Dorset dog friendly beaches
The beach guide has 18 beaches listed where dogs are allowed and a further 41 where dogs are restricted in Dorset. There are 1 beaches in Dorset on which a dog ban is in operation.
Beaches where dogs are allowed
These are beaches where there are generally no restrictions on taking your dog on the beach any time of the year. This covers the majority of beaches in Dorset. There are one or two that require dogs to be kept on the lead during the summer months.
- 1. Bowleaze Cove
- 2. Chapman's Pool
- 3. Chesil Beach
- 4. Christchurch - Mudeford Sandbank
- 5. Church Ope Cove
- 6. Durdle Door
- 7. Eype
- 8. Harbour Lake
- 9. Harbour Rockley Sand
- 10. Hengistbury West
- 11. Man O' War
- 12. Middle Beach (Studland)
- 13. Monmouth Beach
- 14. Mudeford
- 15. Mupe Bay
- 16. Ringstead Bay
- 17. Steamer Point
- 18. Worbarrow Bay
Beaches where dogs are restricted
Most of these restrictions are seasonal bans, although additional information will be included on the beach description page. As a rule the seasonal ban runs from Easter day to 1st October unless otherwise stated.
- 1.Alum Chine
- 2.Avon Beach
- 3.Boscombe
- 4.Bournemouth
- 5.Branksome Chine
- 6.Canford Cliffs
- 7.Castle Cove (Portland Harbour)
- 8.Charmouth
- 9.Charmouth - East
- 10.Chesil Cove
- 11.Church Beach
- 12.Cobb
- 13.Durley Chine
- 14.East Cliff
- 15.Fishermans Walk
- 16.Friars Cliff
- 17.Greenhill
- 18.Hengistbury Head
- 19.Highcliffe
- 20.Highcliffe Castle
- 21.Hive Beach
- 22.Kimmeridge Bay
- 23.Knoll Beach (Studland)
- 24.Lulworth Cove
- 25.Lyme Regis
- 26.Manor Steps
- 27.Overcombe
- 28.Preston
- 29.Sandbanks
- 30.Sandbanks Harbour
- 31.Sandsfoot Castle (Portland Harbour )
- 32.Seatown
- 33.Shell Bay (Studland)
- 34.Shore Road - Sandbanks
- 35.South Beach (Studland)
- 36.Southbourne
- 37.Swanage Central Beach
- 38.Swanage North Beach
- 39.West Bay
- 40.West Bay
- 41.Weymouth
Beaches where dogs are banned
A handful of beaches in Dorset exercise an outright dog ban. These are mostly privately owned beaches with public access.