[Closed] Dogs on Devon beaches info please

Which bit? Plenty round bude that are good all year round,

jam bo - Member

Which bit? Plenty round bude that are good all year round,

Not sure really, which part of Devon has miles and miles of sandy, dog friendly beeches?

You're outside the designated bathing season now so you should be ok to take a dog on any part of a beach. In the bathing season there are restrictions on which bits (if any) of a beach they can go on.

Cheers Drain but I asked about the summer time.

When does the "bathing" season start

devon has two coasts that are quite far apart. which are you interested in?

Which is the most picturesque coast and the best for country pubs and quiet beaches?

definitely the south 😉 in which case head here http://www.teignbridge.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=881 and http://www.visitsouthdevon.co.uk/beaches/dogs-on-beaches

ness cove and soarmill cove are my two favorite beaches anywhere but shhh don't tell anyone

i think dogs are allowed on to some of Saunton sands in summer. which when the beach is 4miles long is a lot of sand. i also think a fair chunk of Woolacombe/Putsborough is also ok,

[shh] South Hams [/shh]

The beaches opposite Salcombe are rubbish. Avoid them at all costs.

Doh, sorry John, can't believe I mis-read that 😳

In summer, the eastern section of the beach at Teignmouth is open for dogwalking.

Dog restrictions are generally Easter - October.

Personally I prefer north Devon - it's a bit more scenic and the beaches are bigger. It's just a bit more remote and quieter.

More info:

[url= http://www.eastdevon.gov.uk/beaches ]East Devon[/url]
[url= http://www.visitsouthdevon.co.uk/beaches/dogs-on-beaches ]South Devon[/url]
[url= http://www.englandsouthwest.com/oigdf_north_devon.html ]North Devon[/url]

Our pooch spent a good few days on Saunton and Woolacombe this summer.

Cheers all.

Now to look for a cottage for a week

Agree with Flashy, those beaches are truly awful. Although for dogs off leads they actually are pretty poor.

come to cornwall mate
dogs can go on loads of beaches down here all year

The pubs around South Hams are dreadful, really awful, terrible food and beer. You really wouldn't like them, especially the Cricket in Beesands, and the Pig's Nose in East Prawle. 😉
Oh, and the beaches aren't sandy.

The Pig's Nose?

Dreadful place. No, really, it is. Erm.......

John, ignore Flash & Sambob, the beaches there are stunning. They just don't want to look out of their second homes and see fatbike tracks all over them 😉

There's restrictions on some beaches in the summer but I see a lot of people walking dogs on the more rural ones so it might just be the more popular & urban beaches that have restrictions. Check out the South Hams, Torbay & Teignbridge councils' websites for more South Devon info. The National Trust also own a lot of the coastline.

A South Devon beach earlier.....

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Edit: Just seen wallop's handy weblinks 🙂

is that lannacombe?

edit: no. It's not.

second edit: lannacombe is awful too. Horrible beach.

Now to look for a cottage for a week

We've used [url= http://www.holidaycottages.co.uk/ ]THESE[/url] several times - they might not be the cheapest but every property we've had through them has been top drawer.

Some cool Landmark Trust stuff down that way.

leave your dirty shitting dog at home.. we dont need our beaches crapped on by your dog cheers.

Do you get paid for that level of twuntery or are you just an exceptionally dedicated amateur?

Think we've got a leaflet here in the office somewhere on dog friendly beaches will see if I can dig it out.

If you're after a cottage...use advanced search to look for the dog friendly ones.

http://www.helpfulholidays.com/

fyi, bude is in cornwall, I dont think they want your dog shit either.

Which Is why I said round bude. Best beaches are just north in Devon.

+1 Helpful Holidays.

They have a huge selection of cottages and some really reasonable prices too. And their office is in Chagford, which is my favourite Devon town.

FWIW We say in quite possibly the cheapest house available in EP, but if you're offering me a house down there I'd be happy to help you out Slugwash. Now then, Flashy on the other hand isn't in quite the same situation 😉 . There are plenty of nice beaches down there for dogs, just not the ones in the estuary, they're just too busy. Doesn't seem stop most people though...

Saunton Beach is only 3 miles long, Braunton Burrows (behind Saunton Beach) is great for dog walking but beware of nudists during the summer.

leave your dirty shitting dog at home.. we dont need our beaches crapped on by your dog cheers.

As a responsible North Devon dog owner may I suggest you go boil your head.

Oh yes, Instow has a nice little beach for walks in the evening before popping into one of the very good pubs in the village for a drink. Crow Point is also work checking out.

leave your dirty shitting dog at home.. we dont need our beaches crapped on by your dog cheers.

😆

and you've got more of a right to be on the beach than the dog?

