Borrow Pit Bay

Borrow Pit Bay: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this beach: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Borrow Pit Bay

Season: October to March; rough seas and lifeguard warnings June to September.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Borrow Pit Bay — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 51.80806, 1.21546. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Borrow Pit Bay

• Mersea Fort · fort · Cambridgeshire and Peterborough · ~18 km · Must-see
• Beacon Hill Battery · fort · Cambridgeshire and Peterborough · ~19 km · Must-see
• Landguard Fort · fort · Cambridgeshire and Peterborough · ~20 km · Must-see
• Mersea Island · beach · Cambridgeshire and Peterborough · ~24 km · Must-see
• Welsh Wood · park · Cambridgeshire and Peterborough · ~26 km · Must-see
• Colchester Castle · fort · Cambridgeshire and Peterborough · ~29 km · Must-see
• Hilly Fields, Colchester · park · Cambridgeshire and Peterborough · ~31 km · Must-see
• Bobbits Lane · park · Cambridgeshire and Peterborough · ~32 km · Must-see
• Stoke Park Wood · park · Cambridgeshire and Peterborough · ~32 km · Must-see
• Spring Lane Meadows · park · Cambridgeshire and Peterborough · ~32 km · Must-see
• Landseer Park · park · Cambridgeshire and Peterborough · ~32 km · Must-see
• Newbourne Springs · sanctuary · Cambridgeshire and Peterborough · ~34 km · Must-see
• Colchester Zoo · park · Cambridgeshire and Peterborough · ~34 km · Must-see
• Alexandra Park · park · Cambridgeshire and Peterborough · ~34 km · Must-see
• Sandlings · park · Cambridgeshire and Peterborough · ~34 km · Must-see
• Gippeswyk Park · park · Cambridgeshire and Peterborough · ~35 km · Must-see
• Chantry Park · park · Cambridgeshire and Peterborough · ~35 km · Must-see
• Alderman Canal East · park · Cambridgeshire and Peterborough · ~35 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Borrow Pit Bay

Other beaches & coast near Borrow Pit Bay

• Mersea Island · beach · Cambridgeshire and Peterborough · ~24 km · Must-see
• Botany Bay · beach · Kent · ~61 km · Must-see
• Herne Bay Pier · beach · Kent · ~61 km · Must-see
• Canvey Lake · beach · Kent · ~67 km · Must-see
• Egypt Bay Beach · beach · Kent · ~73 km · Must-see
• South Foreland Lower Lighthouse · beach · Kent · ~94 km · Must-see
• South Foreland · beach · Kent · ~94 km · Must-see
• West Head Light · beach · Kent · ~97 km · Must-see
• Lowestoft Lighthouse · beach · Kent · ~105 km · Must-see
• Gorleston (Range Rear) Lighthouse · beach · Kent · ~115 km · Must-see

All beaches & coast in Kent

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