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Quick links: Exmouth Beach · Jacobs Ladder Beach · Ladram Bay · Chit Rocks · Sidmouth Beach · Dawlish Warren

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Exmouth Beach

(7.2/10)

19.0 miles from Well Town

A long, shallow, sandy beach running along Exmouth’s seafront and the mouth of the River Exe. Mostly clean ground with shifting gutters and bars; easy access from the promenade, car parks, and amenities. Best on a flooding tide into dusk and after dark. Winter brings whiting, dabs and dogfish; spring–autumn...

Bass Whiting Plaice Flounder Dover Sole

Jacobs Ladder Beach

(6.9/10)

19.1 miles from Well Town

Jacob's Ladder Beach in Sidmouth, Devon is a mixed shingle and sand beach backed by striking red sandstone cliffs, with reefy, kelp-lined ground and extensive rockpools at lower tides. Anglers typically fish the western end around the ladder/Connaught Gardens rocks and the adjacent clean-to-mixed ground. Summer brings clear water and...

Bass Pollack Pouting Whiting Lesser Spotted Dogfish

Ladram Bay

(7.4/10)

19.2 miles from Well Town

Ladram Bay is a red-sandstone rocky bay with sea stacks and ledges set between Budleigh Salterton and Sidmouth. The ground is mixed rough and kelpy with pockets of cleaner water toward the bay mouth, making it ideal for wrasse, pollack and LRF species, with mackerel/garfish in summer and scad after...

Bass Pollack Pouting Lesser Spotted Dogfish Mackerel

Chit Rocks

(6.6/10)

19.3 miles from Well Town

A tidal rock platform at the eastern end of Sidmouth seafront, bordering mixed rough ground and patches of clean sand. Best on a flooding tide into dusk through summer and early autumn for wrasse, pollack, mackerel and scad; winter brings whiting and dogfish. Expect kelp, snags and swell; use rotten‑bottoms...

Bass Pollack Pouting Mackerel Scad (Horse Mackerel)

Sidmouth Beach

(6.5/10)

19.4 miles from Well Town

Steep shingle beach backed by a promenade on the Jurassic Coast. The western end (by Jacob’s Ladder/Chit Rocks) has rough, kelpy ground and shallow rock ledges; the central and eastern stretches are cleaner mixed ground with the River Sid entering at the far east. Summer sees mackerel, garfish and bass...

Bass Pollack Whiting Dover Sole Lesser Spotted Dogfish

Dawlish Warren

(6.1/10)

19.5 miles from Well Town

A long sandy spit and nature reserve forming the south side of the Exe Estuary mouth. The seaward face is open beach with groynes and shifting sandbars; the inner face borders fast-moving estuary channels. Productive after a blow for surf bass and in calmer periods for flatfish and rays. Best...

Bass Whiting Plaice Flounder Dover Sole