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East Beach at West Bay

Photo of East Beach at West Bay, a swimming spot near Bridport, Dorset, south west England.

East Beach at West Bay

© Ian Capper / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© Ian Capper / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

East Beach at West Bay

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East Beach at West Bay is a designated bathing water in Dorset. It is one of 41 designated bathing waters in the county. It lies inside Dorset National Landscape National Landscape.

Other bathing waters nearby include West Bay and Eypemouth. Maiden Newton Station is 15.6 km away to the north-east.

More at the Environment Agency's water quality profile

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Photo of the Dorset National Landscape, a National Landscape in Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Dorset National Landscape

You’re inside itNational Landscape near Dorchester

Chalk ridges, quiet combes and one of the finest coastlines in England, from Lyme Bay to Purbeck

Photo along the South West Coast Path, a 630-mile National Trail running from Minehead to Poole, south west England.Highlight

South West Coast Path

National Trail

630 miles around England's toe — the longest and most demanding of the National Trails.

0.2 km N · spans 4 counties

Photo along the Monarch's Way, a 625-mile long-distance path running from Worcester to Shoreham-by-Sea, England.Highlight

Monarch's Way

Long-distance path

England's longest inland waymarked trail, tracing Charles II's escape route from defeat at Worcester in 1651 to the ship waiting at Shoreham.

0.3 km NW · spans 14 counties

Photo of Bridport, a village in Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Bridport

Village

A characterful West Dorset market town of wide rope-walk streets, famous for its antiques quarter and bustling twice-weekly street market.

2.7 km N · Dorset

Photo of Anchor Inn, a gastropub near Seatown, Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Anchor Inn

Gastropub near Seatown

Clifftop Jurassic Coast pub beneath Golden Cap, an olive best country pub.

4.6 km W

Photo of the coast at Golden Cap, Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Golden Cap

Coastline near Charmouth

Highest cliff on England's south coast.

7.4 km W