Stone Bay

Broadstairs · Thanet · sand

Quiet Blue Flag sands edged by chalk cliffs.

What the tide does here

At a spring high tide about 49% of Stone Bay is out of the water. By spring low the sea has drawn back roughly 130 metres, uncovering 92% of it — about 53 hectares of sand.

Stone Bay at high water: the dry beach shaded on a satellite map — **High water, 4.2 m above chart datum.** About 50% of Stone Bay is out of the water.

Stone Bay at low water: the dry beach shaded on a satellite map — **Low water, 0.8 m above chart datum.** About 85% is uncovered.

Dogs

Dogs are banned from the beach between 10am and 6pm from 1 May to 30 September. Before 10am, after 6pm and from 1 October to 30 April, dogs are welcome.

Water quality

Classified Good by the Environment Agency in 2025, sampled as "Broadstairs, Stone Bay", a designated bathing water since 1997. Daily pollution risk forecasts appear on this page in the bathing season.

Lifeguards

No RNLI lifeguard patrol here.

Awards

Seaside Award 2026.

Facilities

Nearby: parking. Steep cliff path; limited access.

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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.