

Explore a stunning 3-mile golden sand beach backed by a UNESCO-protected biosphere reserve, perfect for families, surfers, and dog walkers year-round.
Venue Type
Indoor & Outdoor
Typical visit duration
All day
Booking
Walk-in
Recommended ages
0 months (newborn) – 12 years
Licensed restaurant with indoor and outdoor seating offering food and beverages
Hours: Seasonal
Visit websiteLove Saunton sands. Great for dogs, surgery and swimmers. Obviously busy on high days and holidays.
Saunton Sands is a beautiful, year round, dog friendly beach. We have been here many times & have enjoyed all the amenities that are provided. The cafe with tables outside on the left as you go down the slope, didnt make very good coffee so that was a little disappointing 😑. I think we were all thinking about it on our way back along the beach, as we were all thirsty. This is a great beach with lovely soft, golden sands, dunes & we would recommend it to anyone who loves a day at the beach.
A great long beach perfect walking the dog. Contactless parking without needing to download an app. Cafe is great, restaurant looks good, but I’ve not actually used it. Nice surf shop as well. Love it here.
Beautiful place! This is the pictures of the dunes and you can walk for hours. Highly recommended but is a 2.5 mile walk to the beach from here. There is parking further up off the main road that takes you directly to the beach. The parking for the dunes was £2.50 which is fair and the sights are worth it. Just try to memorise way back
What a great Beach! The sun was out and the surf was up….kind of, we were here for August bank holiday Monday so got here at around 10am ….and at 10.30am they were heading up the road with the car park full/closed signs, so get here early. There is a great little beach hut cafe selling pasties and rolls , coffee etc also a little shop selling beach tat. There is also a restaurant there for the more refined palate. There is a surf shop and surf school for all your surfing needs. The beach itself was clean and massive! Check the tide times…at low tide it’s quite a walk to get to the sea. I took the kids body boarding which they loved…the waves were big enough without being scary and we never ventured over waist depth. It’s dog friendly so plenty of ankle biters yapping and changing around but not too much of a nuisance. We took our own gear but you can hire everything there if you want to, including windbreaks, chairs, even beach tents…they do a complete beach camp set up for £20 there’s even huts available for £30. All in all a fab day was had by all, topped off by having fish and chips at squires in nearby Braunton.
Reviews last updated: 7 October 2026
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This venue was last updated on 7 October 2026
