Chesil Beach is an example of a bar. Sediment has been deposited over time to form a spit. The spit has continued to join to the Isle of Portland. Behind the spit there is The Fleet, a lagoon.

One of the UK's smallest seabirds has seen a rise in population after conservation work on a Dorset beach. The little ... in partnership with the Fleet & Chesil Nature Reserve, Dorset Wildlife ...

A team of volunteers who protect a colony of seabirds on a beach have been honoured with an award from the RSPB. The Chesil Little Tern project watch little terns round the clock at Chesil Beach ...

Dorset is renowned for having the UK's longest beach, an impressive 18-mile stretch ... during winter in and around the harbour and fleet lagoon. This quaint cafe serves a variety of freshly ...