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Bigbury Beach

Bigbury on Sea
RIGHT NOW (JUL) · BANNED — REOPENS 1 OCT
Bigbury Beach

Photograph: Bigbury on Sea Beach by Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The wide sand flats facing Burgh Island, with the tidal causeway crossing them twice a day. The restricted stretch runs east from the lifeguard steps and is closed to dogs during the day in season; the council publishes it as a ten to seven restriction while the order itself describes a twenty-four hour ban on that part, so read the signs on the day.

THE SMALL PRINTSouth Hams District Council: "Bigbury Beach - between 1 May and 30 Sep between the hours of 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. inclusive in any 24-hour period". The PSPO 2024 schedule describes the same area as "Part of Bigbury Beach from the lifeguard steps to the high tide mark to the east - Between 1st May and 30th September inclusive (24 hour ban)".
REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE
GRID · 50.2828, -3.8931
SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.SOUTHHAMS.GOV.UK/ENVIRONMENT-AND-NUISANCE/DOGS/DOG-EXCLUSION-AREAS-BEACHES
Also in Bigbury on Sea
N 880 YD
Walk SOME LIMITS

Bigbury, Ringmore and the Avon Estuary Way

TQ7 4AZ
6.5 MI · 3H 30M · 82% OFF-ROAD

A challenging 6.5 miles of about three and a half hours, up the wooded Avon estuary on the Estuary Way, inland to the thatched village of Ringmore and back along open clifftop past Ayrmer Cove and Challaborough, with 330 metres of climbing and several short sharp descents. Start at the large pay-and-display car park above Bigbury-on-Sea, which looks out at Burgh Island and is the only substantial parking for miles; the 875 bus runs from Modbury on Fridays only, so plan on driving. Dogs get a long off-lead stretch on the estuary path and at Ayrmer Cove, and the Journey's End at Ringmore takes them, but the Bigbury beach where you park bars dogs between 10am and 7pm from 1 May to 30 September, and there is grazing stock in almost every field on the inland half.

Off-lead OK Livestock — leads on
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