Epple Bay

Birchington · Thanet · sand

Small sandy bay at Birchington-on-Sea, flanked by slipways. North-facing, with the village's cafés just over a kilometre inland.

What the tide does here

At a spring high tide only about 17% of Epple Bay is out of the water. By spring low the sea has drawn back roughly 380 metres, uncovering 58% of it — about 55 hectares of sand.

Epple Bay at high water: the dry beach shaded on a satellite map — **High water, 4.4 m above chart datum.** About 17% of Epple Bay is out of the water.

Epple Bay at low water: the dry beach shaded on a satellite map — **Low water, 0.9 m above chart datum.** About 39% is uncovered.

Dogs

Dogs are welcome on the beach at any time, all year. The council asks for dogs to be kept on a lead on the promenade.

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.