Chesil Beach and Fleet picture gallery
Ferrybridge
The lower Fleet from the Narrows down to Ferrybridge taken from West Cliff on Portland.
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20/3/2007
The Fleet at Ferrybridge with Portland in the background. Picture taken at neap low tide.
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2/1/2006
Ferrybridge is the point at which the Fleet joins Portland Harbour. The bridge was originally located several hundred metres north of its present position but the channel was realigned and the present bridge constructed in the 1970's.
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14/2/2004
Looking north-west along the Fleet shoreline of Chesil Beach. Note the multiple tidelines delineated by the dead Zostera. The concrete structure in the foreground is the mounting base for a winch used to test anchors on the sand flats some years ago.
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18/12/2004
The creek at the southern tip of the Fleet, looking north-west up the Fleet. There is a small lagoon between the car park and Chesil Beach which fills with water at high tide. The Creek links this lagoon with the Fleet. It runs past the Visitors Centre
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28/11/2007
The Chesil Beach Visitors Centre with Portland Port in the background. The plants in the foreground are shrubby sea-blite. The birds are brent geese feeding on the sand flats. Note the line of dead Zostera in the foreground marking where high spring tides reach.
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18/12/2004
During a storm the wind is so strong it is impossible to stand upright!
Chesil Beach at Ferrybridge on a stormy day.Wind gusting force 10. The waves are breaking close to the top of the beach and the clouds of spray can be clearly seen.
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14/11/2009
The Fleet during a major storm.
Although very sheltered, the Fleet can get very rough under storm conditions. The spray coming over the beach obscures the fisherman's huts.
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14/11/2009