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Chesil & The Fleet

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Chesil & The Fleet is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset of 9.8 km². It is one of 124 SSSIs in the county. It is among the largest in the county. It lies inside Dorset National Landscape National Landscape.

Nearby SSSIs include Portland Harbour Shore and West Dorset Coast. The closest station is Weymouth, about 3.3 km to the east.

More places to visit near Chesil & The Fleet

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.

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 of St Catherine's Chapel, Abbotsbury, a ruined chapel in Dorset, south west England.Highlight

St Catherine's Chapel, Abbotsbury

Chapel near Abbotsbury

Stout 14th-century chapel with a stone-vaulted roof, raised by Abbotsbury's monks for pilgrims on a lone hilltop looking over Chesil Beach.

0.5 km NW

Photo of Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens, a Grade I registered house & garden in Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens

House & garden near Abbotsbury

A sheltered subtropical garden near Chesil Beach, begun as a kitchen garden in 1765.

0.6 km NW

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

Abbotsbury

Village

A honey-stone and thatch village near Chesil Beach, strung along one street below its hilltop chapel, swannery and subtropical gardens.

1.3 km N · Dorset