OS grid reference SY420918 Country England Post town Bridport Shire county Dorset UK parliament constituency West Dorset | Region South West Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district DT6 District West Dorset | |
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Seatown is a coastal hamlet in Dorset, England, sited on the English Channel approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) westsouthwest of Bridport. It lies within the civil parish of Chideock in the West Dorset administrative district.
Map of Seatown, Bridport, UK
The coast at Seatown is part of the Jurassic Coast, a world heritage site stretching for 96 miles (154 km). The surrounding area is also designated part of the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Golden Cap, the highest point on the south coast of England, lies 1 mile (1.6 km) to the west.
Seatown comprises a small number of houses, a holiday park, some holiday cottages and "The Anchor" pub. The small River Winniford or Wynreford runs into the sea here. Seatown beach is popular with fossil collectors, with rock of Late Jurassic/Early Cretaceous. The beach is privately owned; it is free to access but parking is charged.
'Furmity'—a mix of wheat, dried fruit and sugar, often with added spirits—was one of the products sold at a Whit Monday Fair which used to be held in Seatown. In Thomas Hardy's novel The Mayor of Casterbridge, the character Michael Henchard got drunk on laced furmity and sold his wife while inebriated.