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Hythe beach, is a large pebble beach backed by a concrete promenade. You have three stretches of beach:The main beach stretches from Twiss Road, along West Parade until you reach Fisherman’s Beach. Fisherman’s beach is a working beach where the boats are kept on the beach and you have a fish mongers cafe that sells local catch of the day. The fisherman were granted the right to maintain boats on the beach in the 15th century, a right confirmed by Elizabeth 1st when creating the Cinque Ports in return for providing crews for the “Men of War” that fought in the battle against the Spanish Armada. Foreshore beach is closed when the MOD Hythe firing range is active. When the range is not in use, the public may walk the foreshore path from Fisherman’s beach to the Redoubt at Tankerton Beach.  The beach has steps and some ramps from the promenade and although the pebble area at the top is wide you do have a steep slope down to the water and/or low tide part of the beach. Hythe beach is zoned, with swimming and boat launch areas. Personal craft can be launched at the Smugglers Slipway, 450m to the East of Twiss Road, whilst motorized craft can be launched at the Battery Point Slipway, 2,200m East of Twiss Road. Midway along West Parade you have the Hythe and Saltwood Sailing Club. Parking on the road and a small pay and display car park. Cafe and restaurant on the concrete promenade backing onto the beach. Toilets have disabled facilities (open Easter to October).

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.

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.

Sunny Sands beach is a sandy beach to the east of Folkestone harbour. The beach can get very busy in the summer as it is a rare sandy beach on this stretch of coast. Facilities include parking available next to the harbour, promenade, toilets, cafe, pubs and beach shop.

Westbrook Bay beach is a andy beach with promenade. Facilities include cafe, toilets, lifeguards, chalets and deckchairs hire, designated water ski area with bowls and tennis nearby.

Pegwell Bay is a stretch of unprotected sea cliffs with great geological interest and a sandy bay. The bay is part of Kent’s largest National Nature Reserve. A full-size replica Scandinavian longboat ‘Hugin’, complete with shields stands on the cliff top overlooking the bay to commemorate the first Anglo-Saxon landings in England hereabouts. At the north east corner of the bay are the remains of a cross-channel hoverport that operated between 1969 until 1982. Facilities include toilets, cafe, parking and picnic area.

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.

Reculver Beach is miles and miles of beach providing plenty of room to get away from people. We have no dog information for Reculver beach.

Shakespeare Beach is the stretch of shingle beach to the west of Dover Harbour Admiralty Pier to the white chalk of Shakespeare Cliff. We have no dog information for Shakespeare beach.

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.

The Warren beach is just outside Folkestone, a sand and rocky beach backed by high chalk cliffs and a concrete promenade and sea defences. Facilities at the beach include promenade and parking.

Dymchurch beach is a large sand/shingle beach within reach of local amenities. A good family beach with plenty of room. The beach is backed by a big concrete sea defence and promenade that has steps down to the beach and disabled ramps in places. The concrete promenade has a selection of kiosks and the central part of the beach has the toilets, slipway for boats, shops, pubs, cafes and restaurants from the town. You have two choices for parking. The Martello car park on the West end of the beach or you have a car park in the center on the other side of the road to the beach.