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Discover sea fishing in West Orchard, Dorset with fast access to Kimmeridge Ledges, Kimmeridge Bay and Hen Cliff. Expect in season. Each mark lists distance from West Orchard, terrain and methods so you can pick a venue that matches today’s tide and conditions.
3.6 miles from West Orchard
A broad, steeply shelving shingle-and-sand beach inside the Lulworth Ranges (open limited days). Clean sand dominates the middle of the bay, with mixed/rough ground and kelp around the flanks near Worbarrow Tout and the eastern rocks. Reasonably deep water for a bay and a useful push on spring tides. Best...
3.7 miles from West Orchard
Exposed limestone headland (also known as St Alban’s Head) with steep, rough-ground ledges and fast tidal run from St Alban’s Ledge. Deep water close in gives summer sport with wrasse, pollack and mackerel; bass work the race in lively seas and conger feed after dark. Access is via long, uneven...
3.7 miles from West Orchard
Winspit is an old coastal quarry near Worth Matravers with rugged rock ledges and deep water close in. The mark fishes best on a flooding tide with some movement, especially around dusk and dawn. Summer and early autumn bring reliable wrasse and pollack sport, plus mackerel, garfish and scad; after...
3.7 miles from West Orchard
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...
4.3 miles from West Orchard
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...
4.5 miles from West Orchard
A rugged limestone headland on the Jurassic Coast at the eastern end of Worbarrow Bay, inside the Lulworth (MOD) Ranges. You fish from low rock ledges into clear, relatively deep water with kelp beds, ledges and rough ground interspersed with sand patches. Excellent for wrasse and pollack around the kelp,...
