Season: autumn
The beach at Leysdown-on-Sea is also known as Shellness. It is linked to a naturist beach, which is a good half mile down the road from this main beach and accessed via Shellness Road. Leysdown’s beach is sandy and an excellent bathing location, with clean sea water. There’s a seasonal lifeguard service. The town is welcoming, with cafes and restaurants, good access to the beach and handy parking.
What the beach means to Chris.
A wide vista at Leysdown-on-Sea.
Season: autumn
Seasalter has a sand and shingle beach, lying adjacent to the upmarket town. There are water sports available for the visitor and there’s a slipway for sailing boats. Waterskiing is particularly popular here, along with fine dining and the local speciality, oysters. The beach is subdivided by groynes and there are views to the Isle of Sheppey across the River Swale. You invariably take away a sense of well-being from a visit to this beach.
Diana, by the sea.
Groynes all the way at Seasalter beach.
Season: autumn
Tankerton is a rural beach with a grassy backdrop and nature nearby, including Oare Marshes Reserve, where you can see curlew, avocet, lapwing and marsh harriers, among others. The beach is sandy, divided by groynes. This is a popular swimming and sailing beach, with clean bathing water and a sailing club next to the beach. There is parking right by the beach and the town has all the facilities that you’ll need, including fish ‘n chips and a cafe. To complete the picture, there are wooden beach huts, a swimming pool and you can visit nearby Whitstable Castle and gardens.
Katie, at the seaside.
Below the castle at Tankerton beach.
