📌 Cockburnspath, Scottish Borders
★★★
Accessed by a quiet minor road with a small ford, this sandy beach is bordered by vegetated sandstone cliffs and looks best at low tide, when there’s quite a lot to explore. Rock bands towards the western end conceal a number of surprisingly deep rock pools, harbouring fish waiting for the tide to return and some of the biggest crabs we’ve ever seen, hiding just out of reach of human hands. A large caravan park on the dunes behind the beach limits any feeling of seclusion, but we’ve never found it busy here. And on the landward side, Pease Dean Nature Reserve is even quieter.
🌍 Location
📌 Off minor road 1 mi east of Cockburnspath
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NT 793710
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 55.932342,-2.332848
❌ No public transport within 1 mi
🚗 Car park at 🧭 NT 795706 / 🛰️ 55.928475,-2.330083 – northern approach involves crossing a ford
