Dog-friendly beaches in Burton Bradstock

Sand status, settled. Each beach carries its month ring — moss means go, rosehip means the council says no.

Cogden Beach

A wilder stretch of Chesil shingle east of Burton Bradstock, reached by a field walk from the National Trust car park, with the Fleet reedbeds behind. Dorset Council lists it as open to dogs all year round. No cafe, no lifeguard, and much emptier than Hive Beach as a result.

Off-lead OK

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Hive Beach

Steep golden shingle at the western end of Chesil, with the most dramatic cliffs on the west Dorset coast behind it. Dorset Council records no formal restriction here, but the National Trust, which owns it, asks that dogs are not exercised on the beach between 1 May and 30 September. Cogden Beach a mile east is open all year.

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