Greatstone Beach

New Romney · South Kent · sand and shingle

East-facing sand-and-shingle beach on the edge of Dungeness. Has its own car park, toilets and a fish bar, close to Dungeness Nature Reserve.

What the tide does here

At a spring high tide only about 15% of Greatstone Beach is out of the water. By spring low the sea has drawn back roughly 900 metres, uncovering all of it — about 209 hectares of sand and shingle.

Greatstone Beach at high water: the dry beach shaded on a satellite map — **High water, 6.9 m above chart datum.** About 18% of Greatstone Beach is out of the water.

Greatstone Beach at low water: the dry beach shaded on a satellite map — **Low water, 1.7 m above chart datum.** About 100% is uncovered.

Dogs

Dogs are welcome on the beach all year. The council lifted the summer ban in August 2025.

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.