Blue Anchor Bay

The beach at Blue Anchor Bay consists of an impressively long stretch of sand and shingle. Generally shingle above the high tide mark, when the tide goes out an expanse of red-tinted sand is revealed.

Much of the beach is backed by a concrete wall along which a wide pavement runs giving it something of a promenade feel.

The beach at Blue Anchor is sprinkled with alabaster rocks, which are great for finding fossils. You will often see people chipping away at the rocks along the foreshore in the hope of finding a fossil fish, or maybe even an ammonite.

Situated between Minehead and Watchet the Blue Anchor beach is backed by a small village of the same name. The West Somerset railway stops here with the beautifully preserved Blue Anchor station located just behind the beach.