Dogs are welcome on select Dorset beaches
Dogs on Beaches
Abbotsbury - Chesil Bank & Fleet Lagoon Nature Reserve
Dogs welcome at all times
Avon
No dogs between 1st May - 30th September
Bowleaze Cove
Dogs welcome at all times
Burton Bradstock
No dogs between 1st May - 30th September
Charmouth - East Beach
No dogs between the hours of 10am and 6pm during July & August
Charmouth - West Beach
No dogs between 1st May - 30th September
Church Ope
Dogs welcome at all times
Cogden
Dogs welcome at all times
Durdle Door
Dogs welcome at all times
Eype
Dogs welcome at all times
Friars Cliff
No dogs between 1st May - 30th September
Highcliffe
Dogs are not permitted between groynes H8 and H11 from May 1 until September 30. Dogs must be on a lead on the promenade.
Highcliffe Castle
Dogs welcome at all times
Kimmeridge
Dogs welcome at all times
Lulworth Cove
Dogs welcome at all times
Lyme Regis
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.
Mudeford Sandbank
Dogs welcome at all times
Ringstead
Dogs welcome at all times
Seatown
No dogs at any time
Studland
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.
Swanage
No dogs between 1st May - 30th September
West Bay
No dogs between 1st May - 1st October within the East Pier to East Cliffs and West Pier to West Cliffs areas
West Bexington
Dogs allowed at all times within a restricted area
Weymouth
No dogs on main beach between 1st May - 30th September. Dogs permitted all year round within a restricted area
Worbarrow Bay
Dogs welcome at all times




