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In the top row of pictures:

The small harbour at West Bay (picture)
Shared by pleasure boats and working fishing boats alike (picture)
In Victorian times the fishing hamlet was developed as a beach resort ... (picture)
... including boating on the lake developed inshore of the sea defences (picture)
Is now best known for its good sea-fishing off the two jetties (picture)

In the bottom row of pictures:

To the east lies the start of Chesil Beach, a giant shingle bank stretching along the coast to the Isle of Portland (picture)
Also to the east are impressive weather-worn sandstone cliffs (picture)
To the west the cliffs are of softer sands and clays, and are more prone to erosion (picture)
Returning over the cliff-tops from Eype in the west, the view down to West Bay (picture)
At the end of the day, mooring up in the harbour (picture)

Other sites on the web

The coastline shown here forms part of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site

West's Geology Field Guide to the Bridport Area - Pt.1 West Bay

The Dorset Page: West Bay – local information and links to further resources on the web

Maps of the area on streetmap.co.uk: 1:50,000 – detail, 1:250,000 – locality and route to get there