Abbotsbury

Abbotsbury is a village situated in West Dorset in the West Country of England.

Abbotsbury Swannery

Understand

Abbotsbury is situated on The Fleet on the Jurassic Coast under a steep hill.

Nearby West Bexington is famous as the home of the Dorset Naga, one of the hottest chili peppers in the world.

Get in

By train

The South West Trains route from London Waterloo to Exeter.

By bus

There is also a good bus service (X53) along the Jurassic Coast.

Get around

See

Chesil Beach and Portland Bill, looking south-east over Abbotsbury in Dorset

• 🌍 Abbotsbury Swannery. Watch feeding time and see the cygnets hatching from mid May to late June.  
• 🌍 Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens.  
• 🌍 Abbotsbury Abbey and Abbey Barn.  
• 🌍 Abbotsbury Castle.  
• 🌍 St Catherine's Chapel.  
• 🌍 Chesil Beach.  

Do

Buy

Eat

Drink

Sleep

• The Abbey House, Church St, ☎ [phone]. 
• The Ilchester Arms, 9 Market St, ☎ [phone]. 
• The Manor Hotel, Beach Rd, West Bexington, ☎ [phone]. Few rooms with bar and restaurant 

Go next

Weymouth to the East or West Bay to the West.