Find the nearest Beaches in Kent
Planning a trip to the Kent coast and looking for where the nearest beach is, our beach lists will help you discover the nearest beach to me. Then for each 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 and its facilities.
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Finding the right beach in Kent is easy – simply explore the beach links below, to find the closest hit the jump to my location compass or use the search bar to plan where your next Kent beach visit should be.
- Lower Leas Coastal Park is a pebble beach also referred to as Folkestone beach. Parking at the Coastal park or park in the town and take a Zig Zag path down to the beach. Facilities include children’s adventure playground, toilets, cafe and beach shop.
- Littlestone beach is one section of a long stretch of sandy beach. Parking, slipway, toilets, pub. We have no dog information for Littlestone beach.
- Westgate Bay is a sandy beach, a good family beach for sandcastles and lots of small rock pools to explore. The bay is tidal and so the beach will disappear at high tide. Facilities include seasonal lifeguards, cafes, car parking, toilets, chalets for hire, pub, disabled access to the beach with disabled toilets open all year.
- Louisa Bay is one of the seven sandy bays of Broadstairs in Kent, this is a sandy bay with rock pools and promenade. The beach is only approximately 150m long and all but disappears at high tide. Facilities at the beach include a cafe, chalets for hire, disabled access via a steep slope, although you are only walking distance from Viking Bay and the town centre.
- Battery Point beach is part of a long stretch of shingle beach. The beach marks the end Hythe and the start of Sandgate. Like this whole stretch the beach has a wide pebble top with a steep sloe down to the water or low tide areas. Motorized craft can be launched from the slipway. Parking on the road and a small pay and display car park. Small kiosk and concrete promenade.
- Seasalter Beach is mostly a pebble beach with a steep shingle bank but as the tide goes out you get a large area of flat sand although this does turn into London Clay a little further out. The beach is divided by wooden groynes that can provide protection on windy days, and is not so busy as its more sandy neighbours like Westgate-on-Sea and the Broadstairs bays. Seasalter is located on the Kent north coast facing the Isle of Sheppey, between the towns of Whitstable and Faversham. Much of the coastal area between Seasalter and Faversham is a coastal marsh with an abundance of wildlife including wildfowl, wading birds and the famous award-winning salt marsh lamb. Facilities at the beach include cafe/restaurant, toilets, shop, beach hut hire, picnic areas, slipway, sailing club, Hoseasons Holiday Park and a nearby pub. If you are hungry then you can even pop along to the nearby Michelin star The Sportsman restaurant.
- Deal beach stretches along the Deal seafront, split by the Pier and on the Western end you have the Tudor Deal Castle. The beach at Deal is a large shingle beach with wooden groynes backed by a flat promenade and road. You will also see a number of small fishing boats pulled up on the beach. The Pier is very popular for fishing (charges apply). Facilities include parking by the beach, toilets, pier, amusement arcades and a wide selection of shops, cafe, pubs, and restaurants.
- Minnis Bay beach is a long, rural sandy bay with rocky and shingle areas, promenade and paddling pool. Popular for watersports: sailing club, windsurfing and kitesurfing. Facilities include lifeguards and first aid, cafes, toilets, parking, chalets for hire, picnic area, pub and children’s play area nearby.
- Walpole Bay beach is approximately 400 meters long sandy beach with promenade and tidal swimming pool. Walpole Bay includes Palm Bay, Hodges Gap and Foreness Point. Popular for watersports. Facilities include lift, toilets, lifeguards, chalets for hire, golf, putting, tennis and indoor bowls nearby.
- Grenham Bay beach is different to those surrounding it in that it does not really have sand but consists of many rock pools below the Kent cliffs. This is an excellent beach for those with children wanting to explore the rock pools rather than relaxing on the sand. The beach is backed by a large concrete sea defense that links it to its neighbour beaches of Minnis Bay and Epple Bay. Car park at the top of the cliffs. We have no dog information for Grenham Bay beach.
- Dover Harbour beach is shingle and set within the harbour walls. Facilities include parking, promenade, toilets, cafe/restaurant and shops.
- Dumpton Gap is a quiet, sandy bay with some rocks approximately 150 meters long with promenade and backed by white cliffs. The beach at Dumpton Gap provides a quieter option over the busier beaches of Ramsgate and Broadstairs. For the adventurous at low tide, you have an excellent walk to Ramsgate, although please check the tide times. Alternatively, you can take the West Cliff Promenade into Broadstairs. Facilities at the beach include a promenade, toilets, cafe, chalets for hire, disabled access via a steep slope.
