Find Nearest Beaches in Lancashire

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

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Hightown Beach

Hightown beach is mainly sandy backed by sand dunes and is the site of a former wartime military base known as Fort Crosby. The beach is actually split either side of the River Alt. Read more…
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Blackpool Golden Mile Beach

The Blackpool Golden Mile is the central stretch of sand and promenade that runs between Blackpool’s north and south piers and has been famous as the home of British seaside culture for over a century. Blackpool is the only town in the United Kingdom with three piers. Blackpool became a major holiday destination, fueled by the Lancashire textile workers with Read more…
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Cleveleys Beach

The beach at Cleveleys is a mile of seafront spanning from Blackpoll through to Rossall Beach. The beach is mostly pebble with some sand backed by a promenade. Facilities include parking, a promenade and nearby the traditional seaside town with shops and options to eat. Read more…
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Fleetwood Beach

Fleetwood beach is a large sandy beach north of Blackpool with views north towards Morecambe Bay. This large flat beach is popular for power kiting, buggy and landboarding. Fleetwood was a fishing port but now mainly supports ferries to Larne. You can take a walk between Fleetwood and the beach at Cleveleys. Facilities include car parks and on-street parking, toilets, Read more…
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Morecambe North Beach

Morecambe North beach is a sand and shingle beach within a traditional seaside town with amusements and promenade. You have views over the sands of Morecambe Bay. Facilities include toilets, cafes, bars, parking, promenade, seasonal lifeguards and an adjacent children’s playground. Read more…
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Bispham Beach

Bispham beach is a sandy beach where the Blackpool tramway runs along the length of the sea front at Bispham. Read more…
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South Shore Beach

The south shore is a sandy beach but is more famous for The Blackpool Pleasure Beach on the other side of the road rather than the actual beach. In range of all the facilities of Blackpool. Read more…
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Arnside Beach

Arnside beach and the Arnside area is a designated area of outstanding natural beauty. Arnside is on the estuary where the River Kent enters Morecambe Bay and has sites of scientific interest because of the rare butterflies and alpine plants. There are many lovely wooded walks around the National Trust owned Arnside Knott (520ft high flat rock), up to the Read more…
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North Shore Beach

The beach extends northwards from North Pier, continuing to Bispham. The section between North Pier and Cabin is most popular with visitors as it is closest to Blackpool’s local services, hotels etc. Lifeguards in the summer and all the facilities of Blackpool. Read more…
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Sandylands Beach

Sandylands beach is a large flat sandy beach that joins Morecambe South beach. Facilities include promenade, toilkets, plenty of parking options, some pubs, shops, cafes in the roads behind the beach. Read more…
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St Annes North Beach

The North beach at St Anne’s consists of a sandy beach and dunes. Site of Special Scientific Interest which is full of interesting wild plants and animals. Read more…
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Hest Bank Beach

Hest Bank beach is a sandy beach within Morecambe bay that is backed by a grassy area. The sandflats and saltmarshes form the Morecambe Bay Hest Bank RSPB reserve. Facilities include car park, toilets, food, shops and campsite. Do not go out onto the saltmarsh or inter-tidal area as there are dangerous channels and quicksand. Read more…
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Find Lancashire Dog Friendly Beaches

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

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

Our Lancashire dog friendly beach list currently has 5 Lancashire beaches listed where dogs are allowed with 9 beaches that have some dog restrictions, and there are no beaches on which a full dog ban is in operation.

Lancashire dog friendly beaches Lancashire Beaches allowing dogs

This list shows 5 Lancashire beaches with no dog restrictions and can be used all year.

  1. Pilling Sands Beach, Fleetwood
  2. Bispham Beach, Blackpool
  3. Half Moon Bay Beach, Morecambe
  4. Silverdale Beach, Carnforth
  5. Rossall Beach, Blackpool

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.

Lancashire beaches with dog restrictions Lancashire Beaches that have dog restrictions

This list shows 9 Lancashire 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. Morecambe North Beach, Morecambe
  2. Blackpool Golden Mile Beach, Blackpool
  3. Morecambe South Beach, Morecambe
  4. North Shore Beach, Blackpool
  5. South Shore Beach, Blackpool
  6. Cleveleys Beach, Blackpool
  7. Fleetwood Beach, Fleetwood
  8. St Annes Beach, Blackpool
  9. St Annes North Beach, Blackpool

Lancashire Beaches that do not allow dogs Lancashire Beaches that do not allow dogs

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

Lancashire Beaches that we have NO dog restriction information

This list shows 6 Lancashire beaches where we have no information on dog restrictions.

  1. Arnside Beach, Carnforth
  2. Hest Bank Beach, Morecambe
  3. Hightown Beach, Formby
  4. Sandylands Beach, Morecambe
  5. Starr Gate Beach, Blackpool
  6. Heysham North Beach, Morecambe

    7. If a Lancashire 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.