Ham Common

Although this is called a Common, it includes a beach.
Not a fantastic beach, a lot of locals are unaware of this gem!
It’s the kind of beach you go to for walks, for canoeing, windsurfing, or just watching someone else doing those things. It’s also great for watching the SBS practicing their stuff!
For me, Ham Common is somewhere is escape the hussle and bussle, sit and read or paddle, or take a carful of children. Not great for swimming, but there’s so much else to do. Shell collecting, rock collecting, running, bouncing stones on the water. Or annoying windsurfers or canoeists.
In summer there is almost always an icecream van, and out of season it is quiet and peaceful.
There is a small pier type thing, which is good for crabbing.
The rest of the Common is heathland, a nature reserve. There are rare flowers, butterflies and some twitchers go there.
There are public toilets, which I am not anxious to investigate, so unable to comment on those.
There a large car park which is free.