Things to do
Everything worth an hour or a day in and around the village, from the swans to the hill fort. Pick a filter to narrow it, or open the map.
Abbotsbury SwanneryAbout 600 mute swans on the Fleet, fed at noon and 4pm
Abbotsbury Subtropical GardensThirty acres of valley garden running down towards Chesil, begun in 1765
St Catherine's ChapelThe pilgrims' chapel on the hill: free, twenty minutes up, the best view
Chesil Beach and the FleetEighteen miles of shingle, and the lagoon behind it
The Tithe Barn and the abbey ruinsA 600 year old barn, 272 feet long, and what is left of the abbey
St Nicholas' ChurchGrade I, open every day in daylight, with Civil War bullet holes in the pulpit
Abbotsbury Castle hillfort and the ridgeAn Iron Age fort on the ridge, with the whole of Lyme Bay below
The village itselfStone and thatch along four streets, with galleries, tea rooms and two pubs
The coast path loopThe coast path's own circuit: beach, Swannery, village and hillfort, 5.9 miles
Down to the Swannery on footThe flat one: down New Barn Road from the village to the Fleet
Abbey FarmCafé, pick your own flowers and four makers' studios beside the tithe barn
Old films and historyThe 1948 Pathé newsreel, the BBC in 1979, and eighteen chapters of history- Little Waddon VineyardSaturday tours and tastings at a small vineyard past Portesham
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Everything above, with the pubs, shops and places to stay. Tap a dot for the page and directions.
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