Chesil Beach looking north-east. There is a wooden pathway to the top of the beach from the car park allowing easy access for pedestrians and wheelchairs.

For a leaflet about the beach at Abbotsbury and the surrounding area, click here. (pdf file, 256K)

Looking north-west along the Chesil Bank towards West Bay. Golden Cap canbe seen in the distance.

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Access to the beach at Abbotsbury is by a minor road that leaves the B3157 just west of the village boundary. The road is signposted to Abbotsbury sub-tropical gardens.

Please park in the car park provided and not in the road that runs along the beach.

Chesil Beach looking south-east towards the Swannery. Portland can be seen in the distance.

Abbotsbury Swannery. The artificial island is used by nesting common terns.

There is an extensive area of reeds to the west of Abbotsbury Swannery which is used by many nesting birds each spring. This area was also used for sequences in one of the Harry Potter films.

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These are a set of concrete blocks known as the Dragon's Teeth. They are an anti-tank defence system from the Second World War. Originally they stretched from the Fleet shoreline to the seawards shoreline, but nearly all of the blocks on the seaward side of the beach have been removed by wave action.

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A number of concrete pillbox defensive positions were constructed along the crest of the beach during the Second World War. All of these have now toppled down the seaward side of the beach due to wave action. This one is located near the Dragon's Teeth

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