Dorset
West Dorset District
Abbotsbury

Chesil Beach

Chesil Beach in , is one of three major shingle beach structures in Britain. Behind the beach is the Fleet, a shallow tidal lagoon. The beach runs for a length of 29 kilometres from to the and in places is up to 15 metres high and 200 metres wide.
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Wikipedia
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Beach
  • Description: shingle beach in Dorset, southern England
  • Also known as: “Chesil Bank”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Moonfleet Manor Hotel and Holy Trinity Church, Fleet.

Hotel
Photo: markf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hotel and former manor house in , , England. With 17th century origins, much of the house dates to the 18th and 19th centuries.

Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holy Trinity Church is a Church of England church in , , . It was built in 1827–29, replacing an which was partially destroyed during the Great Storm of 1824.

Church
Photo: Ivan Hall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a Church of England mortuary chapel in , , England. It was formerly the village's parish church until its partial destruction in the Great Storm of 1824. The surviving chancel is now a Grade II* listed building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nottington and Wyke Regis.

Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village within the Dorset unitary authority area of the county of , England. Its nearest town is , which lies approximately 2.6 miles to the south-east. is situated 3 miles northeast of Chesil Beach.

Village
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is a village in the civil parish of , in south , England. The village is part of the south western suburbs of Weymouth, on the northern shore of and the south-eastern end of Chesil Beach. is situated 3½ miles southeast of Chesil Beach.

Suburb
Photo: Basher Eyre, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a suburb of in , England. is situated 3½ miles east of Chesil Beach.

Chesil Beach

Latitude
50.6153° or 50° 36′ 55″ north
Longitude
-2.54181° or 2° 32′ 31″ west
Open location code
9C2VJF85+47
Open­Street­Map ID
way 123227804
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­beach
Geo­Names ID
2653230
Wiki­data ID
Q1070604
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Satellite Map

Discover Chesil Beach from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Chesil Beach” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Chesil Beach”
  • Chinese: “Chesil Hái-po͘”
  • Chinese: “切希尔海滩”
  • Dutch: “Chesil Beach”
  • Estonian: “Chesil Bank”
  • Estonian: “Chesil Beach”
  • French: “Chesil Beach”
  • German: “Chesil Bank”
  • German: “Chesil Beach”
  • Italian: “Chesil Beach”
  • Lithuanian: “Česilo paplūdimys”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Chesil Hái-po͘”
  • Spanish: “Chesil Bank”
  • Spanish: “Chesil Beach”
  • Spanish: “Playa Chesil”
  • Spanish: “Playa de Chesil”
  • Swedish: “Chesil Beach”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Fleet and Chickerell.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include The Grove and Fleet Wood.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Chesil Beach”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.