STANTON ST GABRIEL

CHAPEL AND BEACH

THIS chapel is a picturesque ruin on the western face of Golden Cap.

It can be accessed off the main route on the climb up or down the highest point on the south coast.

There's been a settlement at St Gabriel's (or Stanton St Gabriel) since Saxon times. In its heyday, this small settlement was itself on the main drag for coach traffic from Bridport to Charmouth All that remains of the thriving hamlet is a ruined medieval chapel and an 18th-century manor house divided into four National Trust holiday cottages.

The beach can be accessed down some steep wooden steps and takes around half an hour to walk to from the Golden Cap car park.