Beaches in Hoylake, Merseyside
- Hoylake beaches map
- The beaches:
- Red Rocks
- West Kirby
- Meols
- Thurstaston Beach
The beach guide has 4 beaches listed in and around the town of Hoylake. We have arranged these beaches in order of closest to the town first (distance in brackets).
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Red Rocks Beach (0.8 miles)
Hoylake Red Rocks beach is situated on Hilbre Point at the tip of the Wirral peninsula. It looks out over the Irish Sea to one side and the River Dee to the other. In between the two lies Hilbre Island and on the other side of the estuary is Wales.
The name of the beach…
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West Kirby Beach (1.1 miles)
West Kirby is a clean and easily accessible sandy beach on the Wirral Peninsula, at the mouth of the River Dee. It offers fine views across the Dee Estuary and towards the hills of North Wales.
The beach itself is relatively small at around 300 metres long.Located next to the beach is the West Kirby…
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Meols Beach (1.6 miles)
Meols lies on the Wirral Peninsula, between Hoylake and Wallasey, just off the A553. At low tide the small stretch of shingle beach here becomes a wide expanse of sand and mudflats.
Kite buggying, sand yachting and horse riding are popular here, and in the winter months this can be a good place to go…
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Thurstaston Beach (3.8 miles)
Thurstaston Beach sits on the sandy shoreline of the Dee Estuary looking out over the water to Wales and the Clwydian Hills. Sitting at the foot of clay cliffs this sand and shingle beach is wonderfully unspoilt.
Swimming at Thurstaston is not recommended, in fact there are signs up to warn against it. Neighbouring West…
