Rhoscolyn - Borth Wen Beach (Borthwen)

We used to love this beach because its so family friendly being a very shallow and calm crescent shape. Last year put us off. Lots of dogs roaming off lead which meant lots of dog faeces as they weren’t really supervised. My daughter and I were leaving the sea when we noticed a ‘log’. Dog poo being picked up by the incoming tide and not the only visible pile either. Made me gag to think the children had had their heads, faces, mouths in the sea here. Disgusting.

The parking is pay and display / on line - it’s impossible to get phone reception to do it on line and the coin option has been set to “not in use” every time we’ve been . The options are to pay from the app before you leave home and hope you’ll get a parking space ( not a given in August) or ignore the parking fee and risk being ticketed. I stood by the pay and display machine for 10 mins during which time 6 people tried to pay all failed and decided to chance it, some taking a phone shot of the not in use screen, others just heading off to the beach without paying. Otherwise the beach is the best.