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Dog Friendly Beaches in Somerset

13 dog friendly beaches across Somerset with honest access info, tide notes, and year-round or seasonal restrictions flagged upfront.

13 locations
Berrow Beach (Berrow Sands) beach

Berrow Beach (Berrow Sands)

Somerset
Dog Friendly: 8/10

A vast, wild stretch of sand backed by dunes with year-round access, far fewer restrictions than Burnham and an extraordinary spaciousness.

Kilve Beach beach

Kilve Beach

Somerset
Dog Friendly: 8/10

A fossil-rich pebble and rock beach below the Quantock Hills with year-round access and one of the best fossil-hunting sites in Somerset.

Blue Anchor Bay beach

Blue Anchor Bay

Somerset
Dog Friendly: 7/10

A pebble beach on the Somerset coast with year-round access, views across the Bristol Channel to Wales and the Blue Anchor pub as reward.

Brean Beach beach

Brean Beach

Somerset
Dog Friendly: 7/10

A long sandy beach below Brean Down headland with year-round access in the quieter sections away from the caravan parks.

Burnham-on-Sea Beach beach

Burnham-on-Sea Beach

Somerset
Dog Friendly: 7/10

A traditional resort beach with the shortest wooden pier in the world and seasonal dog restrictions, good for off-season walking.

Dunster Beach beach

Dunster Beach

Somerset
Dog Friendly: 7/10

A quiet pebble and sand beach at Dunster near the edge of Exmoor National Park with year-round access.

East Quantoxhead Beach beach

East Quantoxhead Beach

Somerset
Dog Friendly: 7/10

A spectacular fossil-hunting beach below the Quantock Hills with striking rock formations, year-round dog access and no restrictions.

Minehead Beach beach

Minehead Beach

Somerset
Dog Friendly: 7/10

The start of the South West Coast Path with a wide sandy and pebble beach, seasonal restrictions but good off-season access.

Porlock Beach beach

Porlock Beach

Somerset
Dog Friendly: 7/10

A wild shingle beach on the Exmoor coast with year-round dog access, backed by salt marsh and the dramatic hills of Exmoor.

Lilstock Beach beach

Lilstock Beach

Somerset
Dog Friendly: 6/10

A remote and geologically fascinating pebble beach on the Quantock coast, with striking rock formations, fossil hunting and year-round dog access.

Watchet Beach beach

Watchet Beach

Somerset
Dog Friendly: 6/10

A fossil-rich rocky beach below the harbour town of Watchet, with year-round dog access and heritage railway connections.

Weston-super-Mare Beach beach

Weston-super-Mare Beach

Somerset
Dog Friendly: 6/10

A traditional English seaside resort beach with the world-famous Grand Pier and seasonal restrictions for dogs on the main sands.

Stolford Beach beach

Stolford Beach

Somerset
Dog Friendly: 5/10

A wild and quiet pebble beach on Bridgwater Bay with year-round dog access, wide open space and views across the Bristol Channel to Wales.