Sand and shingle at Mudeford with a beach shop, cafe and the lifeboat station, sheltered by the Head and popular with families. A Seaside Award beach, so dogs are excluded from 1 May to 30 September and welcome from 1 October to 30 April. Highcliffe Castle's own visitor information sets out the same dates.
THE SMALL PRINTBCP Council: Avon Beach is a Seaside Award beach, so dogs are excluded 1 May to 30 September.
Nobody has written one for Avon Beach. If you have been with the dog, you would be the first — and the first review is the one everybody reads.
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