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The Beaches of Devon - Saunton Sands

THE BEACHES OF DEVON. Use the controls to pan or zoom, and click on a yellow marker to view the beach details.

OS Explorer Map 139 Bideford, Ilfracombe and BarnstapleOS Explorer Map 139 Bideford, Ilfracombe and Barnstaple

This map is part of the Ordnance Survey's Explorer series designed to replace the old Pathfinder map series. At 1:25,000 scale this detailed map shows a host of attractions including gardens which are open to the public, nature reserves and country parks as well as all official footpaths, bridleways, roads and lanes. Other facilities covered include: camping and caravan sites, picnic areas and viewpoints, selected places of interest, rights of way information for England and Wales, National Trail and Recreational Path routes, and selected tourist information. The series is aimed mainly at the experienced map user but can be used by tourists and locals alike.

Saunton Sands Beach

3 miles of golden sand with fine surf this west facing beach is a favourite with surfers but is also large enough to cater for all sorts of beach activities. The dunes behind the beach are known as Braunton Burrows - an important ecological site. The area is privately owned by Christies Estates and the large well set out car park allows excellent access to the sand, sea and dunes. There are some excellent views of Lundy Island from Saunton Sands. All the usual facilities are here.


Facilities

Parking

Parking

Toilets

Toilets

Sandy beach

Sandy beach

Good Surfing

Good Surfing

Watersports

Watersports

Lifeguard in summer

Lifeguard in summer

Flora and Fauna

Flora and Fauna

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Cafe, shop or pub

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Dogs on some parts of beach

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The Good Beach Guide for the UK run by the Marine Conservation Society...Your guide to the best beaches and good water quality.

Nearby accommodation

B and Bs

B & Bs

The Rocks Hotel (9 km)

Surf View Guest House (9 km)

Kingsacre House B&B (4 km)

The Brookfield, Braunton (4 km)

Long Cottage B&B (5 km)

Byecross House B&B (5 km)

Caravan and camping holidays

Caravans and Camping

Hidden Valley Touring & Camping Park, Ilfracombe (8 km)

Lobb Fields Caravan and Camping Park, Braunton (3 km)

Greencliff Farm Certificated Site, Bideford (9 km)

Cottage holidays

Cottages

Woolacombe Apartment, Sleeps 4, Woolacombe (9 km)

Pickwell Manor Farm, Woolacombe (6 km)

The House at Pebbles, Woolacombe (9 km)

The Garden Apartment, Woolacombe (9 km)

No.8 Devon Beach Court, Woolacombe (9 km)

Woolacombe, Sleeps 4, Woolacombe (9 km)

Cinnamon Teal, Northam (6 km)

Weach Barton Granary, Bideford (9 km)

Tranquillity Cottage, Northam (5 km)

Myrtle Loft, Northam (6 km)

Shepherds Cottage, Northam (5 km)

Poachers Cottage, Northam (5 km)

Honeysuckle Cottage, Woolacombe (9 km)

West Ashridge Cottages - The Old Granary, Bideford (9 km)

Barton House, Woolacombe (8 km)

Willingcote Valley Cottage, Woolacombe (9 km)

Fairways, Woolacombe (9 km)

The Grange, Woolacombe (10 km)

Sands, Woolacombe (8 km)

Tickety Boo, Woolacombe (9 km)

High View, Braunton (5 km)

Breakers, Woolacombe (8 km)

Upper Deck, Braunton (5 km)

Burrows Cottage, Braunton (4 km)

The Garden Cottage, Braunton (6 km)

Bridge Cottage, Croyde (4 km)

Broadgate Byre - Abbot’s Retreat, Braunton (5 km)

Broadgate Byre - Abbot’s Cottage, Braunton (5 km)

The Cottage, Northam (7 km)

Oak Tree Cottage, Northam (7 km)

Schooners, Woolacombe (10 km)

The Swallows, Northam (7 km)

East Street, Braunton (5 km)

Wyndale Barn, Westward Ho! (7 km)

The Moorings, Northam (6 km)

The Anchorage, Northam (6 km)

Rowan Cottage, Bideford (9 km)

Woodbine Cottage, Northam (6 km)

Layton Retreat, Bideford (9 km)

High Trees, Northam (7 km)

Shorewaters, Northam (5 km)

Old Stone Farm, Bideford (9 km)

The Captains House, Northam (6 km)

Instow House, Northam (6 km)

Richmond House, Northam (5 km)

Kingsley Cottage, Northam (6 km)

Blue Hayes, Northam (7 km)

Water’s Edge, Northam (7 km)

The Mount, Northam (6 km)

Copperfield , Bideford (9 km)

Breakers, Northam (7 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (7 km)

Braunton cottage, Braunton (10 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Bideford cottage, Bideford (9 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (6 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (6 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (6 km)

Braunton cottage, Braunton (4 km)

Braunton cottage, Braunton (4 km)

Braunton cottage, Braunton (4 km)

Braunton cottage, Braunton (4 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (6 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (9 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (9 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (6 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Bideford cottage, Bideford (8 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (6 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (6 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (7 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Bideford cottage, Bideford (8 km)

Croyde cottage, Croyde (2 km)

Croyde cottage, Croyde (2 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (7 km)

Bideford cottage, Bideford (8 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (7 km)

Bideford cottage, Bideford (9 km)

Bideford cottage, Bideford (9 km)

Bideford cottage, Bideford (9 km)

Bideford cottage, Bideford (9 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (6 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (6 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (6 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (6 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (6 km)

