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Planning a session in Mills Heath, New, Dorset? Start with Lake Pier, Kimmeridge Ledges and Chapman's Pool. Switch between lures for summer shoals and ledger rigs over rough ground; the nearby marks below include distances, access notes and species tips.
4.5 miles from Mills Heath, New
A small, sheltered point inside Poole Harbour by Rockley Park, offering mixed sand–mud ground with patches of rock and weed, shallow at low water with a defined channel close in. Best fished on the last two hours of the flood through high and into the first of the ebb. Winter...
4.5 miles from Mills Heath, New
A series of flat limestone ledges beneath Clavell Tower at Kimmeridge Bay, offering clear water, kelp-filled gullies and quick access to deeper channels on a flooding tide; best in settled weather from late spring to autumn, with productive lure and float fishing but beware swell, slippery weed and rockfall from...
4.8 miles from Mills Heath, New
A long, gently shelving sandy beach in Studland Bay with clean sand and nearby seagrass beds. Productive across flooding tides, especially at dusk and into dark. Best for flatfish with bass in onshore surf, winter whiting, and summer mackerel/garfish; occasional rays and smoothhound. Easy access and facilities via National Trust...
4.9 miles from Mills Heath, New
Seacombe is an exposed rocky cove on the Purbeck coast near Worth Matravers. Stepped ledges, kelp-filled gullies and deep holes hold wrasse, pollack and pouting, with bass and mackerel in settled summer seas and conger after dark. Access is a long, uneven coastal walk with a short scramble; only attempt...
4.9 miles from Mills Heath, New
A remote rock ledge on the Kimmeridge Ledges within the Lulworth Firing Ranges. Broad Bench offers deep kelpy gullies and tide run close in, producing best from late spring to autumn. Expect quality wrasse, lure-caught bass and pollack, with summer mackerel and garfish; after dark, conger and pouting from the...
5.1 miles from Mills Heath, New
A famous Purbeck rock ledge south of Langton Matravers with very deep water close in, kelp-fringed drop-offs and a man-made tidal pool. It fishes best in settled weather on a flooding or high tide for wrasse, pollack and summer pelagics, with pouting and conger after dark. Expect snaggy ground—use rotten-bottom/weak...
