On Valentine's Day, the most romantic day of the year, here is the history of St Catherine's Chapel near Abbotsbury, whose namesake St ...

The Dorset seaside resort of Weymouth is often compared to the French Riviera or the Bay of Naples, and with a beach that's ...

Dorset is renowned for having the UK's longest beach, an impressive 18-mile stretch, which also hosts the world's largest swan colony. Chesil Beach, a shingle beach extending from West Bay to ...

A crowd had gathered on the sea wall to watch the storm at Chesil Beach, on the Isle of Portland, on Saturday evening. In total, three members of a coastguard team were hurt when the 30ft [9m ...

THE Chesil Beach Café, popular with anglers and other beach visitors, has been granted a licence to sell alcohol on and off the premises. One of the conditions will be installing CCTV after concerns ...

Next High tide 6hr 6min (Mon 10th 05:18 GMT) Next Low tide 11hr 14min (Mon 10th 10:26 GMT) Low 11:20 1.0 Tidal information supplied by the UK Hydrographic Office. For more information, please see ...

Waves batter Chesil Beach, UK in February 2015. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the ...

They arrive at Chesil Beach in April after making an exhausting ... t enough undisturbed coastal habitat for this species in the UK anymore. "Colonies such as this one are very vulnerable and ...

eg Chesil Beach Local authorities fine for littering or dumping. Voluntary litter picks arranged Fragile wildlife habitats may be destroyed by walkers Replant marram grass to conserve vegetation ...

Chesil Beach is an example of a bar. Sediment has been deposited over time to form a spit. The spit has continued to join to the Isle of Portland. Behind the spit there is The Fleet, a lagoon.