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Planning a session in Bowood, North, Dorset? Start with Seatown Beach, Thorncombe Beacon and Eype Beach. Switch between lures for summer shoals and ledger rigs over rough ground; the nearby marks below include distances, access notes and species tips.
7.6 miles from Bowood, North
Church Cliff Beach at Lyme Regis is a tide-cut rock and shingle platform with kelp-filled gullies and patches of clean sand. It fishes best on a flooding tide and the first of the ebb, with summer sport for wrasse, pollack, mackerel and garfish, and nighttime fishing producing pouting, small conger...
7.9 miles from Bowood, North
Cogden Beach is a quiet stretch of the Chesil shingle bank between Burton Bradstock and West Bexington. It is a steeply shelving, clean-ground beach with quick access to deeper water, producing mackerel and bass in summer, flatfish and gurnards at range over sand, and rays and smoothhounds after dark; winter...
8.1 miles from Bowood, North
Historic curving stone breakwater forming the harbour wall at Lyme Regis. Fishable on both the outer (rough/kelp and deeper water) and inner (cleaner, calmer) sides. Summer brings shoals and surface action; autumn nights see good sport under harbour lights. The lower walkway offers easier access, but the higher wall can...
8.4 miles from Bowood, North
Shingle-and-rock beach immediately west of the Cobb at Lyme Regis, with reefy ledges, kelp beds and gullies that fish well on a flooding tide, especially at dawn/dusk in summer and early autumn. Expect mixed rough-to-sand patches; short to medium casts are usually enough and snags are common—use pulley/rotten-bottom rigs. Lures...
9.7 miles from Bowood, North
West Bexington is a classic stretch of Chesil Beach: a steep shingle bank with quick access to deep water, famed for seasonal variety and fast-changing conditions. Parking is close at the end of Beach Road (paid), but the heavy shingle makes even short walks tiring; pick a spot with a...
