Lunderston Bay Beach — Attraction in Great Britain

Nice beach with safe bathing in sea for kids. Grassy area next to beach with benches and picnic tables Some good coastal path walks. Small car park can get really full so arrive early. The bay measures approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) from north to south at its widest point. At low tide, most of the shore at the south end of the bay becomes exposed, revealing rocks and shingle. The tidal effect at the sandy beach at the north end of the bay is less visible. The Lunderston Burn enters the Firth of Clyde at the north end of the bay. There is a popular sandy beach, picnic area with numerous tables and a wheelchair accessible playground at the northern end of the bay, where toilets and a car park are also located (the north end of the bay is within Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park, but the south end is not). Lunderston Bay is a designated bathing water, with generally good water conditions during the bathing season. There are lifebuoy stations at the beach, but there are no lifeguards.

Gannets from the 47 miles (75.6 km) distant Ailsa Craig can be seen diving for fish near the bay. Seasonal visiting birds include occasional Canada geese plus regular curlews and oyster catchers which can be seen foraging for lugworms and shellfish on the waterline. In winter, grebes, divers and other wildfowl can be found in numbers on the shoreline. At the quieter south end of the bay, grey seals, red shanks, cormorants, eiders and herons...

When we are up in Scotland we always visit Lunderston Bay, its never been over busy whatever the time of year we go there. We like collecting the shells that are washed up and making trinkets out of them. There is a children's play area there which is closed in and well looked after, in the summer the ice cream van is always in the car park. Parking is free so if you are peckish after walking along the beach, the garden centre over the road has a good restaurant which a lot of people who visit the bay use. The beach is an excellent place to just chill out and unwind for an hour or two and watch the boats go...

We were staying in local lodges and came here with the dog for a walk and let him have a splash in the sea. The bay isn’t huge, but big enough to let the dog off while avoiding other dogs/walkers. I’d advise you check the tide times and go when it’s low, definitely gives you a bit more beach to explore. They have very clean well maintained toilets free of charge, a nice sized car park and there was not one piece of rubbish/litter in the whole place. Was a nice hour or so that got us and our dog out exploring. There’s a nice children’s play park too,...