Sandy Haven Car Park — Local services in Herbrandston

Sandy Haven Beach car park is situated in such a pretty area with a sandy beach and rock pools exposed around low tide. You reach the free parking area along the narrow lane out from Herbrandston and on your left by the campsite. Be aware there's a 7 foot height barrier at the entrance.

At the far end of the car park there's a picnic area with barbeque tables where you can sit and look out over the beach and estuary towards West Angle peninsula. A lovely place to take in the view or wait for the tide to drop if you're heading down to the shore. To reach the beach, head towards the bottom of the picnic area and take the path there or walk further down the lane past the entrance.

This is a great place to spend a day on the sand and sea or go for a walk southwards along the coast path. Take note of the tide times if you cross the plank bridge over to the other side as the sea comes in pretty quickly and covers the very low bridge in no time.

We took out our canoe from here to explore the coastline and paddle up the creek...

The free car park is not on the beach, it's about 200m before the road ends on the beach. There's a "no parking on the beach" notice, but I would never take a 2WD car onto the beach in any case as you risk getting stuck.

The carpark is free, always a good thing, and next to a caravan park. I don't know what's the deal with using the toilets at the park, I didn't.

The Sandy Haven estuary and walks are lovely. You can walk across the estuary at low tide, there is a small bridge across the deep part of the river, but beware as the whole thing covers from...

Beautiful views from the carpark. You can walk in both directions up the coastline straight from the carpark. When you get down on to the beach, it can give an eerie dramatic feel to it. You can imagine fog lingering over the water, bagpipes skirling in the background with old boats sailing in with venomous warriors on board, ready to do some damage as soon as they land. Worth an explore if...