The summer dog beach ban has ended and here is the lowdown of where you can and can’t take your dogs in Devon and Cornwall.
Dogs can return to beaches all day long where they are allowed from today after restrictions ended for another year.
A number of beaches in Cornwall have restrictions placed on when dogs are allowed to visit set using Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs) by Cornwall Council.
While many beaches only have restrictions running from July 1 to August 31 those which have Blue Flag status or a Seaside Award have restrictions from May 15 to September 30.
The restrictions do not allow dogs to be taken to those beaches between 10am and 6pm each day.
Cornwall Council reissued all the PSPOs for beaches this year following a consultation.
The new orders saw the dates and times that restrictions are in place harmonised to make it easier for visitors and residents to understand. Previously different beaches had different dates and times for when restrictions applied.
Here is the full list of beaches where restrictions ended on September 30:
Carbis Bay Beach
Crackington Haven
Crooklets Beach, Bude
Gyllyngvase Beach, Falmouth
Polzeath Beach
Porth Beach
Porthmeor Beach, St Ives
Porthminster Beach, St Ives
Porthtowan Beach
Sennen Beach
Trevone Beach, Padstow
Widemouth Beach, Bude
The other beaches which have PSPOs have already had restrictions lifted from August 31. They are:
Cadgwith Cove
Castle Beach, Falmouth
Cawsand Beach
Chapel Porth Beach, St Agnes
Church Cove, Gunwalloe
Housel Bay, The Lizard
Kennack Sands Beach, The Lizard
Kynance Cove, The Lizard
Maenporth Beach, Falmouth
Mousehole Beach to Skilly Beach
Wherry Town to Battery Rocks
Longrock level crossing to Marazion
Perranuthnoe
Poldhu Beach, Mullion
Polurrian Cove Beach, Mullion
Porthcurno Beach
Porthgwarra Beach, St Levan
Porthgwidden Beach, St Ives
Porthleven West
Porthpean Beach
Portmellon Cove
Portreath Beach, including harbour
Praa Sands Beach
Readymoney Cove, Fowey
St George’s Well, Padstow
St Ives Harbour Beach
Summer’s Beach, St Mawes
Swanpool Beach, Falmouth
Tattam’s Beach, Portscatho
Tunnel Beach, Falmouth
There are also some beaches which have year round bans on dogs, these are:
Carnsew Pool
Copperhouse Pool
Hayle Estuary
And here’s everything you need to know about the dog restrictions on Devon’s beaches:
In North Devon and Torridge
Tunnels beach, Ilfracombe
Dogs are allowed through the tunnels on a lead but not on to the beaches all year around.
Hartland
There is a year-round dog ban in place.
Woody Bay
No dogs allowed at any time of year
Woolacombe beach
Zone A – no dogs between April 1 and November 1; Zone B – on a lead from May 1 to September 30; Zone C – no restrictions.
All other beaches allow dogs from October to April, or all year around
Teignbridge
Dogs are permitted on all beaches in Teignbridge between October and March 31, except past groyne 9 at Dawlish Warren, where dogs are banned all year round.
South Hams
All South Hams owned beaches allow dogs in the winter months, with the summer ban coming back into force on May 1, while the summer ban at Mothecombe beach is also over.
But the privately owned Blackpool Sands beach adopts a seasonal no dogs policy, which means that dogs are not allowed onto the beach or the car park until November.
Torbay
The summer dog ban has been lifted on all beaches in Torbay, meaning from 1 October until 1 May dog walkers may exercise their dog freely on all beaches in the Bay.
East Devon
From October to May you may walk your dog freely on all the beaches.