Find Nearest Beaches in Rushen

Planning a trip to the Rushen coast and looking for where the nearest Rushen beach is, our UK beach lists and beach search will help you discover the nearest beach to me.  Then for each Rushen beach, we will answer questions around location, rural or town, sandy or pebble, rockpools, tide times, weather forecast, dog restrictions, bathing water quality, closest beach cafes and provide general information on the beach, its facilities and the surrounding area.

When on a beach page use our tools to expand your search to nearby seaside villages, towns and the surrounding Rushen coast for things to see and do or places to eat.

If you are looking for an award-winning beach, you can browse our UK Blue Flag lists or our UK Seaside Award lists.

Have a dog? Finding a dog-friendly beach can be hard work and our dog-friendly beach lists will help direct you to the best locations allowing dogs.

Finding the best beach in Rushen is easy – explore the beach links below, to find the closest beach just hit the “Find Near Me” button or use the search bar to plan where your next Rushen beach visit should be.

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Gansey Bay Beach

Gansey Bay is a sandy beach backed by rocks and a sea wall and when the tide is high most of the beach disappears and all you have is a few rocks. The beach is also known as Brewery Beach. Limited parking on the road, slipway and pub/hotel at one end of the beach. Read more…
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Chapel Bay Beach

Chapel Bay beach is within a horseshoe bay backed by a promenade and some grass areas. The beach itself is a large sandy beach with flat rocks and rockpools on either side although at high tide you don’t have access to any sand. Port St Mary is a large village in the southwest of Isle of Man. At one end Read more…
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Derbyhaven Beach

Derbyhaven beach is within a sheltered shallow bay and has some protection from St Michael’s Island which is also known as Fort Island. Derbyhaven beach, which is also an area of special scientific interest, provides feeding and roosting habitats for migrating and breeding birds. A very popular bay with windsurfers and divers. Read more…
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Castletown Beach

Castletown Beach stretches out westwards from the town and is a pebble and sand beach although at high tide you will only get pebbles. This horseshoe-shaped bay is popular with watersports. You have all the facilities of the town on hand. Read more…
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Port Erin Beach

Port Erin Beach is a sheltered sandy bay beach on the south of the island protected by the high cliffs of Bradda Head. The beach offers some variety, the northern end starts off as rocks and pebbles, then the middle becomes compressed sand and pebbles, the southern end gets some protection from the harbour and here you get some great Read more…
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Spaldrick Beach

Spaldrick Beach is a small pebble beach with some rocks hidden amongst the cliffs just to the north of the main beach at Port Erin. Many people who visit Port Erin, will never know the beach exists, and to access you need to take the coast-hugging path from above the beach lighthouse and you will have steps down to the Read more…
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Fleshwick Bay Beach

Fleshwick Bay beach is a small stone and pebble beach sheltered by high cliffs on either side. Fleshwick Bay can be a good swimming beach as it is not busy and due to the sheltered nature can be very calm and flat. Fleshwick Bay has no facilities other than a small rough car park at the end of a narrow Read more…

Find Rushen Dog Friendly Beaches

Heading to the Rushen coast with your dog and not sure if they are allowed on any beaches?

This Rushen list of dog friendly beaches will help in planning your next trip to the beach, beaches for dogs near Rushen

Our Rushen dog friendly beach list currently has 2 Rushen beaches listed where dogs are allowed with 3 beaches that have some dog restrictions, and there are no beaches on which a full dog ban is in operation.

Rushen dog friendly beaches Rushen Beaches allowing dogs

This list shows 2 Rushen beaches with no dog restrictions and can be used all year.

  1. Gansey Bay Beach, Port St Mary
  2. Fleshwick Bay Beach, Port Erin

Note, although dogs are allowed you are expected to keep control of your dog, clean-up after them and some beaches may require you to keep them on a lead. Please check local information sites for any restrictions.

Rushen beaches with dog restrictions Rushen Beaches that have dog restrictions

This list shows 3 Rushen beaches allowing dogs but with some restrictions. These restrictions could be a time of day, restricted zones, dogs to be kept on a lead or only allowed out of season. Check our beach information page for details of the restrictions in place.

  1. Castletown Beach, Castletown
  2. Port Erin Beach, Port Erin
  3. Chapel Bay Beach, Port St Mary

Rushen Beaches that do not allow dogs Rushen Beaches that do not allow dogs

We have no Rushen beaches recorded that do not allow dogs at any time.

Rushen Beaches that we have NO dog restriction information

This list shows 2 Rushen beaches where we have no information on dog restrictions.

  1. Derbyhaven Beach, Castletown
  2. Spaldrick Beach, Port Erin

    3. If a Rushen beach is not listed above then we have no information and you will have to check local beach information boards.

    Note that we try to keep this dog beach information up to date but restrictions are set by local councils and occasionally we may miss a change.