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Dog-friendly beaches in Instow

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Instow Sands
Beach SOME LIMITS Dogs OK today · ban JUL

Instow Sands

Dogs banned JUL–AUG

Sheltered estuary sand where the Taw and Torridge meet, with the Tarka Trail running behind it. What operates here is a parish Beach Code of Conduct rather than a legal ban: walkers are asked to keep off the stretch between the Quay and the Boathouse during the middle of the day in high summer, and to lead dogs on the upper beach there. The rest of the beach is open all year.

Off-lead allowed
VERIFIED 29 JUL 2026 VIEW ›

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