Abertay Sands

Abertay Sands: 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 Abertay Sands

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 Abertay Sands — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 56.44557, -2.76854. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Abertay Sands

• Broughty Castle · fort · Dundee City · ~8 km · Must-see
• Ardestie Earth House · fort · Angus · ~8 km · Must-see
• Tayport Low Light · fort · Fife · ~10 km · Must-see
• Claypotts Castle · fort · Dundee City · ~10 km · Must-see
• Leuchars Castle · fort · Fife · ~12 km · Must-see
• St Athernase · church · Fife · ~13 km · Must-see
• Panmure Estate, Folly · fort · Angus · ~13 km · Must-see
• Wardlaw Museum · museum · Fife · ~14 km · Must-see
• St James' Catholic Church · church · Fife · ~14 km · Must-see
• Baxter Park · park · Dundee City · ~14 km · Must-see
• St Andrews Castle · fort · Fife · ~14 km · Must-see
• Dundee International Submarine Memorial · church · Dundee City · ~15 km · Must-see
• All Saints' · church · Fife · ~15 km · Must-see
• St. Mary on the Rock · church · Fife · ~15 km · Must-see
• Hope Park and Martyrs Church · church · Fife · ~15 km · Must-see
• Holy Trinity · church · Fife · ~15 km · Must-see
• Blackfriars · fort · Fife · ~15 km · Must-see
• V&A Dundee · museum · Dundee City · ~15 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Abertay Sands

Other beaches & coast near Abertay Sands

• Fife Ness · beach · Fife · ~27 km · Must-see
• Bell Rock Lighthouse · beach · Scotland · ~29 km · Must-see
• Scurdie Ness Lighthouse · beach · Angus · ~44 km · Must-see
• Fidra Lighthouse · beach · East Lothian · ~52 km · Must-see
• Broad Sands · beach · East Lothian · ~53 km · Must-see
• Aberlady Bay · beach · East Lothian · ~60 km · Must-see
• Inchkeith Lighthouse · beach · Fife · ~64 km · Must-see
• Longniddry Bents · beach · East Lothian · ~65 km · Must-see
• Seton Sands · beach · East Lothian · ~66 km · Must-see
• Barns Ness · beach · East Lothian · ~68 km · Must-see

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