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Planning a session in Court Orchard, Dorset? Start with Eype Beach, West Bay West Beach and West Bay West Pier. Switch between lures for summer shoals and ledger rigs over rough ground; the nearby marks below include distances, access notes and species tips.
6.3 miles from Court Orchard
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...
6.5 miles from Court Orchard
A sprawling landslip and reef system between Lyme Regis and Charmouth, with boulder fields, clay ledges and interspersed sand gullies. Best fished over low to mid tide when the clean patches are exposed; the first push of the flood is prime for bass and wrasse, while the sand runs hold...
7.3 miles from Court Orchard
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...
7.6 miles from Court Orchard
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...
7.9 miles from Court Orchard
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...
9.0 miles from Court Orchard
A classic Chesil shingle beach mark by the WWII ‘dragon’s teeth’ at Abbotsbury. Steep shingle with deep water close in over clean sand/shingle. Summer brings mackerel, scad and garfish (dusk into night); winter nights are reliable for whiting, pouting and dogfish. Occasional smoothhound and small‑eyed rays show on crab or...
