Finding out about Chesil Beach

Chesil Beach is located on the South coast of England in the county of Dorset. It is a shingle beach 18 miles long and stretches north-west from Portland to West Bay. For much of its length it is separated from the mainland by an area of saline water called the Fleet Lagoon. The Fleet Lagoon is 13 km long. Its width is about 900 metres. The deepest part is 4-5 metres deep, but all of the mid and upper Fleet is less than 2 metres deep.