😆

Sambob, we [i]used[/i] to be EP based, but sadly sold it years ago. 🙁

FWIW, our beach was always dog friendly. Had to be really, given the pack of hounds we had down there at the time!

A South Devon beach earlier.....

Would that be about ten years earlier, when we last had a proper summer in England? I've seen most of the north coast so may investigate a spring weekend for the family in the south. I'll have to get a dog first. Just for cheez0.

'and you've got more of a right to be on the beach than the dog?'

Er, personally at least, I don't go crapping on those beaches, and surfboards don't spread toxocara canis.

Bloody hell I only asked for where to go in your lovely county and not a slagging match between locals.

If that's what the local welcomes are like there's always other places to take our tourist money.

John, apart from one obvious halfwit, the 😉 included in Flashy and my posts indicate that such posts are not to be taken seriously! Friends I stay with up at Hollowcombe, Start Point, have two boisterous dogs, the Cricket has a very large, completely mad black Lab, and there are always loads of dogs around the place. Loads of coast path and fields to tire any dog out, and probably the owner too!
Beautiful part of the country, but many of the beaches in Start Bay are predominately shingle, which doesn't seem to bother most of the dogs running in and out of the sea, though!

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Start Bay from Start Point, in October. One of the few sunny days this year.

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This is Beesands beach, just below the Cricket, last year.

Cheers nearly all.

Looks like the North Coast of Devon will be better.

Now best place for evening pub meals (that let non shitty dogs in)

Even though it's on the wrong coast, this is a damned fine pub!
http://www.thegrampus-inn.co.uk/general/index.php

Dog friendly, too.

Woolacombe bay is superb, especially the bit below the Watersmeet hotel to the North.

If dogs and their owners are so great, why do beaches ban them at all?

is there really any point to owning a dog? shitting, noisy, potential for violence.

just cant see a positive.

Mate,come to Torbay.you can take your dog on one section of cockington beach as well as others and having dartmoor and haldon forest just up the road makes it well worth bringing your bike.

Cheez0, to repeat an earlier post;

Do you get paid for that level of twuntery or are you just an exceptionally dedicated amateur?

just cant see a positive.

You could say that about the progeny of the ignorami

I hope (Cheez0) doesn't live west of Ilfracombe.

Poo bags at the ready

CF, he's practising hard to achieve a higher level of dedication... 😆

There's been countless cases in N Devon of people being made sick by floaters. I remember one young guy being made temporarily blind for a few weeks, In the 1980s SW Water had to pay Croyde Bay Holidays (which subsequently was bought out by Ruda)£1m compensation for lost business arising from beach pollution. Taking dogs on the beach is very much like demanding the right to defecate in the village well. When you take your dogs on the beach you need to be aware that you will be surrounded by a lot of people who really wish you were simply not there, Sadly, it's your choice. Happy holidays!

I'm feeling the overwhelming need to poo on someone's doorstep. 🙂

TooTall - Member
The vast majority of dog owners, and particularly the sort who ask about such things before they go there, will pick up after their dogs.

Ahem to that.

Northumerland doesn't have dog bans and there are some of the cleanest beeches I know, hence why we go there but we're looking for a change to a (slightly) warmer spot in 2013

Amen to that.

The Red Barn in Woolacombe is dog friendly.

There's been countless cases in N Devon of people being made sick by floaters. I remember one young guy being made temporarily blind for a few weeks, In the 1980s SW Water had to pay Croyde Bay Holidays (which subsequently was bought out by Ruda)£1m compensation for lost business arising from beach pollution. Taking dogs on the beach is very much like demanding the right to defecate in the village well. When you take your dogs on the beach you need to be aware that you will be surrounded by a lot of people who really wish you were simply not there, Sadly, it's your choice. Happy holidays!

More likely to be due to the lack of investment on sewerage facilities by SWW than a few dogs on the beach. Ruda etc should pay water/sewerage rates based on the number of visitors, not expect locals to pay over the odds.

Seeing as my post was deleted for calling someone sanctimonious (and a made up word), I'll spell it out a little more clearly:

There's been countless cases in N Devon of people being made sick by floaters.

Human floaters, not pooch poop - and not too many in recent years.

In the 1980s SW Water had to pay Croyde Bay Holidays (which subsequently was bought out by Ruda)£1m compensation for lost business arising from beach pollution.

News just in - seatbelts are a legal requirement and London no longer suffers from killer smogs! Things change. The problem was untreated human waste, storm drains, improper processes, short sea outfalls etc etc. Not dog poo. Just so you know, SW Water are not responsible for dog poo on beaches.

Taking dogs on the beach is very much like demanding the right to defecate in the village well.