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Beaches in Somerset

8 named beaches. Wildest: Porlock Bay. Easiest beach day: Berrow Sands.

Wild beaches: Top 8

Nature is the point: famous, protected, big and quiet
Porlock Bay
Porlock Bay. Photo Soloist at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
  1. Porlock BayExmoor National Park · about 14 hectares
  2. Bossington BeachExmoor National Park · about 12 hectares
  3. St. Audries BayQuantock Hills National Landscape · about 2.0 hectares
  4. St Audrie's BayQuantock Hills National Landscape · about 3.0 hectares
  5. Kilve BeachQuantock Hills National Landscape
  6. Helwell Bayabout 4.6 hectares
  7. Berrow Sandsabout 100 hectares · Excellent water (2025)
  8. Dunster Beachabout 2.7 hectares · Poor water (2025)

Easy beach days: Top 8

Cafe, toilets and parking a few steps from the sand
Kilve Beach
Kilve Beach. Photo Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0
  1. Berrow SandsCafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Showers or water · Excellent water (2025)
  2. Dunster BeachCafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Bus under 100 m · Poor water (2025)
  3. Helwell BayCafe or food, Parking, Bus under 100 m
  4. St Audrie's BayCafe or food, Parking
  5. Kilve BeachToilets, Parking
  6. St. Audries BayParking
  7. Porlock Bay
  8. Bossington Beach

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