Dorset Beaches

Welcome to the Stalbridge Info Guide to some of the Best Beaches in Dorset.
Click on a Lifesaver button for more information about each beach.
This is our selection of some of the best beaches- scroll down the page to find links to ALL Dorset Beaches.

Highcliffe Castle Beach - Dogs welcome at all times.
Highcliffe Beach - Dogs are not permitted between groynes H8 and H11 from May 1 until September 30. Dogs must be on a lead on the promenade.

No dogs between
1st May - 30th September

Dogs welcome at all times

No dogs on the area of beach from Cobb Gate Car Park west to the Lifeboat slipway between 1st April - 31st October. N.B. Dogs are allowed on East Cliff Beach and Monmouth Beach all year round.

Dogs welcome
at any time of the year

No dogs allowed
at any time of the year

On lead of less than 2m
1 May to 30 September
Off lead 1 October to 30 April.
Dogs are not allowed on Middle and Knoll beaches (from Red-end point to training bank) between early July and early September. Dogs are allowed on Shell Bay and South Beach all year provided they are on a lead and that owners clean up after them.

No dogs between
1st May - 30th September
except guide dogs

No dogs 1st May - 1st October within the East Pier to East Cliffs and West Pier to West Cliffs areas

Dogs accepted at the Pavilion
end of the beach
from May to September

Dogs welcome
at any time of the year

Alphabetical List of links to information on all of Dorset's Beaches

Click on the name of the beach for a link to access more information

DORSET BEACHES

Alphabetical List of links to information on all of Dorset's Beaches