Name: Blackpool Sands
Address: A379
Rating: 4.0

Overview

4.0

838 reviews

Excellent48%
Very good32%
Average10%
Poor5%
Terrible5%

Travellers talk about

“lovely beach” (83 reviews)

“shingle beach” (84 reviews)

“venus cafe” (64 reviews)

LOCATION

A379, Dartmouth, England

CONTACT

Website

+44 1803 771800

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sem229

Bristol, United Kingdom

2432

Reviewed 3 days ago via mobile

Refused to pay

We’ve spent time on this beautiful beach before so we’re looking forward yesterday to a couple of hours here for a swim and some lunch before heading home. But, as with other reviewers, once we saw the sign with £8 charge for parking, we turned...More

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SteveGL7

Fairford, United Kingdom

3410

Reviewed 5 days ago via mobile

Stunning beach

A lovely beach - not strictly sand, but in ways better than sand, it will not get in your sandwiches . My wife and I spent 2 lovely days at Blackpool sands. The sun shone,the area was beautiful. Who needs the med when the sun...More

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Ab5949

Bristol, United Kingdom

1916

Reviewed 6 days ago via mobile

Rip Off

We arrived to meet someone who was warning the queuing cars it was £8 to park all day. We only wanted to stay a couple of hours for my daughter to have a little play in the sand (turned out not to be sand), and...More

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Cormo M

Athy, Ireland

2820

Reviewed 1 week ago via mobile

Beautiful Shingle beach

A gorgeous stone beach to visit with plenty of activities and things to hire to enhance your beach visit. Lovely Venus Cafe for great coffee and food. We loved skimming stones on the water on a lovely summer evening!

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domashea

Devon

104

Reviewed 1 week ago

Not particularly impressed as shingle beach

The beach is shingle and shelves steeply so not suitable for anyone not confident in the water. Plenty of parking at £8.00 a car and there is a shop selling a good variety of items, a café, and take away. Toilets are okay with hot...More

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lou181818

Bath, United Kingdom

355190

Reviewed 2 weeks ago via mobile

Beautiful beach

We regularly visit this beach, best one in South Devon! Our children prefer the pebbles to sand. The water is Crystal clear but it does shelve away quickly so can be dangerous for paddling. As with anywhere you need to watch your children. The Venus...More

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James T

Exeter, United Kingdom

107

Reviewed 2 weeks ago via mobile

Don’t go for the ‘sand’, Devon has way better beaches with actual sand.

This is a very picturesque beach but I have no idea why it was named ‘Sands’. It’s shingle of various sizes, most of which will find its way into your shoes and make it horrible to walk across and if you take your shoes off...More

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terristar

12348

Reviewed 2 weeks ago via mobile

Did not Stop!

After reading reviews thought we would go for an hour. Got there 2nd July to find parking £8 we were not the only ones to turn round & leave.

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240frank

Southampton, United Kingdom

37

Reviewed 2 weeks ago

Nothing like the beach it used to be!

Years ago in the 1960s I used to visit Blackpool Sands often.Then it was a secluded, quiet beach and had a lovely crescent of fine shingle, almost sand, hence called Blackpool Sands! It had a lovely beach shop cafe where you could a buy a...More

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Karlew69

81

Reviewed 3 weeks ago via mobile

Sizzling day at the beach

Paid £6 for parking which hasn’t changed since the last time I visited in 2010 which I was pleased about! Beach nice and clean, although stones painful to walk on. Plenty of room but no lifeguards on duty this time of year which I would’ve...More

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Amanda T

Are dogs allowed on this beach.

5 April 2018|

AnswerShow all 3 answers

Only during the winter not in the holiday season, which I believe is from Easter until end of October. This is a blue flag beach.

alan h

We are going to Dartmouth in July this year, I am disabled is Blackpool sands ok for me?parking close to the cafe (I can walk about 10 mtrs so close to the cafe is a must) some of the reviews say parking in high season is expensive? eat at the cafe and parking is free ????(we would be doing this anyway)also the shingle beach some say is not suitable for disabled people,are they generalizing or referring to wheelchair bound people only????? Regards Alan Hunt

11 January 2018|

AnswerShow all 5 answers

Yes it will be perfect they let disabled people park behind the cafe (quite a good car park but some steep bits)it’s on a hill. The other huge car park is behind the beach a big field, but they are pretty good at getting... More