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Driving on the beach
Chaps - I have a beautiful vision of a deserted beach, family playing, dogs running in and out of the water and the D3 sitting there with a powered toolbox of beers etc., and us camped out by it for the day.
So... where on earth in this beautiful country of ours can we actually take our cars on to the beach? Is there no guide or list anywhere?
8th Jan 2014 11:33 am
Iguana
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You can still in WSM....just, they have reduced where you can drive and now charge you as well, it's a bit better up at Uphill beach, but again, they've reduced where you can drive by about 80%.
Best place for me though was Pendine Sands back in Wales, Top gear have done a few shoots there in the past and all the early British Land Speed records were done there, loads of Bluebird and Babbs history there....worth going to the Pendine Museum of Speed as well if you're there...Lovely part of the world and plenty of places to camp.
MOD own the land I think, they've even landed a few Hercules there, I think they use it to test short landings.....
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8th Jan 2014 12:00 pm
Iguana
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Uphill Beach, WSM....with my Old Mahindra Jeep:
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Actually on a quiet winters day, it's normally quite empty expect for a few kite surfers, even managed to let the kids dive ont here as well (Harry too small though, so he just did the steering)
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8th Jan 2014 12:08 pm
SWR
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Brean sands near WSM you can park on the beach.
Last time I was there ( last summer) the parking area was quite expensive and you could find your own secluded spot of paradise (as long as the weather allows it ) Muddy sand at low tide. Dog friendly
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Yup forgot about that one, plenty of room to drive as well.....I'm sure it's free parking from Sept through to April (in Brean and WSM, but may have changed though)Iggy/Ieuan
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MY14 FL2 HSE manual in Blue
MY15 Disco 4 HSE Lux in Santorini Black
MY08 Disco 3 SE manual in Buck Blue
1960 Series 2 88" (No idea why I sold it!)
8th Jan 2014 12:15 pm
al cope
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You used to be able to on Black Rock Sands (nr Portmadoc) as well. My missus learnt to drive on there.
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8th Jan 2014 12:38 pm
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Brean Downs beach up road from WSM is where I had my first ever drives (first on dads lap aged about 7 then 'on my own' in drivers seat aged about 12)
Did same with my son and he proved pretty capable of driving a manual Volvo XC70 after quite a short time going up and down the 'far end' of the beach.
However, I understand that the beach has now been made an 'extension' of the highway due to all the nutters that used to race up and down and was quite a few plods visible when i was last there about 3 years ago.
Also warning on the tides - comes in fast there and as kids on holiday (mum and dad had caravan overlooking the beach) used to sit and watch the cars float away as people went up on the downs thinking the sea was (it was!) "miles out, we'll be OK for hours"
8th Jan 2014 12:38 pm
Iguana
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Yup, keep well away from the mud!!
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MY14 FL2 HSE manual in Blue
MY15 Disco 4 HSE Lux in Santorini Black
MY08 Disco 3 SE manual in Buck Blue
1960 Series 2 88" (No idea why I sold it!)
8th Jan 2014 1:10 pm
Hairy Dan
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Here's a photo of 3 of us on the beach at the start of our C2C, the beach in question is just south of Ravenglass on the west coast. By the way the area to the left of the cars is an MOD firing range and they don't like you driving into the range
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8th Jan 2014 2:02 pm
maplecottage
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Used to be able to drive on the beach at Trimingham, North Norfolk (5 miles south of Cromer). Not sure if the access has been washed away in the recent storms though
8th Jan 2014 2:57 pm
AndrewS Tarquin of the Desert
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Go to Morocco and drive the coast road.
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There is some good dunes.
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8th Jan 2014 4:11 pm
Gareth Site Moderator
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AFAIK Black Rock Sands at Porthmadog is still accessible. You can park on the beach (charged) at Borth. I think you can drive on parts of Southport beach. You can sneak onto Warren Beach in Abersoch out of season, keep an eye out for the security guards though.
However, I am completely spoiled by Morocco, it was fantastic driving the coast. Makes you realise how cramped and restricted we are in the UK.
8th Jan 2014 7:46 pm
fernsy
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+1 for Weston Super Mud
9th Jan 2014 12:32 am
DG Site Moderator
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Newport Sands in Pembrokeshire
AndrewS is that me in the last two photos? That beach drive was 29km's as I recall 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
9th Jan 2014 2:10 am
Kingmav66
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ieuan wrote:
MOD own the land I think, they've even landed a few Hercules there, I think they use it to test short landings.....
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