Trefor Beach
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Trefor beach is alongside a small harbour and is sandy with some pebbles and rocks, situated on the north coast of the Llyn Peninsula in Gwynedd.
You will sometimes see people surfing on the far side of the harbour.
Facilities include car parking, slipway, toilets and an emergency phone by the beach and harbour, whilst the village has a small shop.
We have no current information on dog restrictions for Trefor Beach.
Why not check other beaches nearby as we have 23 beaches around Llyn Peninsula, 37 beaches in Gwynedd, or check our list of Gwynedd Dog Friendly Beaches.
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- Trefor beach is alongside a small harbour and is sandy with some pebbles and rocks, situated on the north coast of the Llyn Peninsula in Gwynedd. You will sometimes see people surfing on the far side of the harbour. Facilities include car parking, slipway, toilets and an emergency phone by the beach and harbour, whilst the village has a small shop.
- Aberdesach Beach is a pebble beach with some rocks and sand. The beach is on the northern coast of the Llyn Peninsula facing out into the Caernarfon Bay. This is a remote beach and the only facilities are a small car park and toilets.
- Pontllyfni Beach is also known as Maen Trwyn Dylan beach is a westerly beach on the top end of the Llyn Peninsula in Caernarfon Bay. The beach is a pebble and sandy beach backed by some grass areas. This is where The Afon Llyfni runs into the Irish Sea and is a popular remote spot for dog walking and hikers. The beach is beside a holiday park and the nearby village of Pontllyfni, parking is difficult and another option is the free car park at Aberdesach beach.
- Nefyn beach forms a sweeping bay with 2 miles of sand. Popular for a variety of watersports.
- Dinas Dinlle beach is a long sandy beach backed by a pebble storm bank and split by a couple of rocky breakwaters at high tide. The beach is located on the northern coast of the Llyn Peninsula between Caernarfon and Pontllyfni and the views across to Llanddywyn island on Anglesey are great. The beach has large areas of sand when the tide goes out with the northern end of the beach backed by dunes and an airfield being much quieter. The beach is popular for swimming, fishing, windsurfing, kitesurfing, kite-buggying, surfing, canoeing, sailing, jet skiing and power boating and operates zones in the water to protect swimmers. Facilities include parking, toilets with disabled facilities, shops and cafes.
- Porthdinllaen lifeboat station was established in 1864 and now operates an all weather lifeboat. Station open Mon-Fri and most summer weekends. Shop open daily Easter to October.
- Porth Dinllaen beach is a sandy, gently shelving beach that has rock pools. Porth Dinllaen is a small harbour village situated on the Llyn peninsula in Gwynedd that due to the lack of modern development is often used in films. You also have another small beach to the north by the Porth Dinllaen lifeboat station. Owned by the National Trust you can’t take a car into the village. You will need to go to Morfa Nefyn and then follow the signs to the National Trust car park. There are steps down to the beach from where you can cross the sands to PorthDinllaen. Facilities include pub, car park a short walk away and harbour.
- Abererch beach is a 4 mile stretch of sand from Pwllheli to Pen-y-Chain headland. The sand can get a little muddy near to the Pwllheli marina and this stretch of the beach is known as Glan-y-Mor but as you head out towards Abererch and then on to the headland you get some good sand. Popular for sea fishing. You have plenty of facilities at Pwllheli but access is a little difficult at Abererch if you are not staying at the beach front holiday park.
- Afon Wen beach is a sandy beach with a high tide pebble bank. Popular for fishing and horse riding. No facilities and limited parking along the sides of the road and then you will need to walk under the bridge and follow the rough track to the beach.
- Pwllheli lifeboat station was established in 1891 and now operates inshore and all weather lifeboats. Station is open daily, no shop.
- Pwllheli beach is a very long stretch of south facing sand on the Llyn Peninsula and is also known as Pwllheli South Beach. The beach starts out at the marina and stretches for approximately 3 miles to Llanbedrog and as you move away from the town you have a beautiful remove beach. Pwllheli is known as the unnoficial capital of the Llyn Peninsula. Parking on the road behind the beach, toilets, promenade, beach shop and Pwllheli has a harbour.
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