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.
THE SMALL PRINTDorset Council: no formal restriction, but the National Trust request that dogs are not exercised on the beach between 1 May and 30 September.
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