Devon is known for it’s beautiful beaches, and who better to enjoy them with than your four-legged best friend? There is nothing better than watching your dog leap between sandy stretches and playful waves.
Wonderfully, Devon has a great range of beaches that allow dogs all year round. We have created a list of all these beaches so you can keep them to hand ready for your stay in Devon, whatever time of year you come.
- Anstey’s Cove – this small shingle beach is quiet, peaceful and incredibly beautiful
- Babbacombe Beach – a delightful small shingle beach set beneath the cliffs at Babbacombe Downs
- Beesands Beach – a mile-long shingle beach backed by fields and a freshwater lake
- Clovelly – a small pebble beach just below the car-free, historic village
- East Portlemouth – made up of a number of small beaches – Fishermans Cove, Smalls Cove and Mill Bay – so you can hunt down your very own secluded spot
- Elberry Cove – a romantic impressive shingle beach with beautiful crystal blue clear waters
- Fairy Cove – a little magical beach to the South of Paignton Sands, just over the Harbour wall, which is popular with families
- Fishcombe Cove – a peaceful cove surrounded on all sides by tall cliffs and wooded hillsides
- Mattiscombe Beach – a nice sandy beach on a picturesque part of the South Devon coast
- Hallsands Beach – a precarious position between cliffs and the sea
- Hele Bay – a quiet beach, ideal for relaxing with a few rock pools
- Instow – a sandy, flat beach with sand dunes at the end and a fast flowing tide
- Lannacombe Beach – a small sandy beach flanked by large areas of rock
- Leas Foot Sands – a lovely little sandy beach located in front of the Thurlestone Golf Club
- Livermead Sands – a stretch of red sand parallel to the main seafront road
- Lynmouth Beach – a shingle beach just below the village of Lynmouth
- Man Sands Beach – a wonderfully secluded pebble beach with sand exposed at low tide
- Mill Bay – a pleasant sheltered sandy beach on the east bank of Salcombe harbour
- Ness Cove – a long sandy beach, which is accessible through a tunnel from the Shaldon car park
- North Sands Beach – a large sandy beach perfect for families, with great swimming due to the safe bay
- Oyster Cove – an attractive beach which is very popular with local people
- Rockham Bay – secluded beach nestled in a bay backed by rocky cliffs
- Row Cove – sandy and largely covered with rocks
- Scabbacombe Sands – a small pebble and sand beach which is usually quiet
- Shoalstone Beach – a small shingle and rocky beach just along the coast from Brixham Harbour
- Slapton Sands – a beautiful pebble beach that stretched for almost two miles
- Soar Mill Cove – a tiny remote sandy inlet set below the craggy black towers of Bolt Head
- St Mary’s Bay – a delightful secluded sandy beach with interesting rock formations and surrounding cliffs
- Sunny Cove – a sandy beach with relatively gentle waves so swimming is a pleasure
- Thurlestone Beach – A beautiful sandy beach in the South Hams area
- Welcombe Mouth – a large pebble and sandy beach
- Westcombe Beach – a long grey sand beach with rock pools at low tide
- Wonwell Beach – pleasant sandy beach on the east shore of the Erme river
- Wild Pear Beach – beautifully sandy, but with lots of rocks at low tide