Private Beaches - How do you know?

Re: Springs!

Code of conduct for studland (summary)



When landing leave dinghy in a busy area and sight your BBQ far enough away so as the beach warden doesnt know it is yours.

Place BBQ away from your patch for the same reason and also to let the smoke irritate other beach users and not you.

When heading up the hill for refreshments lock your tender to the Wire framed rocks leaving it on top of others Towels so it doesnt look abandoned.

If approached by the beach warden tell him you are part of an organised 100 strong group about to have a pig roast on the beach and the Chairman is over there ( look for someone jogging in the opposite direction)

Get in tender and make quick escape weaving in and out of the boats so he hasnt got a clue where you are from. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
Re: Springs!

The article here gives some differing views to some of the authoritative opinions expressed on here, such as:

"The Crown Estate controls about 45 per cent of England's foreshore; the remaining beaches are in a variety of hands, from the National Trust and Ministry of Defence, to local authorities and, of course, private individuals".

and

"In fact, the public does not have a legal right of access to any of England's beaches. At present, they are allowed to visit the seaside by a system of often confusing ad-hoc arrangements.

"When they go on a beach, people are technically trespassing," says an Ramblers' Association spokesman. "This isn't a problem in tourist areas, where the rules aren't enforced, but there are many other areas where it creates confusion.""

But looks like it is all about to change.
 
Re: Springs!

Not sure those quotes are at odds with what has been said here. They are written with the view of approaching the beach from land - ie. above the MHWS mark.

Rick
 
Re: Springs!

Ah, but they claim ownership down to MLWS, but refused to provide any evidence of that, or even send me a copy of their byelaws. I asked how they would decide what constituted a nuisance, and they wrote back to say that they had no interest in pursuing the conversation and ignored my subsequent emails.

SteveE and I got grief from them last year following an 'anonymous complaint' about the line from Steve's tender to his anchor buried in the sand. Apparently, people had to step over it and it was dangerous. I asked the NT what they intended to do about all the children who insisted on digging holes in the beach which were clearly a great danger to innocent walkers.
 
Blackpool Sands is also private but in reality lots of boats anchor off the beach and take a dinghy ashore (I land in the corner, well away from the swimming area). Erme is similarly private but it's one of our favourite places when the tides are right and never had a problem there.
If there were signs up saying 'private beach, no landing' or similar then obviously it's an issue but I think most owners don't mind the odd boat as long as there's no noise/litter/safety issues.
 
Not very far in. Only viable on the top of a nice spring tide. We did go in and around the corner once but the tide flows quite strongly there and I was scared of getting stuck. Time it right and you can get a few hours just past mothercombe. One day I'll take the dinghy up the river till it hits the bottom but my outboard always seems to play up and I don't like rowing. It's a glorious spot though, very peaceful.

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Thanks (again!) Adrian. That was one of the spots I was looking at but didn't fancy the look of the rocks at the mouth of the river. Ill have another look this afternoon.
 
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