Can I take my dog on Southend-on-Sea beach today?

• The city's beaches, to mean low waterNo dogs, 1 May to 30 September, all day. Every beach in the city, out to mean low water. We draw five stretches of it, from the beach outlines on the map, between Leigh-on-Sea and Shoeburyness.The order: “beaches to mean low water, 1 May to 30 September”

  

• Southend BeachNo dogs, 1 May to 30 September, all day. The beach the map names Southend Beach, out to mean low water.The order: “Southend Beach”

  

• Three Shells BeachNo dogs, 1 May to 30 September, all day. The beach the map names Three Shells Beach, out to mean low water.The order: “Three Shells Beach”

  

• Bell Wharf BeachNo dogs, 1 May to 30 September, all day. The beach the map names Bell Wharf Beach, out to mean low water.The order: “Bell Wharf Beach”

  

The council publishes no map of these orders, so the shaded areas are drawn by us from the landmarks the order names.

From 1 May to 30 September (153 days) dogs are banned from The city's beaches, to mean low water, Southend Beach, Three Shells Beach and Bell Wharf Beach, all day.

For the other 212 days of the year no ban holds on those stretches.

Public Spaces Protection Order (Dog Control) No 1 of 2025, made by Southend-on-Sea City Council. In force from 11 July 2025 until 10 July 2028. We read it on 9 October 2026.

• The order in force, on Southend-on-Sea City Council's page
• We quote it from the sealed order, read in full from the copy on the council's page (it has no plans: places are named in its text).

Other beaches along this coast are on the Essex beaches page.