Mariners Hotel
✓ 17th-century former coaching inn with individually styled en-suite rooms
🏖️ 0.34 miles from Lyme Regis Front Beach (Good water quality)
Lyme Regis
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Places to Stay in a Harbour Town in Dorset
There is a particular kind of holiday that only a working harbour delivers: boats unloading in the morning, gulls arguing over the catch, fish and chips on the quay wall at dusk. These Dorset stays put you in or within a short walk of a harbour town.
Manor Farm Caravan and Camping Site
🏖️ 0.75 miles from Charmouth West (Excellent water quality)
Lyme Regis
Yawl House
🏖️ 2.04 miles from Lyme Regis Front Beach (Good water quality)
Lyme Regis, South West England
Sleeps 12
£1,031 per break
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Dorset House
✓ Grade II Listed Georgian B&B overlooking the Jurassic Coast
🏖️ 0.32 miles from Lyme Regis Front Beach (Good water quality)
Lyme Regis
Crown Hotel
✓ Overlooks Weymouth's historic harbour in the town centre
🏖️ 0.48 miles from Weymouth Central (Good water quality)
Weymouth
Primrose Bloom
🏖️ 2.55 miles from Poole Canford Cliffs Chine (Excellent water quality)
Poole, South West England
Sleeps 5
£1,325 per break
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Marbella
🏖️ 0.52 miles from Poole Harbour Lake (Excellent water quality)
Poole, South West England
Sleeps 5
£1,195 per break
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Seadown Park
🏖️ 0.44 miles from Charmouth West (Excellent water quality)
Charmouth, South West England
Sleeps 6
£349 per break
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Garden Lake View
🏖️ 2.3 miles from Poole Harbour Lake (Excellent water quality)
Poole, South West England
Sleeps 5
£1,152 per break
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Driftwood Notes
🏖️ 2.28 miles from Poole Harbour Lake (Excellent water quality)
Poole, South West England
Sleeps 2
£800 per break
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Ahoy Sunshine
🏖️ 2.27 miles from Poole Harbour Lake (Excellent water quality)
Poole, South West England
Sleeps 4
£897 per break
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Captain's Cabin
🏖️ 2.27 miles from Poole Harbour Lake (Excellent water quality)
Poole, South West England
Sleeps 3
£938 per break
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Travelodge
✓ Harbourside location overlooking Holes Bay, near Poole city centre
🏖️ 1.79 miles from Poole Harbour Lake (Excellent water quality)
Poole
Hook Farm Caravan & Camping Park
🏖️ 1.2 miles from Lyme Regis Front Beach (Good water quality)
Lyme Regis
Shorelark
🏖️ 2.26 miles from Poole Harbour Lake (Excellent water quality)
Poole, South West England
Sleeps 2
£843 per break
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Turnstone
🏖️ 2.26 miles from Poole Harbour Lake (Excellent water quality)
Poole, South West England
Sleeps 5
£1,195 per break
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Mainsail House
🏖️ 2.24 miles from Poole Harbour Lake (Excellent water quality)
Poole, South West England
Sleeps 6
£1,282 per break
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Hotel du Soleil
🏖️ 0.29 miles from Poole Harbour Lake (Excellent water quality)
Poole, South West England
Sleeps 6
£930 per break
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Ocean Cloud
🏖️ 2.19 miles from Poole Harbour Lake (Excellent water quality)
Poole, South West England
Sleeps 4
£973 per break
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Avalon
🏖️ 2.18 miles from Poole Harbour Lake (Excellent water quality)
Poole, South West England
Sleeps 7
£1,708 per break
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The harbour towns
The stays below cluster around Lyme Regis, Poole, Weymouth — each name links to that town's own guide with its things to do and places to eat. Harbours mean early mornings and fresh fish: look for stays with a chip shop nearby or sea views if either would make the week.
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Every stay here is within about a mile and a half of a harbour town's centre — close enough that the quay is an evening stroll, not a car journey.
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