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Beaches in Dover

6 named beaches. Wildest: Abbot's Cliff Beach. Easiest beach day: Dover Bay.

Wild beaches: Top 6

Nature is the point: famous, protected, big and quiet
Sandwich Bay
Sandwich Bay. Photo Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0
  1. Abbot's Cliff BeachKent Downs National Landscape
  2. Sandwich BayKent Downs National Landscape · about 124 hectares · Good water (2025)
  3. Langdon BeachKent Downs National Landscape · about 100 m²
  4. St Margaret's BayKent Downs National Landscape · about 2.3 hectares · Excellent water (2025)
  5. Shakespeare's BeachKent Downs National Landscape · about 7.2 hectares
  6. Dover Bayabout 3.7 hectares

Easy beach days: Top 6

Cafe, toilets and parking a few steps from the sand
Sandwich Bay
Sandwich Bay. Photo Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0
  1. Dover BayCafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Bus 100 m
  2. Sandwich BayCafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Bus under 100 m · Good water (2025)
  3. St Margaret's BayCafe or food, Toilets, Parking · Excellent water (2025)
  4. Shakespeare's BeachCafe or food, Parking, Bus under 100 m
  5. Abbot's Cliff Beach
  6. Langdon Beach

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