Woolacombe beach

One of the best beaches in the UK, Woolacombe is surrounded by picturesque dunes near a small resort of the same name in the county of Devon on the shores of the Bristol Gulf of the Atlantic Ocean.

Beach description

The volacomb is about 5 km long, covered with fine golden sand, comfortable for bare feet. The entry into the water is sloping, but the high waves of the ocean surf and not too warm water do not dispose to have a long bathing time. Stone pools are equipped for safe swimming..

  • The beach has a good infrastructure. There are rental centers of sunbeds, loungers, umbrellas, restaurants and pubs, kiosks with soft drinks and snacks, showers and toilets. Along the coastline there are houses, characteristic for the beaches of Great Britain, where vacationers store their belongings. Rescue services works throughout whole the bathing season.
  • Vulacomb is very popular. There are many families with children, students, who prefer outdoor activities, tourists from different countries among vacationers. Residents of all regions of the country come to the coast of the Bristol Gulf, several huge parking lots are equipped near the beach, accommodating several thousand cars.
  • Vulacomb Beach is a favorite place for surfers, who come here for the high ocean wave and the bracing wind. This is where the most spectacular windsurfer competitions of the whole world take place.
  • It is quite comfortable to rest with children on the beach. If one can’t swim, they can easily find many worthy pursuits.
  • Woolacomb is one of the few public beaches, where you can rest with a pet.

When is it better to go

The swimming season in the UK officially begins on May 5 and ends on September 30, but it is better to travel on British beaches in late June, when the air temperature warms up to + 25 °C. The water in the Kingdom's water area is always cold for swimming – around + 17 °C, and at best it is not higher than + 22 °C in the warmest places of the Gulf Stream flowing. Even when abnormal heat comes to the country, the seas around the islands remain cold. In September, the weather may break up, despite the calendar off-peak season.

Video: Beach Woolacombe

Infrastructure

Where to stop

In Woolacombe are many options for hotels of different levels of comfort, hostels, campsites.

The hotelThe Fortescue Arms offers convenient rooms for accommodation and such services as:

  • pets are allowed;
  • restaurant;
  • breakfast in the room;
  • lobby bar;
  • free Wi -Fi;
  • wheelchair ramps;
  • parking.

Hotel Watersmeet provides bright and comfortable air-conditioned rooms with a view to the garden or to the bay. Specially for guests:

  • heated indoor pool;
  • outdoor pool;
  • lobby bar;
  • restaurant;
  • free Wi -Fi;
  • free parking;
  • jacuzzi;
  • dry cleaning;
  • laundry;
  • wheelchair ramps.

Where to eat

The resort is replete with restaurants where you can eat tasty and inexpensive food. There are no pathos restaurants, so tuxedos, evening dresses and diamonds it is better to leave at home. Near the hotels and campsites along the beach is a large number of inexpensive and quite decent restaurants, pizzerias, pubs, bistros, which serve Italian, Mexican, Chinese food. Many restaurants specialize in fish and seafood dishes.

What to do

  •  The largest windsurfing center in the country operates in Woolacomb, where everyone who wishes will be trained. Experienced instructors teach to stay on the wave adults and children from 2 years old.
  • The beach is ideal for parasailing, kayaking, paragliding, sailing. You can ride on horseback. Children ride a pony.
  • You can go deep sea fishing or a voyage to the places of rookeries of fur seals and sea calfs.

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Useful information

How to get there

You can get to Woolacomb by train from London from Waterloo and Paddington railway stations, from Exeter and other cities to Barnstaple Station, 21 km from the beach. Next you need to take a bus or drive a rental car on the 361 highway. It is advisable to go to the beach in the morning, because by noon the places in all parking lots are occupied

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