Steve, Debs and The Hive Beach Café.
Steve Attrill and his wife, Debs bought Clapper Bridge Cottage in January 2010. They live in the village and in fact, Steve was brought up there. The Hive is an award winning beach café that specialises in fish, seafood and local produce. It’s perfect for family breakfasts, romantic suppers in high season, fish and chips and wonderful Dibar coffee with local cakes.
Guests staying at the cottage have a 10% discount card at The Hive Beach Café.
Visit the Hive Beach Café website…
Things to Do and See
Go fossiling, rock pooling and paddling.
The heritage Centre in Charmouth organises regular walks. See www.charmouth.org
The Dorset Coastal Path follows some of the most spectacular scenery anywhere. See www.jurassiccoast.com
Take a boat trip from nearby West Bay. Spend a day in Guernsey or Jersey – Condor Seacat runs from Weymouth.
Fall in love with literature – Jane Austen, Thomas Hardy and now Tracy Chevalier have set novels in West Dorset.
Mooch around the Bridport street market – Saturday and Wednesday.
Re-live Enid Blyton. From the Ginger Beer Shop in Corfe Castle to Brownsea Island and the Isle of Purbeck – this is where Enid drew inspiration.
Dorchester and Weymouth are equidistant.
Rural Dorset is full of gems like Sherborne Abbey, Evershot and the Marshwood Vale.
Local Services
The x53 coastal bus stops in the village, less than five minutes’ walk. The service runs from Exeter to Poole. See map of the area…
Shopping
The nearby Hive Beach has a National Trust car park. Burton Bradstock has two pubs, a deli/Post Office, garage/petrol station, library, Spar Supermarket, hairdresser and beautician.
Waitrose is on West Street in Bridport (Tesco and Waitrose both have home delivery services in this area). The town is fast developing a reputation as a foodie heaven with celebrity chef restaurants within easy reach.
There are fabulous, organic farm shops like Washingpool on the Salway Ash road and Modbury. And of course, Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall’s River Cottage Canteen in nearby Axminster.
