Dog-friendly beaches in Withernsea

Two miles south of Withernsea the houses stop and Holmpton gives you the emptiest sand on the Holderness coast, with no dog restriction whatsoever. The council's dog Public Spaces Protection Order covers only four beaches in the county and this is not one of them, so there is no summer ban and no lead rule here at any time. Access is on foot from the village, past St Nicholas' Church and down the track from the end of Chapel Lane, and the cliff steps are informal and change from year to year as the clay slips. There is no car park, only verge space in the village, and no facilities of any kind. On a falling tide you can walk south past the old RAF Holmpton bunker towards Out Newton and Dimlington with the highest cliffs on this coast above you.

Withernsea's beach is sand over clay behind a long concrete sea wall, with the two mock-castle Pier Towers standing on the promenade where the pier used to be. The council's dog Public Spaces Protection Order excludes dogs from one marked section only, between the first groyne north of the access ramp opposite Seaside Road and the beach access steps at Pier Tower, and only between 1 May and 30 September. That leaves the long open sand running south towards Holmpton and north towards Tunstall outside the order all year, and the whole beach unrestricted from 1 October to 30 April. Access ramps and steps come down from the promenade at intervals, parking is on the seafront and around Seaside Road, and the beach is exposed with no shade at all on a hot day.