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With a blue-flag beach, beautiful natural harbour and within 3 and a half hours drive from London and the Midlands, Sandbanks offers a spectacular beach holiday destination that ticks all of the boxes.

Having earned a reputation as the UK’s answer to Palm Springs, Sandbanks is a small peninsula of land that juts out into Poole Harbour. The golden stretch of Sandbanks Beach runs the length of the peninsula and beyond, offering safe areas for swimming, barbecues and a beautiful spot to watch the sun rise and fall.

A holiday in Sandbanks offers something for everyone with endless coastal walks, interesting day trips, great restaurants and lovely safe beaches for both kids, dogs and grown-ups to play.

If water sports are your thing, then both the harbour side and bay provide a playground for sailors, paddle boarders and boat enthusiasts. The legendary Shell Bay chain ferry clunks and creaks between the tip of Sandbanks and Studland across the bay, offering visitors the chance to day trip over to the Isle of Purbeck with its famous beaches, world heritage coastline and nature reserve.

The National Trust owned Brownsea Island rests in the middle of Poole Harbour and is well worth an explore for its unique wildlife, heathland and lagoon.

Whatever your reason for visiting Sandbanks, you’ll find plenty to keep you entertained in this beautiful corner of Dorset.

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One of the UK’s most desirable and unique locations, Sandbanks on the Dorset coast is a beach-lovers paradise, offering a relaxed pace of life that is hard to resist.

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With a blue-flag beach, beautiful natural harbour and within 3 and a half hours drive from London and the Midlands, Sandbanks offers a spectacular beach holiday destination that ticks all of the boxes.

Having earned a reputation as the UK’s answer to Palm Springs, Sandbanks is a small peninsula of land that juts out into Poole Harbour. The golden stretch of Sandbanks Beach runs the length of the peninsula and beyond, offering safe areas for swimming, barbecues and a beautiful spot to watch the sun rise and fall.

A holiday in Sandbanks offers something for everyone with endless coastal walks, interesting day trips, great restaurants and lovely safe beaches for both kids, dogs and grown-ups to play.

If water sports are your thing, then both the harbour side and bay provide a playground for sailors, paddle boarders and boat enthusiasts. The legendary Shell Bay chain ferry clunks and creaks between the tip of Sandbanks and Studland across the bay, offering visitors the chance to day trip over to the Isle of Purbeck with its famous beaches, world heritage coastline and nature reserve.

The National Trust owned Brownsea Island rests in the middle of Poole Harbour and is well worth an explore for its unique wildlife, heathland and lagoon.

Whatever your reason for visiting Sandbanks, you’ll find plenty to keep you entertained in this beautiful corner of Dorset.

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Things To Do In Sandbanks

SUP2You
(Less than a mile)

Sup2You offers simple online hire of inflatable paddle boards making it easier than ever to get out and enjoy the UK’s beaches, coastline and waterways.  Paddleboarding is the perfect way to stay active, have fun with your family and explore the beautiful region where you’re staying; but with everything else you need to bring on holiday sometimes you won’t have the car space to bring your own!  With SUP2You the process couldn’t be easier, simply click the link below, select the board and duration online, and your paddleboard will be couriered next day to your holiday cottage.   

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Toad Hall Cottages guests can enjoy 10% off their hire when booking for 3 days or more with code Toad10

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We hired paddle boards and kayaks. Excellent value.

June 2021

Sandbanks beach is just fabulous!

May 2023

Saltwater Sauna
(Less than a mile)

Enjoy the benefits of a luxury Finnish sauna in prime location on Sandbanks Beach complete with stunning panoramic sea views.  

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This is such a lovely thing to do, rain or shine, its exhilarating, fabulous views

May 2023

The Big Canoe
(Less than a mile)

An ideal activity for families or groups of friends who want to explore the natural beauty of Poole Harbour by paddle power alone!  The Big Canoe offers skippered trips from Sandbanks in open Canadian canoes tailored to your needs including activity days, lazy meanders with picnic stops, or wildlife spotting. 

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Brownsea Island Ferries
(Less than a mile)

Poole’s oldest boat company, Brownsea Island Ferries has been providing ferries to Brownsea Island for over 100 years.  Today they also offer a variety of tours and cruises including Harbour Cruises, Jurassic Coast cruises and trips to the Dancing Ledge puffin nesting site.  Look for the distinctive yellow kiosks at Sandbanks (next to the chain ferry) and Poole Quay.

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Very convenient little boat service across to a Brownsea Island. The children loved exploring, the nature park was a great idea and we spotted a red squirrel! Great location for a picnic in a very “green” space.

June 2019

Great attraction, beautiful location plus the added bonus of the red squirrels

July 2019

to visit Brownsea Island you need a ferry trip - this ferry provider is best used from Poole Quay. Here you can find a multi-storey carpark close by. The ferries were running regularly on our recent visit and we went on the first one - 9:30 - booking via the National Trust website - a requirement during Covid times. We found the ferry trip well run and were lucky to be able to sit on the upper desk in the open air.

September 2021

Unfortunately the ferry from Sanbanks to Brownsea Island has closed and we had to drive round to Poole

April 2022

Great way to see around the area and learn more about the islands.

August 2023

Brownsea Island ferry was great, however we would have liked the choice to stay a little longer on the island our 3 hours went very quickly.

November 2023

wonderful day trip to the Island, beautiful place to visit, highly recommended

April 2024

Poseidon Kite School
(Less than a mile)

Focused on delivering the highest level of service, Poseidon Kite School offers everything from beginners lessons to advanced tuition, equipment rental and retail.  Passionate and dedicated to their students, the team is made up of only the highest calibre instructors, all running lessons to the British Kitesurf Association (BKSA) standard.

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