Chiswell (pronounced Chesil, Chis-well, or Chisel, sometimes called Chesilton) is a small fishing village at the southern end of Chesil Beach, in Underhill, on the Isle of Portland in Dorset, England. A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a Town or City. Chesil Beach, sometimes called Chesil Bank, is a Tombolo in Dorset, southern England. The Isle of Portland ( is a limestone tied island long by wide in the English Channel. Dorset ( (or archaically, Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The small bay at Chiswell is called Chesil Cove. Chesil Cove is a beach which is the most southerly part of the long Chesil Beach in Dorset, England.
The village itself is indistinguishable from Fortuneswell, the largest village on the island, as the two settlements are so close together. Fortuneswell is the largest of eight Villages on the Isle of Portland, just off the coast of Dorset in the English Channel. An island (ˈaɪlənd or isle (/ˈaɪl/ is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water in two dimensions above high tide and isolated from other significant However, Chiswell occupies flat land close to sea level, whereas Fortuneswell's streets wind up and down the steep hills.
Over the centuries Chiswell has battled with the sea and has been regularly flooded during rough winter storms which can over top the 15 metres (49 ft) high Chesil Beach which protects the village. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit Flood defences installed during the 1980s have alleviated the problems.