Black Rock Sands is a large flat beach less than 30 minutes by car which gets busy during the summer holidays but has plenty of room for everyone to find their own bit of space. If you have young children or lots of stuff to bring onto the beach the beauty of Black Rock Sands is that you can drive onto it.

There is a great view of the Snowdonia mountains from the beach with Harlech Castle to the South and the sun setting behind Criccieth Castle in the evening.

Harlech Beach is another popular beach about 30 minutes to the South and with sand dunes.

A traffic free alternative is to catch the train to Porthmadog and walk round the harbour to Borth y Gest and the several coves that lead up to Black Rock Sands.