Dover Beach

Dover · South Kent · shingle

Small shingle beach on Dover's harbourside seafront, below Marine Parade. South-east-facing, with cafés a short walk into town.

What the tide does here

The tide changes Dover Beach less than most: about 13% of it is dry at a spring high tide and 21% at spring low.

Dover Beach at high water: the dry beach shaded on a satellite map — **High water, 6.1 m above chart datum.** About 14% of Dover Beach is out of the water.

Dover Beach at low water: the dry beach shaded on a satellite map — **Low water, 1.4 m above chart datum.** About 19% is uncovered.

Dogs

Dogs are banned from the beach from 9am to 6pm, 1 May to 30 September. Dogs must be on a lead all year on the promenade and seafront gardens, including Marine Parade and Granville Gardens.

Water quality

This beach is not a designated bathing water, so the Environment Agency does not sample it.

Lifeguards

No RNLI lifeguard patrol here.

Facilities

No facilities recorded at this beach.

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Tide predictions © UK Hydrographic Office. Beach shape from Environment Agency LIDAR survey data, © Environment Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Facilities and places from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Bathing water classifications from the Environment Agency. Satellite imagery © Mapbox, © Maxar.