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Beaches in Devon

61 designated bathing beaches in Devon, ranked by the Environment Agency's official water-quality rating — 43 are rated Excellent. Choose a beach to see places to stay within walking distance, things to do nearby and how to get there by train.

Anstey's Cove (Torquay) beach Excellent Anstey's Cove (Torquay)Torquay Babbacombe beach Excellent BabbacombeTorquay Bantham beach Excellent BanthamSalcombe Beacon Cove beach Excellent Beacon CoveTorquay Beer beach Excellent BeerSidmouth Bigbury-on-Sea North beach Excellent Bigbury-on-Sea NorthSalcombe Bigbury-on-Sea South beach Excellent Bigbury-on-Sea SouthSalcombe Blackpool Sands beach Excellent Blackpool SandsPaignton Breakwater Beach (Shoalstone) beach Excellent Breakwater Beach (Shoalstone)Torquay Broadsands beach Excellent BroadsandsPaignton Challaborough beach Excellent ChallaboroughSalcombe Combesgate Beach, Woolacombe beach Excellent Combesgate Beach, WoolacombeWoolacombe Croyde Bay beach Excellent Croyde BayWoolacombe Dartmouth Castle Cove beach Excellent Dartmouth Castle CovePaignton Dawlish Coryton Cove beach Excellent Dawlish Coryton CoveDawlish Dawlish Warren beach Excellent Dawlish WarrenDawlish Dittisham, Dart Estuary beach Excellent Dittisham, Dart EstuaryPaignton Exmouth beach Excellent ExmouthExmouth Hollicombe beach Excellent HollicombePaignton Ladram Bay beach Excellent Ladram BaySidmouth Lynmouth beach Excellent LynmouthIlfracombe Maidencombe beach Excellent MaidencombeTorquay Meadfoot beach Excellent MeadfootTorquay Mill Bay beach Excellent Mill BaySalcombe Ness Cove beach Excellent Ness CoveDawlish Oddicombe beach Excellent OddicombeTorquay Paignton Preston Sands beach Excellent Paignton Preston SandsPaignton Putsborough beach Excellent PutsboroughWoolacombe Salcombe South Sands beach Excellent Salcombe South SandsSalcombe Saunton Sands beach Excellent Saunton SandsWoolacombe Sidmouth Jacobs Ladder beach Excellent Sidmouth Jacobs LadderSidmouth Sidmouth Town beach Excellent Sidmouth TownSidmouth Slapton Sands Monument beach Excellent Slapton Sands MonumentSalcombe Slapton Sands Torcross beach Excellent Slapton Sands TorcrossSalcombe St Mary's Bay (Devon) beach Excellent St Mary's Bay (Devon)Paignton Teignmouth Holcombe beach Excellent Teignmouth HolcombeDawlish Thurlestone North beach Excellent Thurlestone NorthSalcombe Thurlestone South beach Excellent Thurlestone SouthSalcombe Torre Abbey beach Excellent Torre AbbeyTorquay Warfleet Creek, Dart Estuary beach Excellent Warfleet Creek, Dart EstuaryPaignton Watcombe beach Excellent WatcombeTorquay Westward Ho! beach Excellent Westward Ho!Woolacombe Woolacombe Village beach Excellent Woolacombe VillageWoolacombe Budleigh Salterton beach Good Budleigh SaltertonSidmouth Dawlish Town beach Good Dawlish TownDawlish Goodrington beach Good GoodringtonPaignton Hope Cove beach Good Hope CoveSalcombe Ilfracombe Hele beach Good Ilfracombe HeleIlfracombe Mothecombe beach Good MothecombeSalcombe Paignton Paignton Sands beach Good Paignton Paignton SandsPaignton Salcombe North Sands beach Good Salcombe North SandsSalcombe Sandy Bay beach Good Sandy BayExmouth Shaldon beach Good ShaldonDawlish Teignmouth Town beach Good Teignmouth TownDawlish Wembury beach Good WemburySalcombe Combe Martin beach Sufficient Combe MartinIlfracombe Coastguards Beach, Erme Estuary beach Poor Coastguards Beach, Erme EstuarySalcombe Steamer Quay, Dart Estuary beach Poor Steamer Quay, Dart EstuaryPaignton Stoke Gabriel, Dart Estuary beach Poor Stoke Gabriel, Dart EstuaryPaignton Ilfracombe Tunnels Beach beach Closed Ilfracombe Tunnels BeachIlfracombe Newton and Noss beach Unrated Newton and NossSalcombe

Dog-friendly stays in Devon

For beach days with the dog — check each beach's seasonal dog rules with the local council before you go.