Camber Beach

Camber Beach is one of the largest and most celebrated sandy beaches on the south coast of England, stretching for around five miles along the East Sussex shoreline near the Kent border. Unusually for this stretch of coastline, the beach is composed entirely of fine golden sand rather than shingle, and at low tide the foreshore opens out into an enormous expanse of flat sand that draws families, kite-flyers, sand-yachters and horse-riders alike.

The beach is backed by Camber Sands dunes, a fragile and internationally important dune system protected as part of the Rye Bay Site of Special Scientific Interest. Boardwalks lead visitors over the dunes to keep foot traffic off the marram grass, and behind them lies the small holiday village of Camber with its cafes, pubs and beach shops. The dunes shelter rare invertebrates and plants and offer pleasant walks with views back over Romney Marsh.

Camber sits just a few miles east of the medieval town of Rye, and the beach is reached by bus from Rye railway station. Conditions can change quickly with the tide, so visitors are advised to take note of tide times, lifeguard flags and signage about the dune ecology.