National Trust - Wembury — Attraction in South Hams

On 29th May I took myself for the 3 and a bit hour drive from my home down to Wembury to do some rockpooling and have a swim.

Wembury marine centre regularly runs rockpooling sessions which you have to pay for (but they're not expensive) one thing to bear in mind is they book large groups and I felt they focused on the kids alot (which is great if you have kids and/or go as a family) and also on the people that are either dedicated hobbiests/amateur professionals but for people like me, not a child, not with a child, and not someone who rockpools often enough to know super lots but knows more than someone whose never been before, I just felt a bit lost amongst all the people and not very engaged with unfortunately. That being said, I found some wonderful things and thoroughly enjoyed myself. The marine centre is well worth a visit too with lots of information available.

The beach itself isn't massive but it's beautiful and I absolutely enjoyed my solo swim at high tide before the tide turned and I could do some rockpooling. There is a little cafe next to the beach which sells everything you'd expect - I didn't use it though as I brought my own picnic with me.

Plenty of walking to do in the area too and a beautiful little church very close to the car park.

On the subject of the car park - its not massive, the early bird definitely gets the worm here - I arrived before 9am on a Sunday - I dread to think how busy it must get in the school holidays! Paybyphone is available and I didn't have any trouble with mobile signal (I'm...

National trust owned, Wembury beach is a lovely rugged bay. £5 per car entry. There are more rocks than sand but excellent for rock pooling as the tide goes out. A pretty hill top church, a shop serving ice creams and snacks and a small cafe - nice cream tea - toilets and a grassy area with benches is all there is there. We visited July 2018 and there was masses of seaweed and I mean masses. As a person who hates seaweed wrapping around my legs whilst swimming it did put me off but that's just me (hence my 3 stars) I escaped the sea when a jellyfish came bobbing past me, but my teenage daughter was in the sea for over an hour completely unperturbed. Just so you are aware, the national trust advice everyone to wear Beach Shoes as Weaver fish are rife on the beach (they live in the sand and sting you) Not one of my favourites beaches in the area but...

Non National Trust members will have to pay £4.50 to park in their car park which we felt quite expensive. However, being National Trust members and displaying our car sticker we were warmly welcome by the NT car park attendant who also apologised to us for waiting in a car queue of paying people. Once parked on a glorious sunny February day we were greeted by a stunning beach and coastline with a river running to the sea. We went on the beach, climbed the cliffs to the church and went inside then went for a brisk walk along the cliff top to find some geocaches before returning to Wembury beach and the Old Mill Cafe where we had a nice Plymouth pot of tea....