The Ship Hotel
✓ Family-friendly harbourside pub restaurant with sea views
🏖️ 0.42 miles from Watch House Bay (Poor water quality)
Barry
Water quality: Excellent — the highest water-quality rating the Environment Agency gives.
Photo: Jeremy Segrott from Cardiff (CC BY 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Classification from the Environment Agency's designated bathing water profile — see the official profile for the latest sampling, pollution risk forecasts and any advice against bathing.
Within 5 miles of the beach, nearest first — straight-line distances.
0.5 miles from the beach
✓ Family-friendly harbourside pub restaurant with sea views
🏖️ 0.42 miles from Watch House Bay (Poor water quality)
Barry
0.7 miles from the beach
1.1 miles from the beach
🏖️ 0.78 miles from Whitmore Bay Barry Island (Good water quality)
Barry
1.2 miles from the beach · 🐾 dogs welcome
✓ Convenient stop near Cardiff Airport, three minutes by car
🏖️ 1.25 miles from Cold Knap Barry (Excellent water quality)
Barry
1.3 miles from the beach · 🐾 dogs welcome
✓ Family and dog-friendly holiday park in South Wales
🏖️ 1.32 miles from Cold Knap Barry (Excellent water quality)
Cardiff
1.5 miles from the beach
✓ Close to Cardiff International Airport with on-site parking
🏖️ 1.52 miles from Cold Knap Barry (Excellent water quality)
Rhoose
1.5 miles from the beach
Within 3 miles, all with a 5-star food hygiene rating.
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