These beaches are large and sandy, even at high tide and just a short walk from a car park. Five minutes from the village of Thurlestone is the smaller beach. Park at the top field past the golf course and take a short path past one of the greens to the beach.
The larger South Milton Sands, home of the iconic arch-shaped Thurlestone Rock immortalised by Turner, can be approached by parking on the right past the golf course, or at the opposite end in a National Trust car park.
Thurlestone has few facilities except a public toilet on the main road. South Milton Sands has toilets, lifeguards, water sports and the superb Beachhouse, which serves amazing seafood and much more in their wooden shack a stone’s throw from the sand.
