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Dog friendly beaches in Western Isles
♡ Favourite♥ SavedHomore
Lochboisdale
Western Isles
- Dogs allowed all year round
- Wild and spacious
- Spirits of olden times
- Wonderful walking
- Dog friendly beach in the Western Isles
For this seasonal re-visit, I returned to Homore itself, walking past the chapel, down to the white, sandy beach, with its river running to the sea and its sheltering dunes. The beach is stunningly beautiful, with an unspoilt backdrop and a sense of timelessness. The area has… Read more
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♡ Favourite♥ SavedValtos
Steornabhagh (Stornoway)
Western Isles
- Dogs allowed all year round
- Unspoilt beauty
- Viking heritage
- Walks galore
- Dog friendly beach in Stornoway
There are two magnificent beaches here, made of shells. The campsite is at the northern end of the beaches and has good facilities. This area has some of the most beautiful scenery on the islands and the beaches are second to none. It's an oasis of calm, a wonderful place to… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedLuskentyre
Luskentyre
Western Isles
- Dogs allowed all year round
- Stunning coral beach
- Regular
- Views to Taransay
- Dog friendly beach on the Western Isles
This outstanding shell beach runs for miles around a headland in the west of Harris, with views across to Taransay. It's a regular candidate in the "best beaches..." polls and time seems to stand still here. The bay is unspoilt and the turquoise water is inviting. The natural… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedVatersay
Castlebay
Western Isles
- Dogs allowed all year round
- Stunning natural beauty
- Easterly and Westerly vistas
- Emigrant shipwreck tragedy
- Dog Friendly Beach in Castlebay
Two beaches lie either side of a narrow machair peninsula on Vatersay. This most southerly of the Western Isles offers windswept sand and outstanding natural beauty to the visitor. Above the west beach is a monument to the three hundred and fifty people who lost their lives in… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedTolsta
Tolsta Head
Western Isles
- Great views over The Minch
- Dogs allowed all year round
- Unspoilt environment
- Largest beach on Isle of Lewis
- Dog friendly beach in Tolsta Head
Tolsta is a relatively large Hebridean village and is quite remote, located 14 miles north of Stornoway. Facing east across The Minch towards the Scottish mainland, the main beach is reasonably sheltered and popular with surfers. It is the largest beach on Lewis, truly… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedHorseshoe Bay
Lochmaddy
Western Isles
- Dogs allowed all year round
- Stunning natural beauty
- Balranald Nature Reserve
- Passing whales
- Dog friendly beach in the Western Isles
This beach is officially called Traigh nam Faoilean, but is known locally as Horseshoe Bay. It's north-facing and as such provides excellent shelter for safe swimming and watersports, particularly windsurfing. Access is via the Visitor Centre car park at the RSPB Balranald… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedHosta
Lochmaddy
Western Isles
- Dogs allowed all year round
- Wild and unspoilt
- Wonderful birdlife, flora and fauna
- Great surfing beach
- Dog Friendly Beach in Lochmaddy
This is the premier surfing beach in the Western Isles, pointing due west to face the Atlantic breakers. As well as the water sports that are available here, the sand dunes and machair behind the beach are a haven for birds like the corncrake and numerous wild flowers and… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedSeilebost
Northton
Western Isles
- Stunning shell beach
- Flowers on the macchair in early spring
- Dogs allowed all year round
- Views to Taransay
- Dog friendly beach on the Western Isles
Seilebost beach sits at the southern edge of Luskentyre Bay, in effect sharing the idyllic location of Luskentyre beach, which sits on the northern edge. Both beaches are part of the National Scenic Area of South Lewis, Harris and North Uist. This beach is easily accessed from… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedBostadh
Tobson
Western Isles
- Wonderfully isolated
- Viking remains
- Iron Age Mill
- On Great Bernera
- Dog friendly beach on the Western Isles
This north west-facing beach is located at the top of Great Bernera island, which itself is accessed by a road bridge As well as being a beautiful, pristine strand, it features a reclaimed Iron Age Mill at the back of the beach. This was discovered in the sand after a fierce… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedTangasdale
Castlebay
Western Isles
- Unsurpassed natural beauty
- Dogs allowed all year round
- Unspoilt natural environment
- Try nearby Vatersay too
- Dog friendly beach in Castlebay
This west-facing beach is idyllic, in terms of its location and its unspoilt nature. Featuring the UK's most westerly hotel on the road by the beach, a visit here needn't be an austere experience. The sea is clear blue and the sand is white, with wonderful Atlantic views to… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedColl Sands
Steornabhagh (Stornoway)
Western Isles
- Dogs allowed all year round
- On the sheltered side of Lewis
- Great views across The Minch
