Poppit Sands

Wheelchair Walks

Beach Path (Wheelchair Walk)

DISTANCE: 80m.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT: Service bus Poppit Sands 407 Poppit Rocket (seasonal) – neither are wheelchair accessible.
CHARACTER:  Timber boardwalk to beacon (level).

Park in the large National Park car park near the beach (charge in season but blue badge holders park free). Leave car park by pedestrian exit.

Cross the road towards the lifeboat station with its shop and adjacent public toilet.  Access to beach is along a timber boardwalk.

The sand at the top of the beach is dry and loose you will need help to cross it.  Lower down the sand is hard and almost level, but the tide comes in very rapidly. Wheelchair 80 metres.

Marsh Path (Adventure Wheelchair Walk)

DISTANCE: 380m.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT: Service bus Poppit Sands 407 Poppit Rocket (seasonal) – neither are wheelchair accessible.
CHARACTER: Compacted stone surface, long gentle gradients.

Adventure Wheelchair walk Path starts at short distance from car park entrance along a minor road (84 metres along level road).

Look out for wooden signpost on roadside with wheelchair accessible wooden gate.

Compacted stone surface along causeway across marsh to stream for 170 metres and then continuing alongside stream through woodland for a further 210 metres to caravan site.

Long gentle gradients  – not suitable for manual wheelchairs.

Find these Walks

Grid ref: SN152485

SAFETY FIRST!

  • Take great care when on the Coast Path
  • Stay on the path and away from cliff edges
  • Wear boots and warm, waterproof clothing
  • Take extra care in windy and/or wet conditions
  • Always supervise children and dogs
  • Leave gates and property as you find them