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Dog-friendly beaches in West Bay

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

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Beach SOME LIMITS No dogs today · back OCT

West Bay Beach

Dogs banned MAY–SEP

Shingle either side of the harbour mouth under the layered East Cliff, one of the most photographed stretches on this coast. Dorset Council restricts the two beaches beside the harbour, East and West, to dogs from 1 October to 30 April; the third beach, cut off from West Beach by a large rock groyne, is not restricted at all. Dogs may also use the port on a lead in summer.

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