So my grandmother unfortunately passed away a couple of weeks ago. Whilst assisting with the sorting of her belongings and house we found this picture of my grandfather and my mum and her brothers. The picture dates back to the early 1960’s and we believe it could be in Devon near Westward Ho! My mum seems to distinctly remember the tide going really far out but can’t remember where the beach is. Any assistance would be really appreciated guys!

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31 comments

  1. I wish you luck, there is literally no defining features in this photograph

  4. With the way beaches change over time and there be no visible landmarks, it could be almost anywhere in the world with a wide sandy beach.

  5. Well, the sun is setting in the picture, and which direction does the sun set? That may help you

  6. Assuming the whiteish blur is the sun, then it’s more likely setting than rising for people to be chilling on the beach unless you got down there at 4am, which makes this a predominantly west facing beach, so it’s not Margate or Southend.

  7. I was going to say Skegness (the tide goes way out) but the sun is setting out at sea – so if it’s UK it’s down the West coast, I would think? Morecombe, possibly (if it is the UK, but come on, look at the windbreakers, that’s definitely us 😀 )

  8. Looks like the entirety of the coast line where I live (west cumbria), all 100+ miles of it. if it were taken in this region though, the most likely spots would be Allonby, Silloth or St Bees.

    good luck!

  10. Could be New gale in pembrokeshire:

    – west facing beach

    – no distinct features poking out to sea

    – separation line between beach and foreground (where now on New gale there are pebbles)

    Only thing against this suggestion would be that it’d be quite difficult not to capture the two north/south headlands in the image.

  12. Westward Ho! Thought it was straightaway before reading your caption

  13. My guess is Southport. It is also west facing as other posters have identified.

    Tide goes so far out you can’t even see the sea sometimes, however this isn’t anywhere near the vicinity you’re looking in.

  15. North Devon, went to a beach there years ago and the tide goes out ridiculously far. There’s a gravel embankment right at the top of the beach and I swear, at low tide the water is about 400 yards away.

  18. It MIGHT be Saunton Sands, I googled for ‘Saunton sajnds tide out’ and ended up with this:

    [https://www.campsites.co.uk/search/campsites-with-swimming-pools-in-devon/saunton](https://www.campsites.co.uk/search/campsites-with-swimming-pools-in-devon/saunton)

    The only reason I have for this is it is near Westward Ho! and, in the photo,. there’s what appears to be a natural channel still holding some water, and in the linked photo9 above, I think that’s how the t9ide might look as it fills in the beach.

    My dad was a lifeguard an Bantham/Bigbury for ten years, it doesn’t look like those beaches!

  19. I’d say it’s most likely Westward Ho!
    ✅ Pebble ridge.
    ✅ Tide goes out rediculous distance.

  20. It’s Westward Ho! beach in North Devon. That’s the pebble ridge the picture is taken from. It’s my hometown. It’s very distinct and it ties into the fact they have said to have been here.

  21. I think Westward Ho! is the most reasonable answer. It fits really nicely with a photo taken from above the subjects on top of the pebble ridge, the direction according to where the low sun would be in the summer is correct, the extent of tide fits and it corresponds with what you already suspect.

  22. The rocks and the low tide makes it look like Morecambe. Though, I have no idea if this could be where the photo was taken.

  27. It could literally be Westward Ho! beach as the tide goes out really far.

  28. Maybe Saunton sands? The tide goes out really far there!!

  31. I saw this and immediately thought Westward Ho! I lived a mile from it for 20 years. It has the long flat beach and pebble ridge. It’s quite distinctive, so quite likely imo.

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