Bideford cottage, Bideford (8 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (7 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (6 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (6 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (7 km)

Croyde cottage, Croyde (4 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (6 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (6 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (6 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (6 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (6 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (7 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (7 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (6 km)

Oceansviews, Northam (7 km)

Burleigh Head, Westward Ho! (7 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (6 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (6 km)

Woolacombe cottage, Woolacombe (9 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (7 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Barnstaple cottage, Barnstaple (10 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (6 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Bideford cottage, Bideford (9 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Bideford cottage, Bideford (9 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Croyde cottage, Croyde (4 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (7 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (6 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Woolacombe cottage, Woolacombe (9 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (7 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Croyde cottage, Croyde (4 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (6 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (9 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

The Orangery, Bideford (9 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (7 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (7 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (7 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (7 km)

Croyde cottage, Croyde (5 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (6 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (6 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Bideford cottage, Bideford (9 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (6 km)

Bideford cottage, Bideford (9 km)

Bideford cottage, Bideford (8 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (6 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (6 km)

Croyde cottage, Croyde (2 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Bideford cottage, Bideford (9 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (6 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (6 km)

Braunton cottage, Braunton (5 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (6 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (7 km)

Bideford cottage, Bideford (9 km)

Bideford cottage, Bideford (9 km)

St Helen’s, Bideford (9 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (7 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Barnstaple cottage, Barnstaple (10 km)

Barnstaple cottage, Barnstaple (10 km)

Bideford cottage, Bideford (9 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (6 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (7 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (6 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (6 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (6 km)

Croyde cottage, Croyde (4 km)

Bideford cottage, Bideford (9 km)

Bideford cottage, Bideford (8 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (6 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (6 km)

Woolacombe cottage, Woolacombe (9 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (6 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (7 km)

Woolacombe cottage, Woolacombe (9 km)

Woolacombe cottage, Woolacombe (9 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (6 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (6 km)

Braunton cottage, Braunton (10 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (6 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (9 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (6 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (6 km)

Drum Cottage, Northam (6 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (6 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (6 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (7 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Braunton cottage, Braunton (3 km)

Northam cottage, Northam (5 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (6 km)

Westward Ho! cottage, Westward Ho! (7 km)

Holiday Parks

Holiday Parks

Pilton, Braunton (4 km)

Darracot, Braunton (4 km)

Rosemoor Lodge, Braunton (4 km)

Georgeham, Braunton (4 km)

Clovelly Lodge, Braunton (4 km)

Osprey, Westward Ho! (6 km)

Oyster Catcher, Northam (6 km)

Beachside Curlew, Westward Ho! (7 km)

Golden Coast Silver 6 Cottage, Woolacombe (9 km)

Beachside Sandpiper, Westward Ho! (7 km)

Hartland, Braunton (4 km)

Appledore, Braunton (4 km)

Westleigh (Extra wide), Braunton (4 km)

Albatross, Northam (6 km)

Putsborough, Braunton (4 km)

Saunton, Braunton (4 km)

Bideford, Braunton (4 km)

Golden Coast Exclusive 8 Cottage, Woolacombe (9 km)

Osprey Plus, Westward Ho! (6 km)

Winsham, Braunton (4 km)

Beachside Lapwing Deluxe, Westward Ho! (7 km)

Osprey, Northam (6 km)

Beachside Heron, Westward Ho! (7 km)

Ashford, Braunton (4 km)

Torrington, Braunton (4 km)

Skylark, Northam (6 km)

Golden Coast Gold 8 Cottage, Woolacombe (9 km)

Osprey Delux, Northam (6 km)

Golden Coast Silver 8 Cottage, Woolacombe (9 km)

Swift, Westward Ho! (7 km)

Osprey Premier, Westward Ho! (6 km)

Torrington WFA, Braunton (4 km)

Pipit, Northam (6 km)

Instow, Braunton (4 km)

Braunton, Braunton (4 km)

Pickwell (Extra wide), Braunton (4 km)

Local hotels

Local hotels

Watersmeet Hotel (9 km)

The Royal Hotel (9 km)

The Saunton Sands Hotel (2 km)

The Pines at Eastleigh (9 km)

Tantons Hotel (9 km)

Durrant House Hotel (7 km)

The Royal Hotel (9 km)

Cottage Suites @ The Pines (9 km)

Trimstone Manor Country House Hotel (10 km)

Yeoldon House Hotel (7 km)


Local attractions

Beaches

Beaches

Westward Ho! (6 km)

Instow (5 km)

Crow Point (4 km)

Croyde (4 km)

Putsborough Sand (5 km)

Woolacombe Sands (8 km)

Barricane (9 km)

Coombesgate (9 km)

Mining history

Mining history

Fullabrook Mine (8 km)

Adventure Parks

Adventure parks

Atlantis Adventure Park (10 km)

Farms and animals

Farms & animals

The Big Sheep (9 km)

Experiences

Experiences

Surf Southwest (4 km)

Royal North Devon Golf Club (5 km)

Skern Lodge Activity Centre (5 km)

Devon heritage

Devon heritage

Braunton & District Museum (4 km)

Burton Art Gallery (9 km)

North Devon Maritime Museum (5 km)

Mortehoe Heritage Centre (10 km)

Devon Restaurants

Restaurants

The Pavilion Restaurant (9 km)

Tyme Restaurant (10 km)

Squires Fish Restaurant (5 km)

Han Court (8 km)

Phansit's Kitchen (9 km)

Lathwell's (9 km)

Soyer's Restaurant (7 km)