- Wide open space for walks
The beach at Coll (Traigh Chuil), generally known as Coll Sands, is located on the east side of Lewis, between Tolsta and Stornoway. It's a relatively long beach and on a clear day, you can look across to the mountains on the Scottish mainland. As a touring base, this is ideal,… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedScarista
Northton
Western Isles
- Unspoilt beauty
- Dogs allowed all year round
- Next to the hills of Harris
- Plenty of space for dogs to run
- Dog Friendly Beach in Northton
This is among the most southerly of the west-facing South Harris beaches, all of which are part of the South Lewis, Harris and North Uist National Scenic Area. The beach comprises a vast area of pristine sand. It is approached over sand dunes and via machair that is decorated… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedClachan Sands
Lochmaddy
Western Isles
- Dogs allowed all year round
- White shell beach
- Utterly unspoilt
- Plenty of space for dogs to run
This North Uist beach comprises a wide swathe of white shell sand. The shallow water makes it an ideal snorkeling site. The beach is part of the North Uist Machair Special Area of Conservation and the machair's wild flowers are a fine sight in the summer. You can see the… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedScaristavore
Northton
Western Isles
- Dogs allowed all year round
- One of a fine string of beaches
- Unspoilt and natural
- Crofting heritage
- Dog friendly beach on the Western Isles
Scaristavore is wider and less deep than the next beach to the north, Borve and less expansive than Scarista, that is adjacent to the south. Like its neighbours, it is outstandingly beautiful, with access via a standing stone at one end of the beach. Another feature here is the… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedDalmore
Carloway River
Western Isles
- Dogs allowed all year round
- Next to smaller Dalbeg beach
- Fine coastal walks
- Good parking and access
- Dog friendly beach in the Western Isles
Tripadvisor has rated the beaches of Lewis and Harris to be the best in Europe, bar none. Dalmore is the larger of the two beaches here, the other being Dalbeg, with "mhor" meaning "large" and "beag" meaning "small" in Gaelic. Both are situated just north of Carloway, on the… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedHuisinis
Amhuinnsuidhe
Western Isles
- Dogs allowed all year round
- Stunning single track approach
- Outstandingly beautiful
- Views to St Kilda if you're lucky
- Dog friendly beach in Amhuinnsuidhe
The spectacular approach to Huisinis beach whets the appetite for the pleasure to come. You drive along a scenic, twisting fourteen mile lane, that offers visual delights at every turn. Spectacular Amhuinnsuidhe Castle, guards the approach, with canons that point seaward. The… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedNorthton
Northton
Western Isles
- Dogs allowed all year round
- South-facing
- Choice of four beaches
- Great views towards North Uist
Northton beach, also known as Traigh an Thaoibh Tuath, is large and sits at the southern end of Scarista beach, but there are also four small south-facing beaches in the immediate area that appear like hidden jewels on the coastline. The beaches are regularly visited by otters,… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedBerneray West Beach
Lochmaddy
Western Isles
- Dogs allowed all year round
- Sand dunes and machair
- Great coastal walks
- Unspoilt
- Dog Friendly Beach in Lochmaddy
The West Beach on the Isle of Berneray, which sits between South Harris and North Uist, comprises three miles of unspoilt, clean white shell surface. This is a Special Protection Area of international significance for birds, specifically dunlin, ringed plover, terns and visiting… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedBorve
Northton
Western Isles
- Dogs allowed all year round
- Part of a fine string of beaches
- Boat trips from here
- Machair behind the beach
- Dog friendly beach on the Western Isles
This is one beach in an outstandingly beautiful collection that run down the west coast of South Harris. Borve beach is deeper and less wide than neighbouring Scaristavore and Scarista beyond. A spectacular panorama unfolds, as you look out from the beach towards the sea. The… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedTraigh Mhor
Barra
Western Isles
- Airport on the beach
- Dogs allowed all year round
- Compton Mackenzie lived here
- Beautiful Isle of Barra
- Dog Friendly Beach in Barra
Traigh Mhor is the beach that provides the runway for Barra's airport. Its English translation from the Gaelic is "Big Beach", just as well. An orange windsock warns of planes' imminent arrival. The machair behind the beach is also a riot of wild primroses in late spring and… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedHorgabost
Northton
Western Isles
- Dogs allowed all year round
- Stunning shell beach
- Direct views to Taransay
- Summer wild flowers on the machair
You look straight out to Taransay from this exceptional beach and sunsets are a particular highlight, as the light hits the hills opposite. There's an excellent, well-run campsite within a stone's throw of the beach, with a shop and all the facilities you might need. The beach… Read more
