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Herne Bay Beach

A beach in Canterbury. By the sand: cafe or food, toilets, parking, lifeguards. Good water (2025).

On the beach

No. 1,747 of 1,883 as a wild beach, No. 152 for an easy beach day.

Water
Good in 2025, bathing water "Herne Bay Central" resultsEnvironment Agency, Bathing Water Quality (England), checked 2026-11-01
Within 300 m
Cafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Lifeguards, Bus 150 m · not mapped: showers or waterOpenStreetMap, checked 2026-10-29; stops from NaPTAN and Translink
Size
About 1.6 hectares as mappedOpenStreetMap, checked 2026-10-29
Position
51.3728° N, 1.1236° E
Getting there

Nearest beaches

All beaches in Canterbury
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