Porthcawl Rest Bay Beach

Porthcawl CF36 3UP United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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Porthcawl CF36 3UP United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Great day out with my daughter. Ramp down to beach was good as we had a pushchair and a hand pulled trailer. Immediately thought of other beaches but they only had steps. This was cheaper parking. Ramp to beach. Lifeguards. Excellent beach with rock pools and a compact sand ideal for pushchairs to go right out to the sea. Made great sand castles with my daughter. Nice moist and compact sand. Lovely day. Great beach definitely worth a visit. Highly recommended.

Beautiful beach situated a few minutes drive from Porthcawl Town centre. Popular all year with surfers, families and walkers, so the large car park frequently gets very busy. Always worth going early on weekends and during holidays. On this visit we took the boardwalk from Rest Bay to Pink Bay, it's a lovely all weather coastal path that runs between the golf course and sea.

What a great place, i must have visited 200 times over the years. When you see the fair, drive to the left, right at island near park, go to the end and turn right at another island, drive slowly, fair on right, but sharp left up a bit of a slope into car park £3 all day free in winter , your right on the beach

Car park £4 all day. Lifeguard on duty. Cafe with great food & drinks

Lovely boardwalk & a beach with plenty of sand, pebbles & rockpools. Couldn't ask for more 5*

Went once only so far. Beach Can get overcrowded when tide is high as beach is on smaller size. But accidentally we went when tide was low . Sandy Beach was huge and mostly empty . Very pleased

The beach was very nice and calming, lots of things to see and lots of shops nearby to see and visit. It's also a great place to go for a run or to take a dog for a walk.

Rest Bay is very lovely but on the day I went not that restful! I wanted to swim but, on a sunny day without much wind, it was really choppy. Most people in the sea were surfers, which meant you had to watch out. I really enjoyed throwing myself about in the waves, but didn't dare go out beyond the breakers to have a proper swim as it looked too dangerous. There were only a couple of other people without boards and they felt the same way. Despite that, it was exhilarating and lots of fun.

Porthcawl is lovely place to go over by town side not big fan the fayre side and caravan side. But lovely walk across the sea and lovely chips in the boathouse chippy

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