Lincolnshire, England

Sandilands slipway

Launch — A foot and hand-launch slipway over the sea bank onto open sand; OpenStreetMap tags the way with no motor vehicle access.

Parking — The nearest car park is the National Trust's Sandilands car park, off the A52 and adjacent to the beach; it is open 8am to 6pm daily with no overnight parking. National Trust members and Blue Badge holders are exempt from the standard charge, and a short stay is available free of charge.

Access — The launch is reached from the National Trust's Sandilands car park, over the sea wall onto the beach. A flood barrier in the sea bank on this route is tagged in OpenStreetMap with a conditional access restriction, closed at certain tidal states and on a seasonal basis.

Season — The Environment Agency's Saltfleet to Gibraltar Point strategy recurrently nourishes this stretch of coast with dredged sand; work usually starts each year between Easter and the summer holidays. RNLI lifeguards patrol this beach through the summer season.

Regulations — No East Lindsey District Council or Lincolnshire County Council byelaw or Public Spaces Protection Order restricts launching unpowered craft at this beach; the council's Public Spaces Protection Order covers only dog control and Skegness street trading, with no mention of watercraft.

A slipway onto the open North Sea beach at Sandilands, on the sea bank at the southern edge of Sutton-on-Sea on the Lincolnshire coast. Offshore wind turbines are visible on the horizon, and at very low tides the remains of a prehistoric forest, submerged by rising sea levels around 3,000 years ago, are exposed on the sand.

South of Sutton-on-Sea the beach sits over a marsh clay foundation with a thin covering of sand. The shore here has a pattern of drainage channels running seaward, which at low tide separate into pools and slightly raised islands of beach.

Behind the sea bank, the National Trust's Sandilands reserve is a former golf course being restored to wetland habitat for wading birds, including black-tailed godwit, spotted redshank and spoonbill.

Nearby

Show on map

Fat Seagull Cafe

A cafe and bistro on Sea Lane, close to the beach; also licensed, with a gift shop and gallery.

Website

Sutton on Sea Caravan Club Site

A Caravan and Motorhome Club touring site for caravans and motorhomes (OpenStreetMap tags it as not taking tents); open to non-members, and closed over winter.

Website

Conditions to check

Shallow or rocky

South of Sutton-on-Sea the beach has a pattern of drainage channels running seaward over a marsh clay base, which separate into pools and slightly raised islands of beach at low tide.

Source

Other

The Environment Agency's Saltfleet to Gibraltar Point strategy recurrently nourishes this stretch of coast with dredged sand, with work usually starting each year between Easter and the summer holidays.

Source

Log in to add a photo. Paddled here? Add the first photo — we review each one before it goes on the page.

Questions

No questions yet

Ask about parking, access or conditions. Anyone who knows this water can answer.

Log in to ask or answer. Share what you know about this spot.

Comments

No comments yet.

Log in to comment. Add conditions or a photo to this spot.

Save your own spots

Keep the places you launch, check the wind and shelter before you go, and log every paddle. Add a spot to the directory too, and other paddlers will find it. Free to start.

Get started, it’s free Log in

Location data

OpenStreetMap

View this point on OpenStreetMap