Highcliffe Beach

About

Shingle and sand beaches ideal for bodyboarding and bathing, plus numerous promenades and cliffside paths to explore.

A Café is on the cliff top next to car park. Shops and cafés on Highcliffe high street.

Horses are not permitted on the seashore between the Saturday preceding Easter Monday and the 30th September (both dates inclusive) in any year between 10am and 9pm.

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Parking: Large car park on Wharncliffe Road.

Lifeguards: Lifeguards during July and August.

Dogs: Dogs are welcome all year round although restrictions apply at certain times of the year. Dogs are not allowed between groynes H4 and H8 from 1 May until 30 September inclusive. Download the Dogs on Beaches leaflet for further information.

Accessibility information: A series of slopes & paths lead down to beach level. Many paths are gravel. Access at the eastern end via Chewton Bunny is mainly on tarmac paths.

Toilets: Toilets on cliff top next to café.

Check how busy the beach is: The Beach Check app, has a traffic light system helping both visitors and residents avoid busy hotspots. In addition to showing how busy each beach area is, the app provides handy information on the beach lifeguard status, whether toilets are open and information on byelaws for cycling along the promenade and exercising your dog. The app is free to download and available from: Google Play and Apple App Store.