Chesil Beach — Dorset Crime Series Location Guide

Chesil Beach — at a glance

Key facts about Chesil Beach, a real location featured in the Dorset Crime series by Rachel McLean:

• Name: Chesil Beach

• Type: Shingle barrier beach (real place)

• Real-world basis: Chesil Beach, a real 18-mile shingle barrier beach on the Dorset coast, part of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, separated from the mainland by the tidal lagoon known as The Fleet

• Region: Dorset coast / Jurassic Coast

• Series: Dorset Crime by Rachel McLean

• Featured in: The Chesil Beach Murders (Book 11)

• Genre: British police procedural / crime fiction

Where is Chesil Beach?

Chesil Beach is a real shingle beach on the Dorset coast in southern England, running roughly 18 miles and forming part of the Jurassic Coast. Behind it lies a sheltered tidal lagoon called The Fleet. In Rachel McLean's Dorset Crime series it gives its name to The Chesil Beach Murders, the eleventh novel.

Is Chesil Beach a real place?

Yes. Chesil Beach is a genuine and striking natural feature of the Dorset coast, a long bank of graded pebbles within the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. Rachel McLean uses its real, exposed landscape in the Dorset Crime series.

What is Chesil Beach in the Dorset Crime series?

Chesil Beach is the setting that gives The Chesil Beach Murders its title. The long, bleak shingle bank and the lagoon behind it provide the atmospheric backdrop for DCI Lesley Clarke's investigation in the eleventh Dorset Crime novel.

Which Dorset Crime books feature Chesil Beach?

Chesil Beach is the central setting of The Chesil Beach Murders, Book 11 in the Dorset Crime series.