Shellness

Leysdown-on-Sea · North Kent · shingle

Remote shingle beach at the eastern tip of the Isle of Sheppey, backed by the Swale National Nature Reserve's saltmarsh. South-facing, with no facilities on site.

What the tide does here

At a spring high tide only about 8% of Shellness is out of the water. By spring low the sea has drawn back roughly 960 metres, uncovering all of it — about 155 hectares of shingle.

Shellness at high water: the dry beach shaded on a satellite map — **High water, 4.9 m above chart datum.** About 14% of Shellness is out of the water.

Shellness at low water: the dry beach shaded on a satellite map — **Low water, 1.0 m above chart datum.** About 87% is uncovered.

Dogs

We haven't been able to confirm the dog rules for this beach with the council. Please check local signs.

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.