Usually the quietest of Poole's bay beaches, with year-round dog access on parts of it and a wooded chine behind.
Branksome Dene is where you go when the other beaches are full.
Same sand, same water, a wooded chine behind it, and fewer facilities, which is exactly why it stays quieter. Parts of it take dogs year-round.
Check the signage: dog boundaries and seasonal restrictions move. See dog-friendly stays and the beaches guide.
Parts of Branksome Dene allow dogs year-round, which is not the case on the main bathing beaches. Check the signs at the entrance, as boundaries change.
It is usually the quietest of Poole's bay beaches, with fewer facilities than Branksome Chine next door and correspondingly fewer people.
Sandbanks hotels, harbourside flats a street back from the Quay and the quieter beds out at Hamworthy and Broadstone, with the areas each one suits.