South Sands
A beach in South Hams, in the South Devon National Landscape. By the sand: cafe or food, toilets, bus under 100 m. Excellent water (2025).
On the beach
No. 608 of 1,883 as a wild beach, No. 501 for an easy beach day.
- Water
- Excellent in 2025, bathing water "Salcombe South Sands" resultsEnvironment Agency, Bathing Water Quality (England), checked 2026-11-01
- Within 300 m
- Cafe or food, Toilets, Bus under 100 m · not mapped: parking, lifeguards, showers or waterOpenStreetMap, checked 2026-10-29; stops from NaPTAN and Translink
- Landscape
- South Devon National LandscapeNatural England, National Parks (England), checked 2026-11-01
- Size
- About 2.2 hectares as mappedOpenStreetMap, checked 2026-10-29
- Surface
- SandOpenStreetMap, checked 2026-10-29
- Position
- 50.2256° N, 3.7837° W
Nearest beaches
- Splat Cove0.2 km
- North Sands0.5 km
- Ripple Sand0.7 km
- Sunny Cove1.0 km
- Mill Bay1.3 km