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Sandbanks Beach

A beach in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. By the sand: cafe or food, toilets, parking, showers or water. Excellent water (2025).

On the beach

No. 1,592 of 1,883 as a wild beach, No. 91 for an easy beach day.

Water
Excellent in 2025, bathing water "Poole Sandbanks Peninsular" resultsEnvironment Agency, Bathing Water Quality (England), checked 2026-11-01
Within 300 m
Cafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Showers or water, Bus under 100 m · not mapped: lifeguardsOpenStreetMap, checked 2026-10-29; stops from NaPTAN and Translink
Size
About 11 hectares as mappedOpenStreetMap, checked 2026-10-29
Surface
SandOpenStreetMap, checked 2026-10-29
Position
50.6870° N, 1.9394° W
Getting there
Directions in Google Mapswhat3words addressOpen in OpenStreetMap

Nearest beaches

All beaches in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
All beaches in the UK

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