Keith Walker Shows Us The Dorset Coast (Part 1)
07th August 2026
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Keith Walker - The Dorset Coast Part 1
As you may remember from other articles, I grew up in a town on the Dorset coast. As a youth, the coast was just the coast to enjoy. Swimming, fishing (especially night fishing), coves to explore on our bikes and later sailing; just fun.
If you drive around Dorset now, it is impossible not to see numerous signs proclaiming the “Jurassic Coast’. As kids we knew fossils had been found especially at Lyme Regis, but the coast was just the coast, and the Jurassic pre-fix was unknown. If we turn to Wikipedia it tells us “The Jurassic Coast, also known as the Dorset and East Devon Coast, is a World Heritage Site on the English Channel coast of southern England. It stretches from Exmouth in East Devon to Studland Bay in Dorset, a distance of about 96 miles, and was inscribed on the World Heritage List in mid-December 2001.”
Over the years it is fact that a number of locations on the Dorset coast have appeared in lists of top UK locations for photography, often involving a sunrise. As an example, the beach at Durdle Door will be crowded with photographers on the one morning a year when our ‘The Photographers Ephemeris” (TPE App-free to download) tells us the sun will rise through the ‘door’.
All these years on the coast is still delivering fun, but for a different pastime as I capture it photographically. The images that follow were all taken on various digital M’s.
A Spot of Fishing - West Bay Harbour entrance
Burton Bradstock
Durdle Door
Portland Lighthouse with Old Lighthouse in Distance
Lulworth Cove
Lulworth Cove with Sun Setting over The Isle of Portland
As you may remember from other articles, I grew up in a town on the Dorset coast. As a youth, the coast was just the coast to enjoy. Swimming, fishing (especially night fishing), coves to explore on our bikes and later sailing; just fun.
If you drive around Dorset now, it is impossible not to see numerous signs proclaiming the “Jurassic Coast’. As kids we knew fossils had been found especially at Lyme Regis, but the coast was just the coast, and the Jurassic pre-fix was unknown. If we turn to Wikipedia it tells us “The Jurassic Coast, also known as the Dorset and East Devon Coast, is a World Heritage Site on the English Channel coast of southern England. It stretches from Exmouth in East Devon to Studland Bay in Dorset, a distance of about 96 miles, and was inscribed on the World Heritage List in mid-December 2001.”
Over the years it is fact that a number of locations on the Dorset coast have appeared in lists of top UK locations for photography, often involving a sunrise. As an example, the beach at Durdle Door will be crowded with photographers on the one morning a year when our ‘The Photographers Ephemeris” (TPE App-free to download) tells us the sun will rise through the ‘door’.
All these years on the coast is still delivering fun, but for a different pastime as I capture it photographically. The images that follow were all taken on various digital M’s.
A Spot of Fishing - West Bay Harbour entrance
Burton Bradstock
Durdle Door
Portland Lighthouse with Old Lighthouse in Distance
Lulworth Cove
Lulworth Cove with Sun Setting over The Isle of Portland