Find Nearest Beaches in Dumfries and Galloway

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

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Carrick Bay Beach

Carrick Bay beach is a sandy remote unspoilt beach. You have no facilities but can find the odd roadside parking space behind this remote beach. Read more…
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Ardwell Bay Beach

Ardwell Bay beach is a sheltered and sandy cove popular with families and has interesting rock pools to provide a good distraction for youngsters. Also popular sea fishing location with a slipway to launch boats. Parking although the road to the bay is quite rough and narrow in place, picnic sites and slipway. Read more…
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Stranraer Sands Beach

Stranraer Sands is a long beach that stretches away from Stranraer harbour. At high tide the sand disappears. Read more…
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Sandhead Beach

Sandhead beach is a sandy beach 1 mile in length alongside the small village of Sandhead. As the tide goes out the beach can extend to nearer 3 miles. Good safe swimming but as the water can shallow you may have a long walk to get to sufficient depth to actually swim. Read more…
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Dhoon Beach

Dhoon is a sandy beach approx. 350m long within Kirkcudbright Bay, also known as Nun Mill Bay which it looks out to. The beach slopes gently into the water making it a great swimming beach although it all but disappears at high tide. The beach has some interesting rocks, is backed by grass areas and is surrounded by trees. At Read more…
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Annan Beach

Annan beach is a shingle beach and an important wildlife area. Shops and cafes in Annan, limited parking. Read more…
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Mossyard Beach

Mossyard beach is a small sandy beach with rocks and is situated on the north side of the mouth of Fleet Bay. Right next door you have another small sandy bay called White Bay. Car parking available with some local holiday parks. Read more…
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Powfoot Beach

Powfoot does not really have sand and is a combination of salt marsh and mud. Care should be taken when walking out a low tide. There is a small strip of shingle beach along the coast to the east towards Annan or a small area of sand and shingle in front of the car park called Powfoot Scar which is Read more…
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Drummore Beach

Drummore Beach is a sandy beach north of the village and tidal harbour of Drummore, Scotland’s most southerly village. You need to be aware of the tide times as the beach just about disappears at high tide. Facilities at the beach include limited road car parking and a pub in the village. Read more…
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Stranraer Marine Lake Beach

Stranraer Marine Lake beach is a sandy beach to the side of the port and gets its name from the small lake in Agnew Park beside the beach. The beach is backed by a promenade and grassy areas. Facilities include car parking and a cafe can be found in the park. Read more…
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Brighouse Bay Beach

Brighouse Bay is a small sandy beach located in a sheltered bay on a quiet peninsula near Kirkcudbright. The beach has a number of rockpools to explore and can be busy on a hot summer’s day. The peninsula and nearby woods offer some great opportunities for walking. The bay has car parking, toilets along and a nearby holiday park that Read more…
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Sandyhills Beach

Sandyhills beach is a sheltered sandy bay surrounded by wooded hills. At low tide you get a large expanse of sand whilst the beach is a gradual slope allowing great safe swimming. Read more…
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Find Dumfries And Galloway Dog Friendly Beaches

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

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

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

Dumfries And Galloway dog friendly beaches Dumfries And Galloway Beaches allowing dogs

This list shows 1 Dumfries And Galloway beaches with no dog restrictions and can be used all year.

  1. Brighouse Bay Beach, Kirkcudbright

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.

Dumfries And Galloway beaches with dog restrictions Dumfries And Galloway Beaches that have dog restrictions

We have no Dumfries And Galloway beaches recorded that allow dogs but with some restrictions.

Dumfries And Galloway Beaches that do not allow dogs Dumfries And Galloway Beaches that do not allow dogs

We have no Dumfries And Galloway beaches recorded that do not allow dogs at any time.

Dumfries And Galloway Beaches that we have NO dog restriction information

This list shows 18 Dumfries And Galloway beaches where we have no information on dog restrictions.

  1. Annan Beach, Annan
  2. Monreith Beach, Port William
  3. Mossyard Beach, Kirkcudbright
  4. Ardwell Bay Beach, Stranraer
  5. Carrick Bay Beach, Gatehouse of Fleet
  6. Ross Bay Beach, Kirkcudbright
  7. Drummore Beach, Drummore
  8. Port Logan Bay Beach, Stranraer
  9. Portpatrick Beach, Stranraer
  10. Powfoot Beach, Annan
  11. Rockcliffe Beach, Dalbeattie
  12. Sandhead Beach, Stranraer
  13. Sandyhills Beach, Dalbeattie
  14. Southerness Beach, Dumfries
  15. Stranraer Sands Beach, Stranraer
  16. Stranraer Marine Lake Beach, Stranraer
  17. Killantringan Bay and Knock Bay Beach, Stranraer
  18. Dhoon Beach, Kirkcudbright

    19. If a Dumfries And Galloway 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.