Directory
Every business in the village that we can confirm is trading, with opening hours, a phone number and directions. The businesses keep their own pages up to date. The photo led lists are under eat and drink, stay and places to visit.
Eat and drink
- Oxford's BakeryBakery
4 Market Street, where the butcher's was.
- Bellenie's BakehouseBakery and tea room
Bakery at 11 Market Street, open from 7.30am.
- Swan InnPub
Village pub on Rodden Row, family run, with a skittle alley and beer garden.
- The Ilchester ArmsHotel and restaurant
Coaching inn on Market Street with rooms, a bar and a restaurant.
- The Abbey HouseGuest house and tea room
Church Street, beside the abbey ruins.
- The Old Schoolhouse Tea RoomsTea room
Light lunches and cream teas in the old school on Back Street.
- Chesil Beach CaféCafé
Breakfast and lunch by the beach car park, March to October.
- Cherries at Abbey FarmCafé
Licensed café at Abbey Farm, open every day 10 to 5.
Stay
- Chesil House ApartmentsSelf-catering apartments
Two one-bed flats by the cricket pitch on West Street.
- Swan LodgeBed and breakfast
Five en-suite rooms over the road from the Swan, so the pub, its food and the bus stop are on the doorstep.
- WheelwrightsBed and breakfast
One-room B&B at 14 Rodden Row; ring to check it is open.
- Quintessential B&BBed and breakfast
8 West Street.
- East Farm HouseBed and breakfast
Wendy Wood's B&B in a 17th-century longhouse off Rodden Row.
- Cowards Lake Farm HouseBed and breakfast
Two-room B&B at 13 West Street; ring to check it is open.
- Gorwell FarmSelf-catering cottages
Six holiday cottages on a farm north of the village.
- Number FiveBed and breakfast
One-room B&B at 5 Church Street, £85 a night.
Visit
- Abbey remains, Tithe Barn and St Catherine's ChapelHeritage
In the care of English Heritage, and free.
- Abbotsbury BeachcombersCommunity group
The volunteers who put on the fireworks, the summer fête, bingo, the quiz and band nights, and the horticultural show.
- Little Waddon VineyardVineyard
Vineyard at Waddon, past Portesham, with Saturday tours and a hut for two.
- Abbotsbury StudioArt studio and gallery
John Meaker's painting classes and gallery on Rodden Row.
- Abbotsbury SwanneryAttraction
About 600 mute swans on the Fleet, fed at noon and 4pm.
- Abbotsbury Subtropical GardensAttraction
Thirty-acre valley garden running down to Chesil, begun in 1765.
Shops and makers
- Muddy PatchesGarden centre and café
The Old Smithy on West Street.
- Abbey Farm FlowersFlower farm and shop
Pick your own flowers at Abbey Farm, March to October.
- Clare Hawkes Fine ArtArtist's studio
Oil painter's studio at Abbey Farm, Workshop 2.
- Josie Holliday ArtArtist's studio
Prints, cards and ceramics at Abbey Farm, Workshop 1.
- The Antique Clock CompanyAntique clocks
Antique clocks on West Street, by appointment only.
- Dansel GalleryGallery
Contemporary British woodwork on Rodden Row, open every day 10 to 5.
- Abbotsbury Fishing TackleShop
Bait and tackle on Rodden Row.
- Shoreline SilverJeweller
Handmade silver jewellery, on West Street.
- The Old Chapel GalleryGallery
Back Street, in the old chapel.
- Abbey Farm studiosMakers
Abbey Farm, on Church Street next to the tithe barn.
Services
- CMH Leadwork and RoofingRoofing
Craig Haskins, at 20 Rodden Row.
- Gorwell BarnWedding venue
17th-century wedding barn at Gorwell Farm, seats 130.
- Chapel Lane Stores and Post OfficeVillage shop and Post Office
The village shop, with the Post Office counter inside.
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Not listed because we could not confirm they are trading: Abbotsbury Tea Rooms (temporarily closed), Peach's B&B, The Old Chapel Gallery. Abbotsbury Children's Farm has closed. Businesses can send their own photos; until then, village photos are used.