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West Dorset

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West Dorset is one of two Heritage Coasts in Dorset. It lies within Dorset National Landscape National Landscape and East Devon National Landscape. The closest station is Weymouth, about 2.4 km to the east.

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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 of East Devon, a National Landscape in Devon, south west England.Highlight

East Devon

You’re inside itNational Landscape near Branscombe

Red Triassic cliffs, pebble heaths and the western start of the Jurassic Coast, with easy coast-path walking

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.

adjoining · spans 4 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.

adjoining

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.

adjoining · spans 14 counties

Photo of Lyme Regis, a village in Dorset, south west England.Iconic

Lyme Regis

Village

A steep, pretty seaside town on the Devon border, its curving Cobb harbour and blue-clay cliffs the cradle of British fossil-hunting.

0.6 km NW · Dorset