Environment Agency — Bathing Water Monitoring LocationsAging
Official catalogue · Bathing water quality
Method and source ↗Licence ↗Tide
Heights retain the vertical reference supplied by the source and are not an official hydrographic zero.
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Upcoming highs and lows
- 29 Thu
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- 30 Fri
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- 31 Sat
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- 1 Sun
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- 2 Mon
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- 3 Tue
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Forecast
Weather unavailable
The tide remains visible, but no temperature forecast can be shown.
Place characteristics
- Distance to town
- Christchurch · 2.3 miSource record 10/26/2026 · Open source
- Length
- 3,548 mSource record 10/22/2026 · Open source
- Shore form
- BaySource record 10/22/2026 · Open source
- Cliffs nearby
- 4 mSource record 10/22/2026 · Open source
- Shore axis
- 73°Source record 10/22/2026 · Open source
Straight-line distance to the town centre; it establishes neither a route nor access.
Practical information
- Surface
- Sand
- Sunrise
- Sunset
Within 0.6 mi
- Parking54 recorded within 0.6 mi
- ≈ 279 mFee : Yes
- ≈ 397 mFee : No
- ≈ 403 mFee : No
- ≈ 423 m
- ≈ 453 mAvon Run Car ParkFee : Yes
Distances as the crow flies · © OpenStreetMap · Data from Oct 20, 2026
- Toilets2 recorded within 0.6 mi
- ≈ 176 mWheelchair access : No
- ≈ 431 mFee : NoWheelchair access : Yes
Distances as the crow flies · © OpenStreetMap · Data from Oct 20, 2026
- Showers1 recorded within 0.6 mi
- ≈ 173 m
Distances as the crow flies · © OpenStreetMap · Data from Oct 20, 2026
- Water3 recorded within 0.6 mi
- ≈ 45 m
- ≈ 161 m
- ≈ 345 m
Distances as the crow flies · © OpenStreetMap · Data from Oct 20, 2026
- Café5 recorded within 0.6 mi
- ≈ 198 mThe Beach HutWheelchair access : Yes
- ≈ 395 m
- ≈ 417 mAvon Beach Coffee CabinOpening hours : closed
- ≈ 457 mThe Noisy Lobster
- ≈ 826 mCuckoos
Distances as the crow flies · © OpenStreetMap · Data from Oct 20, 2026
- Bus26 recorded within 0.6 mi
- ≈ 452 mThe Sandpiper
- ≈ 507 mBure Haven Drive
- ≈ 509 mBure Haven Drive
- ≈ 565 mBrook Way
- ≈ 588 mBrook Way
Distances as the crow flies · © OpenStreetMap · Data from Oct 20, 2026
- Bikes4 recorded within 0.6 mi
- ≈ 45 mDeclared capacity : 10
- ≈ 46 mDeclared capacity : 6
- ≈ 329 mDeclared capacity : 12
- ≈ 614 m
Distances as the crow flies · © OpenStreetMap · Data from Oct 20, 2026
- Charging
Not in our sources yet.
On the beach
- Lifeguards
Not in our sources: follow the signs on site.
- Wheelchair
Not in our sources yet.
- Dogs
Not in our sources: follow the signs on site.
- Play area3 recorded within 0.6 mi
- ≈ 830 m
- ≈ 961 m
- ≈ 983 m
Distances as the crow flies · © OpenStreetMap · Data from Oct 20, 2026
Do you know this beach?
These answers come from visitors, not from a source we cite. They describe the place, not today's conditions.
Today’s windows
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Calculated at 10:50 PM · rules coast-v5
Shore gathering
Confidence 25 % · rules coast-v5
Beach run
Confidence 35 % · rules coast-v5
Coastal walk
Confidence 35 % · rules coast-v5
Family beach time
Confidence 0 % · rules coast-v5
Photography
Confidence 35 % · rules coast-v5
Sunset
Confidence 35 % · rules coast-v5
Beaches nearby
Discovery score: distance, available annual classification and catalogue quality. It is neither real-time health advice nor a safety conclusion.
- Christchurch Avon Beach, WessexDistance 0.3 miAnnual classification: Excellent
- Christchurch Highcliffe Castle, WessexDistance 0.7 miAnnual classification: Excellent
- Christchurch Mudeford Sandbank East, WessexDistance 1.0 miAnnual classification: Excellent
E Gammie · CC BY-SA 2.0Highcliffe, Solent and South DownsDistance 1.4 miAnnual classification: Excellent- Bournemouth Hengistbury West, WessexDistance 2.1 miAnnual classification: Excellent
- Bournemouth Southbourne, WessexDistance 2.9 miAnnual classification: Excellent
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The place in pictures
View on Google Maps ↗No freely licensed photograph of Christchurch Friar`s Cliff has yet passed our location, licence and credit review.
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- Languages
- Welsh, Irish, Ulster Scots, British Sign Language, Cornish, Scottish Gaelic, English, Scots
- Currency
- Pound sterling
- Driving side
- left
Wikidata · CC0 · Retrieved on Sep 18, 2026
Sources and method
- Tide heights
- Heights retain the vertical reference supplied by the source and are not an official hydrographic zero.
- Sea temperature and conditions
- Temperature and conditions come from a limited-resolution coastal model, not an observation at the beach. Do not use for navigation or to conclude that bathing is safe.
- Beach characteristics
- These place characteristics are recorded from the linked sources. They describe the place, not current conditions.
Source & freshness
Environment Agency — Bathing Water Monitoring Locations, Open Government LicenceAging
Official catalogue · Bathing water quality
Method and source ↗Licence ↗© OpenStreetMap contributors — OSM database base 2026-10-20T20:23:47Z; offline reviewed snapshot, ODbLFresh
Catalogue review
Method and source ↗Licence ↗© OpenStreetMap contributors — OSM database base 2026-10-20T20:23:47Z; offline reviewed snapshot (companion profile), ODbLFresh
Catalogue review
Method and source ↗Licence ↗GeoNames gazetteer (cities500) — Christchurch — CC BY 4.0Fresh
Additional source
Method and source ↗Licence ↗Copernicus DEM GLO-30 -- (c) DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; distributed via the AWS Open Data Registry (bucket copernicus-dem-30m).Fresh
Additional source
Method and source ↗© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0Fresh
Bathing supervision (open data)
Method and source ↗Licence ↗© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0Fresh
Bathing supervision (open data)
Method and source ↗Licence ↗Weather temporarily unavailable: recommendations are degraded.
Tide unavailable: the activities stay unknown.
GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Modelled data and this estimate do not replace an official source. Mareloa is not a navigation tool.