UK Dog Friendly Beaches
Of the many beaches around the British coast only a relatively small proportion allow dogs all year round. The good news is that the vast majority of beaches welcome responsible dog owners outside of the summer (1 October to 30 April).
Here at the Beach Guide we have researched which beaches are dog friendly and where dogs are banned to save you a wasted journey.
The lists below link to our regional UK dog friendly beach pages. The number in brackets shows how many beaches have no restrictions on dogs at all. These are what we consider as truly dog friendly beaches
England dog friendly beaches
- Cornwall (59)
- County Durham (11)
- Cumbria (23)
- Devon (77)
- Dorset (33)
- East Sussex (14)
- Essex (7)
- Gloucestershire (1)
- Hampshire (4)
- Isle of Wight (15)
- Isles of Scilly (1)
- Kent (18)
- Lancashire (7)
- Lincolnshire (5)
- Merseyside (11)
- Norfolk (19)
- Northumberland (31)
- Somerset (26)
- Suffolk (6)
- Tyne and Wear (3)
- West Sussex (11)
- Yorkshire (24)
Northern Ireland dog friendly beaches
- County Antrim (6)
- County Down (6)
- County Londonderry (2)
Scotland dog friendly beaches
- Dumfries and Galloway (6)
- Fife (16)
- Grampian (23)
- Hebrides (25)
- Highland (34)
- Lothian (20)
- Orkney Islands (3)
- Scottish Borders (3)
- Shetland Islands (7)
- Strathclyde (20)
- Tayside (5)
Wales dog friendly beaches
- Anglesey (42)
- Carmarthenshire (7)
- Ceredigion (26)
- Clwyd (11)
- Glamorgan (41)
- Gwynedd (23)
- Pembrokeshire (80)