Nestling in the idyllic Bride Valley, where the River Bride winds its way to the sea, Burton Bradstock sits on the Dorset coast at the western end of the great Chesil Bank.

Burton Bradstock is a thriving community, with two pubs, a village shop, a Post Office, Library, garage and a children’s playground. This little known village is an unspoilt labyrinth of narrow streets of pretty 16th and 17th century thatched cottages, clustered around the Church of St. Mary which is earlier still, dating in part from the late 14th century.

The villages history dates back to the Doomsday Book of 1086. Its roots lay in rope and net making, fishing and, being a key landing place on Lyme Bay, as a notorious smuggling location. Nowadays Burton Bradstock thrives as a tourist location though local preserves are sold by the roadside.

From the cliffs in Burton Bradstock, many people are lucky enough to see dolphins close to the shore and, in the deeper waters, you may see a basking shark. It is an ideal place for anyone interested in geology, natural beauty and wildlife.