Saundersfoot Beach

About Saundersfoot Beach

Saundersfoot grew as an anthracite coal port, and its harbour still sits on the main sandy beach. The sandy middle is the weak part for glass; the harbour margins, rocky stretches towards Coppet Hall and the narrower Glen Beach south of the harbour are where collectors look. It's an easy, beginner-friendly beach next door to Wiseman's Bridge.

Sea glass at Saundersfoot Beach

One family found over twenty pieces in a visit, mostly clear and green, including a couple with patterns. Guides list green, brown and white as common, with blue, aqua, amber and turquoise occasional and cobalt, black, lavender and red rare. Search the pebbles at the base of the harbour walls at low tide, the strandline after easterly weather, and Glen Beach.

Visiting Saundersfoot Beach

Getting there

Harbour Car Park is on the beach frontage (SA69 9EJ). Saundersfoot station is a request stop about 25–30 minutes' walk away, much of it without pavement. The Wales Coast Path runs through tunnels to Coppet Hall and Wiseman's Bridge.

Parking

Harbour Car Park (SA69 9EJ), around 200 spaces, ANPR pay-before-you-leave; Regency and Coppet Hall council car parks charge 1 March–31 October.

Toilets

Public toilets at the harbour near the Sailing Club, open year-round; accessible toilets also opposite the Regency Hall.

Safety

Check the tide times before you go and head out on a falling tide, so you're never cut off. Keep away from the bottom of cliffs, wear sturdy shoes on rocks, and only take sea glass and other man-made rubbish: pebbles, sand and shells should stay on the beach.