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Dog-friendly beaches in Dorset
The dog rules for 49 beaches from Lyme Regis to Highcliffe, beach by beach. 26 allow dogs all year. Most of the others ban dogs, or ask for leads, from 1 May to 30 September.
Dorset Council's dog rules are being renewed from 1 January 2027. We will update these pages as soon as the new rules are published.
- Dogs allowed today
- Allowed with limits today
- No dogs today
Charmouth
- Charmouth West Beach Summer ban
- Charmouth East Beach Dogs allowed all year
Lyme Regis
- Lyme Regis Front Beach Summer ban
- Monmouth Beach Dogs allowed all year
- Church Cliff Beach Dogs allowed all year
Chideock
- Seatown Beach Summer ban
Eype (Bridport)
- Eype Beach Dogs allowed all year
West Bay (Bridport)
- West Bay East Beach Summer ban
- West Bay West Beach Summer ban
- West Bay beach (west of the rock groyne) Dogs allowed all year
Burton Bradstock
- Burton Bradstock Beach (Hive Beach) Summer request
- Cogden Beach Dogs allowed all year
Abbotsbury
- Chesil Beach (Abbotsbury to Tank Teeth boundary) Dogs allowed all year
Fleet / Portland
- Chesil Beach (Tank Teeth boundary to Portland Boundary Stone) Closed in summer
Weymouth
- Weymouth Central Beach (Greenhill Groyne to dog exercise area) Summer ban
- Weymouth Beach dog exercise area (by the Pavilion) Dogs allowed all year
- Weymouth Beach (Greenhill Groyne to Overcombe) Dogs allowed all year
- Bowleaze Cove Dogs allowed all year
Ringstead
- Ringstead Beach Dogs allowed all year
Portland
- Church Ope Cove Dogs allowed all year
West Lulworth
- Durdle Door Dogs allowed all year
- Man O' War Beach Dogs allowed all year
- Lulworth Cove Dogs allowed all year
Tyneham
- Worbarrow Bay Dogs allowed all year
Kimmeridge
- Kimmeridge Bay Dogs allowed all year
Swanage
- Swanage Front (Central) Beach Summer ban
- Swanage Monkey Beach Dogs allowed all year
Studland
- Studland Shell Bay Leads in summer
- Studland South Beach Leads in summer
- Studland Middle Beach Leads in summer
- Studland Knoll Beach Leads in summer
Poole
- Hamworthy Beach Dogs allowed all year
- Sandbanks west end to Haven Point (chain ferry) Dogs allowed all year
- Sandbanks Beach Summer ban
- Shore Road Beach Summer ban
- Canford Cliffs Beach Summer ban
Poole / Bournemouth
- Branksome Chine to Alum Chine (west side) Dogs allowed all year
Bournemouth
- Middle Chine to Durley Chine Dogs allowed all year
- Durley Chine Beach Summer ban
- Bournemouth Beach (Pier) Summer ban
- Boscombe Beach Summer ban
- Fisherman's Walk Beach Summer ban
- Southbourne Beach (east of Fisherman's Walk) Dogs allowed all year
- Hengistbury Head Dogs allowed all year
Christchurch
- Mudeford Sandbank Dogs allowed all year
- Gundimore Beach Dogs allowed all year
- Avon Beach Summer ban
- Friars Cliff Beach Part closed in summer
- Highcliffe Beach Part closed in summer
Still checking: Preston Beach, Castle Cove, Osmington Mills and Chapman's Pool. They will appear here once we have confirmed the rules with the council.