Beaches · Essex
Essex’s 44 beaches, sorted
Every beach on the Essex coast with dog rules, Environment Agency water ratings, parking and facilities. Live traffic and crowd verdicts are in the app.
8DOG-FRIENDLY TODAY
28EA EXCELLENT
0LIFEGUARDED
Brightlingsea Beach
Dogs OK nowEA ExcellentParking
SANDYJaywick Sands
Dogs OK nowEA ExcellentParking
Dovercourt Bay
Dogs OK nowEA ExcellentParking
SANDYWest Beach
Dogs OK nowEA GoodParking
SANDYMartello Bay
Dogs OK nowEA GoodParking
SANDYPalace Beach
EA GoodParking
Smugglers Bay
EA ExcellentParking
SANDYGunfleet Bay
EA ExcellentParking
SANDYCentral Beach
Dogs OK nowParking
SANDYLilley Farm Bay
EA ExcellentParking
SANDYPreston Bay
Dogs OK nowEA ExcellentParking
SANDYPassmore Edwards Bay
EA ExcellentParking
Johnston Bay
EA ExcellentParking
SANDYKing's Cliff Bay
EA ExcellentParking
Fiddle Fish Bay
EA ExcellentParking
SANDYBiana Bay
EA ExcellentParking
Pirate Bay
EA ExcellentParking
Connaught Bay
EA ExcellentParking
SANDYBlue Chalet Beach
EA GoodParking
SANDYArcady Bay
EA ExcellentParking
SANDYThe Grand Bay
EA ExcellentParking
Pyrus Bay
EA ExcellentParking
Anglefield Bay
EA ExcellentParking
SANDYSwiss Bay
EA ExcellentParking
SANDYStar Point Bay
EA ExcellentParking
St Paul's Bay
EA ExcellentParking
SANDYBrooklands Beach
EA ExcellentParking
Queens Bay
EA ExcellentParking
SANDYGreensward Beach
EA GoodParking
SANDYChristiansen Bay
EA ExcellentParking
SANDYBooth Bay
EA ExcellentParking
Sparrow Bay
EA ExcellentParking
Borrow Pit Bay
EA ExcellentParking
SANDYMill Beach
Parking

Shoeburyness
EA GoodParking
SANDYSt Osyth Naturist Beach
Dogs OK now
St Lawrence Bay
Parking
SANDY
Jaywick Sands Beach
EA ExcellentParking
SANDYEast Point Beach
SANDYWeymarks Beach

Aveley Bay

Hole Haven

Shell Haven

Horseshoe Bay
44 beaches. One question: which one, today?
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