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Best marks near West Compton
Top spots within about 10 miles, ranked by distance and rating.
West Bexington
5.3 miles from West Compton
West Bexington is a classic stretch of Chesil Beach: a steep shingle bank with quick access to deep water, famed for seasonal...
View markCogden Beach
5.4 miles from West Compton
Cogden Beach is a quiet stretch of the Chesil shingle bank between Burton Bradstock and West Bexington. It is a steeply shelving,...
View markHive Beach
5.7 miles from West Compton
Steeply shelving shingle on the Jurassic Coast at Burton Bradstock, offering quick access to deeper water. Productive in summer for mackerel, scad...
View markFreshwater Beach
6.1 miles from West Compton
A steeply shelving shingle section of Chesil between West Bay and Burton Bradstock, with deep water close in. Best on a flooding...
View markDragon's Teeth Abbotsbury
6.5 miles from West Compton
A classic Chesil shingle beach mark by the WWII ‘dragon’s teeth’ at Abbotsbury. Steep shingle with deep water close in over clean...
View markWest Bay East Beach
6.7 miles from West Compton
Steep shingle beach immediately east of West Bay harbour at Bridport. It shelves quickly into clean sand and mixed shingle, giving respectable...
View markQuick links: West Bexington · Cogden Beach · Hive Beach · Freshwater Beach · Dragon's Teeth Abbotsbury · West Bay East Beach
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Seatown Beach
9.0 miles from West Compton
Seatown Beach is a steeply shelving shingle beach on the Jurassic Coast near Chideock. It offers relatively deep water close in, with mixed ground: clean sand patches along the middle sections and rougher, snaggy ground toward the ends beneath the cliffs. It fishes best on a flooding tide, especially into...
Chesil Beach
9.4 miles from West Compton
Chesil Beach is a long, steep shingle bar with very deep water close in, best fished by long casts or rolling leads into the gutters for rays, dogfish and bass. Access is generally on foot from car parks (e.g., Chesil Cove/Portland end or Ferrybridge) with a short walk over/along heavy...
Golden Cap
9.8 miles from West Compton
Golden Cap is a steep, rugged stretch of the Jurassic Coast where shore fishing is mainly from rough ground and boulder/reef fringes beneath the cliffs, typically accessed via the coastal path and scrambles down to the shore (often via Seatown). Fishing is classic "rock mark" work: kelpy gullies, broken ground...