Beaches in South Hams
61 named beaches. Wildest: Sunny Cove. Easiest beach day: Slapton Sands.
Wild beaches: Top 10
Nature is the point: famous, protected, big and quiet
- Sunny CoveSouth Devon National Landscape · about 4900 m² · Excellent water (2025)
- Meadowsfoot BeachSouth Devon National Landscape · about 2.7 hectares · Good water (2025)
- Bantham beachSouth Devon National Landscape · about 30 hectares · Excellent water (2025)
- Long SandsSouth Devon National Landscape
- Ripple SandSouth Devon National Landscape
- Sandy CoveSouth Devon National Landscape
- Yarmer BeachSouth Devon National Landscape · about 1.8 hectares
- Blackpool SandsSouth Devon National Landscape · Excellent water (2025)
- Lannacombe BeachSouth Devon National Landscape · about 8100 m²
- Seacombe SandSouth Devon National Landscape · about 1.5 hectares
Easy beach days: Top 10
Cafe, toilets and parking a few steps from the sand
- Slapton SandsCafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Bus under 100 m · Excellent water (2025)
- Bovisand BeachCafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Bus 100 m · Excellent water (2025)
- Strete SandsCafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Bus under 100 m
- Fisherman's CoveCafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Bus under 100 m
- Woolman CliffCafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Bus 250 m
- North SandsCafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Bus 300 m · Good water (2025)
- Harbour BeachCafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Bus under 100 m · Good water (2025)
- Boat BeachCafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Bus 150 m · Good water (2025)
- Mouthwell BeachCafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Bus 200 m · Good water (2025)
- Bigbury BeachCafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Lifeguards · Excellent water (2025)
Every beach in South Hams
A to Z- Ayrmer Cove
- Bantham beachToilets, Parking, Bus 250 m, Excellent water (2025)
- Beacon Beach
- Beacon Cove
- BeesandsCafe or food, Toilets, Parking
- Bigbury BeachCafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Excellent water (2025)
- Blackpool SandsCafe or food, Parking, Bus under 100 m, Excellent water (2025)
- Boat BeachCafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Good water (2025)
- Bovisand BeachCafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Excellent water (2025)
- Broadsands
- Butter Cove
- Cellar Bay
- Challaborough BeachCafe or food, Parking, Lifeguards, Excellent water (2025)
- Compass Cove
- Fernycombe Beach
- Fisherman's CoveCafe or food, Toilets, Parking
- Forest Cove Beach
- Great Mattiscombe Sand
- HallsandsParking
- Harbour BeachCafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Good water (2025)
- Harris' Beach
- Hoist Beach
- Horsley Cove
- Ireland Sands
- Landcombe BeachBus under 100 m
- Lannacombe BeachParking
- Leasfoot BeachToilets, Parking, Excellent water (2025)
- Long Sands
- Maceley Cove
- MansandsParking
- Meadowsfoot BeachGood water (2025)
- Middledown Gate
- Mill BayToilets, Parking, Excellent water (2025)
- Mouthwell BeachCafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Good water (2025)
- North SandsCafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Good water (2025)
- Pamflete BeachParking
- Red Cove
- Rickham Sand
- Ripple Sand
- Row Cove
- Sandy Cove
- Scabbacombe Sands
- Seacombe Sand
- Sedgewell CoveCafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Excellent water (2025)
- Slapton SandsCafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Excellent water (2025)
- Small's CoveCafe or food, Toilets, Bus 150 m, Excellent water (2025)
- Soar Mill Cove
- South Milton SandsToilets, Parking, Excellent water (2025)
- South SandsCafe or food, Toilets, Bus under 100 m, Excellent water (2025)
- Splat CoveCafe or food, Toilets, Bus 200 m, Excellent water (2025)
- Stoke Beach
- Strete SandsCafe or food, Toilets, Parking
- Sunny CoveExcellent water (2025)
- Venerick's Cove
- Wadham BeachBus 350 m
- Wembury BeachCafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Good water (2025)
- Westcombe Beach
- Wonwell BeachPoor water (2025)
- Woodcombe Sand
- Woolman CliffCafe or food, Toilets, Parking
- Yarmer Beach