Eastney Beach

Where

Along Southsea Esplanade between St. George’s Road and Henderson Road. There is ample pay and display parking along the Esplanade.

Opening Times

This site is open at all times

Area

125,600 square metres   (12.6 Hectares)

What’s There

• Eastney Beach is just under 1.5 miles in length and located to the south-eastern end of Portsea Island.

• It is recognisably different to the adjoining 2.5 miles of beach to the west by the significant amount of vegetation that can be found here.

• To some people, the patches of plant life look unnatural for a beach that is predominantly shingle. However, the vegetated shingle is recognised as a valuable habitat containing some nationally rare species. This part of the beach is designated as a SINC (Site of Importance for Nature Conservation).  Two interpretation boards have been erected on the beach to help illustrate the significance of this flaura and fauna.

• Amongst the typical species of plant normally found in coastal regions, there are populations of many national rarities such as Nottingham Catchfly, Sea Holly, Sea Kale, Yellow Horned Poppy, Sea Bindweed and Sea Radish.

• The beach and the adjoining Eastney Lake are also valuable roosting and feeding sites for bird life. Regular visitors are gulls, terns and waders such as Dunlin, Sanderling and Ringed Plover.

• Two interpretation boards have been erected at either end of Eastney Beach to illustrate

You can download a full species list of flora that can be found in Eastney or a copy of the interpretation board by clicking on one of the documents below.

Associated documents:

  Eastney Species List  (0.03 MB)
Flora and Fauna of Eastney Beach  (0.82 MB)
Hants Biodiversity Information Centre - Species List  (0.34 MB)