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If you’re looking for a quality beach holiday, with plenty to see and do, Dawlish Warren Beach ticks all the boxes. With it's one and a half mile long sandy beach, sheltered sand dunes, award winning clean waters and family amusements, it offers a traditional seaside holiday.
Not just content with a day at the beach, there are family friendly activities and attractions to keep everyone amused, from go karts, golf and rides, to cafe's and watersports.
Despite Dawlish Warren’s popularity you don’t have to worry about crowds. The beach is one and a half miles long and there’s always something going on, either on the sands or nearby.
If you like to surf, then you’ll be able to have a crack at the offshore swells, safe in the knowledge that the area is watched by RNLI lifeguards. There is also plenty of accommodation nearby, from B&Bs and self-catering cottages to hotels. But if it’s getting back to nature you’re after, there are plenty of campsites to be found around the area too.
If you’re looking for your own private space whist visiting one of South Devon’s beaches why not hire a Beach Hut? Beach Huts are available to hire either weekly or daily at Coryton Cove, Dawlish and Dawlish Warren. The Cost are; Daily hire: £17.00, Weekly charge: £77.00 (starting any day of the week). For more information on hiring beach huts please visit the Teignbridge website.
As part of the Exe Estuary, Dawlish Warren is one of the most important areas for wildfowl and wading birds in the country. Thousands of birds come to feed or to spend the winter here, attracting bird watchers and wildlife enthusiasts. The surrounding dunes and grassland are home to over 600 types of flowering plants. Dawlish Warren is internationally recognised as an important ecological site and as such is protected by both national and international laws. If you want to learn more there is a visitor’s centre offering information about the wildlife reserve. From here you can gain access to the various hides dotted throughout the various habitats on-site.
Dogs can be taken onto the main beach between groyne 4 and 9 all year round.
For more information on water quality and advice of how to have a fun, healthy relaxing time at the beach visit the Beachwise website.
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Leave the M5 at Junction 30, signposted A379 Dawlish. Continue to follow the signs for Dawlish A379.
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Travel By Bus Stagecoach run buses to Dawlish and on to Torbay, Exeter, Newton Abbot. From any of these locations you can catch a bus, directly to Dawlish Warren. Get the timetable here.
Travel By Train Dawlish Warren has its own station, please ensure that your train will stop here. The main station at Exeter is St. Davids.
Travel By Cycle Dawlish Warren is on the South West Coast Path and this is used regularly by cyclists. It is great ride from Exeter to Powderham along the river path, then along the lanes through Starcross and Cockwood to Dawlish Warren.
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