castle. Today the 20 acre garden Read more…

Weymouth Pier Bandstand originally consisted of a raised deck area with glazed shelters along both sides, leading to a semicircular Read more…

Friars Cliff beach is a mixture of sand and shingle with great views across Christchurch Bay to the Isle of Read more…

Rockley Park beach is a small (150m) sandy beach within Poole Harbour that is also known as Rockley Sands and Read more…

Surfing and Paddleboarding – Surf Steps is based on Bournemouth beach, 500m from Boscombe pier. Read more…

Dancing Ledge is not so much a beach but an old quarry floor. There are no beaches on this stretch Read more…