Find Nearest Beaches in Bridgend

Planning a trip to the Bridgend coast and looking for where the nearest Bridgend beach is, our UK beach lists and beach search will help you discover the nearest beach to me.  Then for each Bridgend 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 Bridgend 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 Bridgend 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 Bridgend beach visit should be.

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Newton Bay Beach

Newton Bay beach is also known as Black Rock beach to the east of Porthcawl is a long sandy and rocky beach, backed by sand dunes. The beach stretches from Newton Point to the mouth of the River Ogmore at Ogmore-by-Sea. The Newton Burrows and Merthyr Mawr sand dunes are designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). Newton Beach is Read more…
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Sandy Bay Beach

Sandy Bay beach in Porthcawl is a large sheltered and sandy beach in front of the fairground known as Coney Beach. Sandy Bay curves round and joins onto Trecco Bay beach after Rhych Point. Sandy Bay is popular with families who can enjoy a traditional seaside location including donkey and pony rides on the beach, alongside other facilities such as trampolines Read more…
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Rest Bay Beach

Rest Bay beach is approximately 2.5 kilometres at low tide, and faces south west towards the Bristol Channel.  The beach is a mix of sand with rock slabs and pebbles at the high tide line. Porthcawl town sits in the south-east end of the bay, while the north-west end has the Royal Porthcawl Golf Course. Popular with surfers, windsurfing and Read more…
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Trecco Bay Beach

Trecco Bay beach is one of the many Porthcawl bays and is a large sand and rocky beach between two rocky points, situated between Sandy Bay and Newton Beach. The only facilities are at the holiday park and you do have seasonal lifeguards. Although only a short walk from Trecco Bay holiday park this beach is typically not that busy. Read more…

Find Bridgend Dog Friendly Beaches

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

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

Our Bridgend dog friendly beach list currently has no Bridgend beaches listed where dogs are allowed with 1 beach that have some dog restrictions, and there are no beaches on which a full dog ban is in operation.

Bridgend dog friendly beaches Bridgend Beaches allowing dogs

We have no Bridgend beaches recorded that have no dog restrictions.

Bridgend beaches with dog restrictions Bridgend Beaches that have dog restrictions

This list shows 1 Bridgend 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. Trecco Bay Beach, Porthcawl

Bridgend Beaches that do not allow dogs Bridgend Beaches that do not allow dogs

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

Bridgend Beaches that we have NO dog restriction information

This list shows 3 Bridgend beaches where we have no information on dog restrictions.

  1. Newton Bay Beach, Porthcawl
  2. Rest Bay Beach, Porthcawl
  3. Sandy Bay Beach, Porthcawl

    4. If a Bridgend 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.