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Planning a session in Alderney Heath, Dorset? Start with Whitecliff, Baiter Park and Alum Chine. Switch between lures for summer shoals and ledger rigs over rough ground; the nearby marks below include distances, access notes and species tips.
3.6 miles from Alderney Heath
Long, gently shelving sandy beach along Poole Bay backed by a promenade and groynes, with Bournemouth and Boscombe piers nearby. Clear, clean ground suits surf species; look for gutters and the edges of sandbars. Best results come at dawn/dusk or after dark, especially on a flooding tide and when a...
3.9 miles from Alderney Heath
A long, gently shelving sandy beach below the East Cliff between Bournemouth and Boscombe Piers. Clean sand with timber groynes and shifting gutters/bars; fish it on a flooding tide at dusk or after dark once bathers thin out. Plaice show in spring, bass and smoothhounds arrive late spring–summer on crab,...
4.1 miles from Alderney Heath
Hamworthy Park is a sheltered, family-friendly harbour beach on the north side of the Hamworthy peninsula, offering easy, level access to shallow mud–sand flats and the adjacent channel within Poole Harbour. Fishing is most productive on the flooding tide and into dusk, when bass and mullet patrol the margins and...
4.4 miles from Alderney Heath
A long, gently shelving sandy beach on the Poole Bay side of the Sandbanks peninsula. Clear, clean ground with occasional shallow gutters and rips; strongest tides are toward the harbour entrance. Best results at dawn/dusk and into darkness, especially on a flooding tide with a light surf. Summer-autumn see bass,...
4.6 miles from Alderney Heath
Lake Pier is a small wooden pier at Hamworthy on the western edge of Poole Harbour. It offers sheltered, easy-access fishing over predominantly muddy/silty ground with eelgrass and access to nearby channels. Best results are typically two hours either side of high water; at dead low the water is shallow....
4.6 miles from Alderney Heath
A busy harbour‑mouth slip next to the Sandbanks chain ferry on the Poole side. The mark gives access to a deep, fast tidal channel with a mostly clean sand/shell bottom and strong rips and eddies along the walls and adjacent beach. Summer brings shoals of mackerel, garfish and scad, with...
