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Photo of Portland Harbour Castle Cove, a swimming spot near Upwey, Dorset, south west England.

© Brian Deegan / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Portland Harbour Castle Cove

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Portland Harbour Castle Cove is a designated bathing water in Dorset with a sandy shore. The water was rated Excellent when last classified. Water quality here can dip after heavy rain. The county has 41 designated bathing waters; this is one.

The closest station is Weymouth, 2.1 km to the north. Nearby bathing waters include Portland Harbour Sandsfoot Castle and Weymouth Central.

More at the Environment Agency's water quality profile

More places to visit near Portland Harbour Castle Cove

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.

0.1 km W · spans 4 counties

Photo along the King Charles III England Coast Path, a 2,700-mile National Trail in England.

King Charles III England Coast Path

National Trail

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

0.1 km W · spans 24 counties

Photo of Crab House Cafe, a restaurant near Wyke Regis, Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Crab House Cafe

Restaurant near Wyke Regis

Beach-shack seafood restaurant on Chesil Beach beside its own oyster beds.

1.6 km SW

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

Dorset National Landscape

National Landscape near Dorchester

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

3.8 km NW

Photo of the Purbeck Heritage Coast, Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Purbeck

Heritage Coast near Wareham

Dorset's "Isle" of Purbeck, a peninsula of chalk and limestone on the Jurassic Coast, with sea stacks, quarried stone and a ruined castle

4.5 km NE

Photo of Jordan Hill Roman Temple, a Roman site near Osmington, Dorset, south west England.

Jordan Hill Roman Temple

roman-temple near Osmington

Square stone footings of a Romano-Celtic temple from the 300s AD, on a grassy rise above Bowleaze Cove and Weymouth Bay.

5.1 km NE