Beaches in Thanet

13 named beaches. Wildest: Botany Bay. Easiest beach day: Margate Main Sands.

Wild beaches: Top 10

Nature is the point: famous, protected, big and quiet

1. Botany Bayabout 6.1 hectares · Excellent water (2025)
2. Epple Bayabout 5200 m²
3. Kingsgate Bayabout 1.5 hectares
4. Ramsgate Western Undercliffeabout 1.2 hectares · Excellent water (2025)
5. Walpole Bayabout 3.8 hectares · Good water (2025)
6. Margate Main Sandsabout 37 hectares · Excellent water (2025)
7. Westgate Bayabout 3.8 hectares · Sufficient water (2025)
8. Ramsgate Sandsabout 9.1 hectares · Excellent water (2025)
9. Palm Bayabout 3.9 hectares
10. Joss Bayabout 3.2 hectares · Excellent water (2025)

Easy beach days: Top 10

Cafe, toilets and parking a few steps from the sand

1. Margate Main SandsCafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Lifeguards · Excellent water (2025)
2. Ramsgate SandsCafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Showers or water · Excellent water (2025)
3. Botany BayCafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Bus 200 m · Excellent water (2025)
4. St Mildred’s BayCafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Bus 150 m · Good water (2025)
5. Stone BayCafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Bus under 100 m · Good water (2025)
6. Viking BayCafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Bus under 100 m · Good water (2025)
7. Joss BayCafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Lifeguards · Excellent water (2025)
8. Ramsgate Western UndercliffeCafe or food, Toilets, Bus 200 m · Excellent water (2025)
9. Westgate BayCafe or food, Toilets, Bus 300 m, Station 400 m · Sufficient water (2025)
10. Walpole BayCafe or food, Parking, Bus under 100 m · Good water (2025)

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