West Sands, near Wells-next-the-Sea
A beach in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, in the Norfolk Coast National Landscape. By the sand: cafe or food, toilets, parking, lifeguards. Excellent water (2025).
On the beach
No. 692 of 1,883 as a wild beach, No. 173 for an easy beach day.
- Water
- Excellent in 2025, bathing water "Wells" resultsEnvironment Agency, Bathing Water Quality (England), checked 2026-11-01
- Within 300 m
- Cafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Lifeguards, Showers or waterOpenStreetMap, checked 2026-10-29; stops from NaPTAN and Translink
- Landscape
- Norfolk Coast National LandscapeNatural England, National Parks (England), checked 2026-11-01
- Size
- About 249 hectares as mappedOpenStreetMap, checked 2026-10-29
- Surface
- SandOpenStreetMap, checked 2026-10-29
- Position
- 52.9769° N, 0.8157° E
Nearest beaches
- Holkham Beach0.5 km
- Holkham Naturist Beach1.9 km
- Bob Hall's Sand2.8 km
- Brancaster Beach10.8 km
- Long Hills11.4 km
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