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Barry Sands

A beach in Angus. By the sand: cafe or food, parking, station 200 m. Excellent water (2025).

On the beach

No. 1,032 of 1,883 as a wild beach, No. 698 for an easy beach day.

Water
Excellent in 2025, bathing water "Carnoustie" resultsScottish Environment Protection Agency, Bathing Water Points, checked 2026-11-01
Within 300 m
Cafe or food, Parking, Station 200 m · not mapped: toilets, lifeguards, showers or waterOpenStreetMap, checked 2026-10-29; stops from NaPTAN and Translink
Size
About 201 hectares as mappedOpenStreetMap, checked 2026-10-29
Surface
SandOpenStreetMap, checked 2026-10-29
Position
56.4793° N, 2.7196° W
Getting there
Directions in Google Mapswhat3words addressOpen in OpenStreetMap

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