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    Dog ban now in force on some South Hams and Torbay beaches

    The ban in Teignbridge started a month ago.

    On May 1st, dog bans start on a number of beaches in Devon. 

    In Torbay and the South Hams the ban stays in place until 30th September. 

    Here's a list of where you can't walk your dog for the next 5 months.

    TORBAY:

    Breakwater Beach
    Broadsands Beach
    Corbyn Head
    Goodrington Sands - South Sands: between the cliffs at the southern end and the signs at Middlestone to the North
    Hollicombe Beach
    Meadfoot Beach - South western part between notices displayed on the foreshore
    Oddicombe Beach
    Paignton Sands
    Preston Sands
    Shoalstone Pool
    Torre Abbey Sands

    SOUTH HAMS:

    Salcombe - South Sands
    Hope Cove - Mouthwell Sands
    Challaborough
    Wembury
    Bigbury 
    Bantham


    The following privately owned beaches in the South Hams also adopt a seasonal NO DOGS policy:

    Blackpool Sands (from 2 weeks before Easter until after the October half term)
    Mothecombe

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