Things to do in Lancashire
St Annes Beach
Outdoor swimmingFree!St Annes is a resort beach with a small pier extending into the Irish Sea. Sand dunes run along the edge of the sandy, flat beach which has up to one kilometre of exposed sand at low tide.
St Annes North Beach
Outdoor swimmingFree!The bathing water is extremely flat in profile and sandy with up to 300 metres of sand exposed at low tide. Sand dunes run along the coastline to the north of the bathing water. There is an active sand quarry to the north of St Annes North bathing water.
Cleveleys Beach
Outdoor swimmingFree!Cleveleys is a sandy bathing water with small areas of rocks and pebbles. Groynes stretch for several kilometres up and down the coastline on either side of the bathing water. The beach is slightly sloping with some undulations caused by the tide.
Fleetwood Beach
Outdoor swimmingFree!Fleetwood beach sits at the top end of the Fylde coastline, facing north into Morecambe Bay. The beach is mainly sandy with a small amount of shingle. It has a gently sloping profile with a slight drop off to the water at high tide.
Morecambe South Beach
Outdoor swimmingFree!The bathing water at Morecambe South is gently sloping and with small pebbles. There is a strip of beach exposed throughout the tidal cycle except during a spring tide. Groynes stretch for several kilometres up and down the coastline on either side of the bathing water.
Morecambe North Beach / Estuary
Outdoor swimmingFree!Morecambe North bathing water is at the northern end of the town's promenade which has heavy sea defences for most of its length. The bathing water beach is split into several smaller beaches by large groynes.