Cogden Beach is is a beautiful wide open beach located south of Swyre, Dorset. In the care of the National Trust, who have left it mercifully unspoilt except to install parking meters at the top of the track that leads down to it.
Hidden from view and idyllic for a sunny day. Behind the beach are reed beds, pools and meadows.
A long sweeping beach of pebbles and small shingle, a western extension of the same marine activity that created Chesil beach. There is quite a bank build-up of shingle but nowhere to hide from beach walkers, not that there are many!
This is a naturist tolerated beach. A local frequent visitor says that midway between the NT car park access in the west and West Bexington in the east is "the place", in front of the meres behind the beach. There is a WW2 pillbox which marks the spot. He also said he has never had any objections from walkers.
The foreshore is not steep but soon deepens but that means you don't have far to walk out for a dip.
No facilities nor at the NT car park (NT Cogdon Beach - 1 mile walk)). Cafe further west at Hive Beach (Burton Bradstock - 2 miles).
The South West Coast path either follows the beach (hard walking) or the path behind the meres.
