Fleet Lagoon
The Fleet Lagoon Nr. Chesil Beach Weymouth
The fleet is not actually a beach but a stretch of salt water connected to the sea at Ferrybridge the link between Weymouth and Portland. Along the shores of the fleet it conects with Chesil Beach, on the opposite bank, a range of small areas that are more ideal for fishing than sunbathing, and certainly not ideal for swimming.
Listed coves within the fleet lagoon area include:
- Chickerell Hive Point
- Littlesea
- Tidmoor Cove
- Lynch Cove
- The Narrows
- Butterstreet Cove
- Sea Barn Hil
- Langton Hive
- Hamm Beach
Unfortunately many of these tiny coves are only suitable for the wildlife that is attracted to the area, and popular area for wadding birds.
The Fleet Lagoon is a rich wildlife reserve which supports fresh, salt and brackish water species. Underwater there are extensive meadows of eelgrass, whilst strong currents at the mouth of the lagoon allow an exceptionally diverse mix of seaweed, sponges and anemones to flourish. A huge population of water birds rely on the lagoon. They include the oldest managed swan population in the world, which can be visited at the Abbotsbury Swannery.
Near Ferry bridge lies the Oyster beds which can be seen at low tide from ferrybridge.
Other Dorset Beaches
Abbotsbury Beach, Avon, Bedford, Bournemouth, Bowleaze Cove, Brandy Bay, Castletown Beach , Chapmans Pool, Charmouth, Chesil Beach , Chesil Cove, Church Ope Cove, Cogden Beach, Dancing Ledge, Durdle Door Beach, Durlston Bay, Egmont Bight, Eype's Mouth Beach,Ferrybridge, Friars Cliff Beach, Greenhill Beach, Hallelujah Bay, Hobarrow Bay, Kimmeridge Bay, Lake Drive Beach Poole, Lulworth Cove, Lyme Regis, Man o War Bay, Mupe Bay, Newtons Cove, Overcombe Beach, Pondfield Cove, Poole Harbour Beaches, Redcliff near Weymouth, Ringstead Bay, Sandbanks Beach Poole, Sandsfoot Cove, Seatown, Shell Bay, Smallmouth Beach, Studland Beach, Swanage Beach, West Bay, West Bexington, Weymouth Beach, Worbarrow Bay Tyneham.
