Tucked away beneath the green hills where Devon meets Dorset is the Anchor Inn, an old fisherman’s haunt that now operates as a veritable gastropub, serving lobster rolls, fish and chips and slow-roasted lamb. The produce is local, as is the beer, with pints of Dorset pale best enjoyed on the terrace overlooking the Channel.
It is a charming, picturesque pub, one that has been weathered by salt and sea air; unassuming, too, in a hamlet called Seatown. Rickety boats are the people’s stock and trade, so too catering to the fossil hunters who scour the Jurassic Coast. On one side of the Anchor are cliffs, the odd cow and plenty of ramblers — a bracing walk should precede any visit — and on the other, blue waves and a sweeping orange beach. There are rooms too: eat, drink and fall asleep to the sound of the sea, before waking up with a swim. Heaven.
Seatown, Bridport, DT6 6JU, theanchorinnseatown.co.uk
