Beach accessibility

Beach accessible wheelchairs

We have 5 beach accessible wheelchairs available for wheelchair users; 3 of them can be used in the sea.

Contact Sandbanks Beach Office, giving 24 hours' notice, (please note the Beach Office is open on Sundays throughout the summer, but not contactable by email or phone) and we can arrange a wheelchair for you at the Poole beach of your choice (excluding Hamworthy and Lake Pier). You will have to pay a £25 deposit.

Sandbanks beach has Mobi-Mats to help wheelchair users move easily form the promenade onto the sand and closer to the sea. These are available between Easter and September.

Access to beaches

Accessibility information at Poole beaches:

• you can access most Poole beaches by ramp, but you may have difficulty reaching the beach at Canford Cliffs from the car park
• there is no ramp at Hamworthy Park; you have to use steps
• we recommend our beaches at Sandbanks, Shore Road or Branksome Chine for easier access

Accessible toilets

There are disabled toilets at these beaches:

• Branksome Chine
• Branksome Dene
• Hamworthy Park
• Sandbanks
• Shore Road

The toilets are accessible RADAR toilets which need a key to access. If you don't have one, apply for a RADAR key.

Branksome Chine beach has a disabled toilet which does not need a RADAR key.