The Beach Apartment, Nautilus, Westward Ho is beautifully equipped with everything that you need to make your stay comfortable and enjoyable and is spotlessly clean. Claire, the owner has made everything right through from the initial Booking process to the departure details so simple and straight forward. The location of the Apartment is absolutely perfect, directly opposite the beach, parking on site is so convenient and the shops and eateries are just a few steps away. There are many lovely walks to explore, or if you prefer, just sit on the terrace at the Apartment and watch the world go by. We look forward to returning very soon.

On a blustery day and the tide was in there is still a great walk. We wereucky as tide started to go out and the dogs loved running along the beach. Lovely seeing the kids learn to surf and two wild water swimmers in what looked like choppy water.

Our family short breaks always include a visit to the beach (even in October, as the summer was taken up with family visiting from abroad). Having researched the three or so beaches local to Bideford, I chose Westward Ho!, as I'd been to the area a long time ago, but had never been to this one. We chose the part of the beach that was also a country park on the basis that it was away from the town and parking would be easier. We were pleased to discover that our choice was clean, included a Visitor Center with exhibits of finds from the beach area including whale bones and artifacts from an ancient midden. Public toilets and a cafeteria.There was a natural break that formed essentially a salt-water lake separate from the sea, which was perfect for the children to paddle in and do their sand castles. I could see that in warmer weather, it would have been easy to spend the day there. In October, with rain looming, 2-3 hours was nice.

Fantastic place, nice clean beach, flat and dog friendly at this time of year. Its dog friendly at the top end all year i believe. Even during the November 2023 storm, it was great and safe to be there as the tide was out.

We stopped by the beach so our dog could have a run. She the loves the beach and this was dog friendly when we visited. The tide was out so the beach area was huge and flat. Had a lovely walk and our dog had a great time running around

We found this beach by chance and ended up spending the day here. Car parking behind the Tesco Express is very reasonable with the added bonus of having a Tesco to get a reasonably priced lunch. There are also great Arcades on the sea front. The beach was spotlessly clean and suitable for a buggy.

We really enjoyed the mixture of sand and shingle beaches on offer. Normally beaches don't hold our children's attention for long but we spent several hours here. The food was good and reasonably priced and there is a great visitor centre just down the road.

We visited during the lovely sunny day in the last week of the school holidays and although the area was fairly busy by 11:30 we could still find a spot in the main town car park. The beach is so expansive you really don’t feel like there’s tonnes of people. Being north coast we expected it to be very choppy but this made for great body boarding or there were surf schools operating providing lessons. We found a spot by the rocks - another bonus for rockpooling. There was a great little pool that had formed when the tide was out and had warmed up perfectly for our 4 children to enjoy for over an hour despite the chill of the wind the water was lovely and warm. There is a couple of convenience shops nearby - such as a Tesco extra and lots of arcades and pubs/restaurants. A really lovely family beach destination we’re glad we’ve visited!