Dogs and our beaches

thanet.gov.uk/dogs Dog PSPO Map

Beach Data Where can you take your dog? We’d love dogs to be able to enjoy all our beaches and foreshores. Dogs are welcome off their However, to ensure everyone is able to enjoy our coastline, there are lead at any time of the year some places where dogs can’t go or will have to be kept on a lead. Main Sands Westbrook Bay Dogs are not allowed on the St Mildred’s Bay Grenham Bay beach between 10am and 6pm West Bay from 1 May to 30 September Epple Bay Minnis Bay

Dogs are not allowed on the beach between 1 May and 30 September Northern Seawall

Dogs must be kept on a lead Dogs are welcome off their Dogs are not allowed on the between 10am and 6pm from lead at any time of the year on: beach between 10am and 6pm 1 May to 30 September from 1 May to 30 September at: Grenham Bay - Birchington Northern Seawall - Birchington West Bay - Wesgate-on-Sea Dogs are not allowed 24 hours Epple Bay - Birchington St Mildred’s Bay - Wesgate-on-Sea a day, all year round Dumpton Gap - Botany Bay - Broadstairs Kingsgate Bay - Broadstairs Joss Bay - Broadstairs Foreness Point - Cliftonville Stone Bay - Broadstairs Dogs must be kept on a lead Sacketts Gap - Cliftonville 24 hours a day all year round Palm Bay - Cliftonville Dogs are not allowed on the Fulsam Rock - Margate beach between 1 May and 30 Eastcliff - Untitled layer September at: Western Undercliff - Ramsgate Minnis Bay - Birchington Dogs must be kept on a lead Viking Bay - Broadstairs Northern Seawall - Birchington between 10am and 6pm from 1 Margate Main Sands May to 30 September on: Ramsgate Main Sands This map shows you were and Louisa Bay - Broadstairs when dogs are allowed on Dogs are not allowed 24 hours a Walpole Bay - Cliftonville day, all year round at: Thanet's beaches. Westbrook Bay - Westbrook Pegwell Bay (mudflats & saltmarsh) Dogs must be kept on a lead 24 hours a day all year round on:

Pegwell Bay - Ramsgate (Upper chalk shore - at low tide) Dog PSPO Map

Beach Data Sacketts Gap Foreness Point Fulsam Rock Walpole Bay Palm Bay Dogs are welcome off their lead at any time of the year Botany Bay Margate Main Sands Westbrook Bay Dogs are not allowed on the Kingsgate Bay beach between 10am and 6pm from 1 May to 30 September Joss Bay

Dogs are not allowed on the beach between 1 May and 30 September

Dogs must be kept on a lead Stone Bay between 10am and 6pm from 1 May to 30 September

Dogs are not allowed 24 hours Viking Bay a day, all year round

Dogs must be kept on a lead Louisa Bay 24 hours a day all year round

Untitled layer Dumpton Gap

Northern Seawall - Birchington

This map shows you were and when dogs are allowed on Eastcliff Thanet's beaches. Ramsgate Main Sands

Pegwell Bay

Western Undercliff Map Data - 2018 Google Pegwell Bay (mudflats & saltmarsh) Follow the doggy code

Respect other beach users Follow the requests on our and keep your dog in sight. signs - you’ll find our traffic light signs at all bays.

Always bag and bin your Help protect our nesting dog’s poo. Any public litter birds along the coastline: bin will do. If you don’t you keep to paths and use a will be fined £100. short lead when asked to If you forget your poo bags, do so. Never let your dog you can grab an emergency chase wildlife. supply from our Tikspac The Thanet coastline is a stations - find a list of Marine Protection Area - locations at thanet.gov.uk and is home to a range of important wildlife. To find A Public Space Protection Order is in place in Thanet. For more information visit out more visit thanet.gov.uk nekmpa.org.uk