Goodrington Sands
Torbay, England, United Kingdom
- Paid parking
Today at a glance
Calmest: 4 pm to sunset, sunset 6:06 pm0.7
33 km/h21 mph wind, Poor
0.5
58 km/h36 mph wind, Poor
0.7
62 km/h39 mph wind, Poor
0.7
50 km/h31 mph wind, Poor
0.9
55 km/h34 mph wind, Poor
1.1
61 km/h38 mph wind, Poor
1.2
54 km/h34 mph wind, Poor
1.8
52 km/h32 mph wind, Poor
2.4
49 km/h30 mph wind, Poor
3.0
45 km/h28 mph wind, Poor
2.5
43 km/h26 mph wind, Poor
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Forecast, hour by hour
Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 12°C53°F
- Water
- 16°C61°F
- Wind
- 5836 km/hmph NW
- Gusts
- 8653 km/hmph
- Waves
- 3.3 m11 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- falling
- Rain
- 100%
- Sunset
- 6:06 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- Low 10 am, -1.7 m6 ft
- High 4 pm, 0.8 m3 ft
- Low 10 pm, -2.2 m7 ft
- High 5 am, 0.9 m3 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sun3.9 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 39 km/h24 mph, rain 10%
- Mon1.9 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 56 km/h35 mph, rain 86%
- Tue3.2 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 45 km/h28 mph, rain 43%
- Wed5.9 GoodBest 7 am to 1 pmWind up to 21 km/h13 mph, rain 4%
- Thu4.7 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 29 km/h18 mph, rain 5%
Beach info
Facilities and the beaches next door.
About Goodrington Sands
Goodrington Sands is a sandy beach located in Devon, England. It is 0.79 miles from the town of Paignton and has a nearby beach called Goodrington Sands (South), which is 470 meters away. The beach is 390 meters long and OpenStreetMap lists 24 food options within 0.62 miles.
Goodrington Sands is a sandy beach on the English Riviera, located at Goodrington, a coastal village on the outskirts of Paignton.
The beaches are gently shelving with a promenade at one end and rocks leading around to Oyster Cove at the other. The beach is split into two, South Sands & North Sands, by a minor headland, Middle Stone, that has a bar and restaurants overlooking the bay. North Sands (the promenade end) is very tidal and the sea comes up to the sea wall. South Sands has a much larger expanse of soft sand and the sea rarely reaches over ½ up the beach and then only on Spring tides and during storms.
Source: Goodrington Sands on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0; text may have been shortened. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
- Restrooms130 m430 ft away
- Parking5 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 220 m710 ft. Listed as paid
- Food and drink24 within 1 km0.6 mi
- Playground110 m360 ft away
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 190 m620 ftYoungs Park Road
- Nearest town
- 1.3 km0.8 miPaignton (town)
- Nearest airport
- 36 km22 miExeter Airport (EXT)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Goodrington Sands (South)0.5 km0.3 mi south away0.5 Poor
- Fairy Cove0.6 km0.4 mi north-east away0.5 Poor
- Paignton Sands1.1 km0.7 mi north away0.5 Poor
- Paignton Beach1.5 km0.9 mi north away0.5 Poor
- Preston Sands1.8 km1.1 mi north away0.5 Poor