Lunan Bay

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It's a popular spot for surfers, horse riders and bird watchers, with a long sandy beach, sand dunes, and the historic Red Castle ruins looking over te bay.

Lunan Bay is 1.6km/1 mile.

Lunan Bay is between Arbroath and Montrose.

Lunan Bay is a very popular beach in Scotland.

Lunan Bay is well known for it's stunning natural beauty (must visit).

Need to Knows (Weather & Equipment)

Plan your Walk

Dogs cannot go out in weather below -5 degrees celsius and cannot go out in weather above weather between 20-23 degrees celsuis.

Step 1 - Check the weather

Step 2 - Plan your walk

Step 3 - Necessary equipment

Step 4 - Transport

Step 5 - Exercise your dog

Step 6 - Make sure you adhere to the laws

Winter Items

For winter you may need some dog jackets and a flask for non-frozen water for dogs to drink, another thing you may need is a first aid kit incase you or your dog slips on the ice and hurts itself or yourself you may also need a heat packet incase you get cold.

Summer Items

For summer you may need a lot of water for yourself and your dog if its really warm, dog friendly sunscreen also need sunscreen for yourself as well so you don't burn with the warm climate, bring many toys for the dog too play with and a lead incase if it goes very hyper and if its not the biggest of dogs make sure if it goes in the water you have a lead on it for safety but if its quite big it can go in further but its not ideal if it cant swim make sure your watching the dog.

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Our Walks

Short Walks

This short walk took approx. 20 mins and there is a cafe at the end of the route.

You will also be walking along the beach so you will have to wear the right footwear, clothes for the weather that day, and maybe bring a drink with you in case you don't want to spend money at the cafe.

Here is the website that you can go on to see the route or make your own route to walk on.

https://www.plotaroute.com/routeplanner

Distance - 0.566 Time - 20 mins

Surface - Smooth and soft at some spots

Aimed at - Dogs and dog walkers

Suitable for - Dogs and walkers with families & friends

Unsuitable for - People with disabilities

Short Walks

Distance:0.947 Time: 21 mins

Surface - Grassy and sandy

Aimed at - Dog walkers

Suitable for - Dogs

Unsuiatable: People who don't like sand or grass

Long Walks

The long route starts at the lunan bay beach near the main lunan bay and you go south until the lunan water where you ge west until the river you can either go and follow the river or keep going west until the river then follow the river till the sea then you can follow the beach north until the town and you are done

The estimated time is 1 hour and 52 minutes

Four out of five stars for difficulty

Unavalible for wheelchair and pram users

Distance - 0.566 Time - 20 mins

Surface - smooth and soft at some spots

Aimed at - Dogs and Dog Walkers

Suitable for - Dogs and Walkers with families / friends

Unsuitable for - People with disabilities

Long Walks

This walk takes about 39 minutes.

The route starts at the car park and it ends just near the car park. This walk is smooth at most points. This walk is also flat, so that means there are no hills on this walk.

The distance of this walk is 1.500 miles. We recommend that your dog stays on a shorter lead until you reach the beach.

The Lunan Bay beach carpark opens at 8am and closes at 9pm.

On our walk to Lunan Bay, we met Reggie the fluffy French Bulldog who was enjoying his first ever trip to the beach.

The Red Castle

At the red castle, there are some things I recommend doing in Lunan Bay is walking your dog around the castle, play some games like fetch with your pet and even climb something, but you have to be careful and get the right equipment, so you do not get hurt badly. It is open for 24 hours a day.

For more information on Red castle: https://www.scottishcastlesassociation.com/news/news-features/red-castle.htm

Lunan bay hotel

On tripadvisor the Lunan Bay Hotel is rated 2.7 stars and some of the reviews say that the service is not that good but the sleep quality is five stars

although the surrounding region looks fancy and posh it only costs £91 per night

If you want more information then visit:

LUNAN HOUSE HOTEL - Updated 2025 Reviews, Photos & Prices

Lunan bay cafe

When does the cafe open:

Monday to Friday All Day - Restaurant 11:00 - 17:00

Saturday & Sunday All Day - Restaurant 9:00 - 17:00

For more information:

Lunan Bay Cafe and Farm Shop : Retail/Commercial/Industrial : Scotland's New Buildings : Architecture in profile the building environment in Scotland - Urban Realm

Tips from our pupils:

"If you want your dog to go in the water you might want life jackets for small dogs, you will need long leads, food if you want, frisbee, towel in case it gets wet or sandy, Dog poop bags, some water if your dog is dehydrated, and a dog whistle in case it runs off."

"Small dogs can walk for about 2-3km."

"Medium dogs can walk for about 4-5km."

"Large dogs can walk for about 8-10km."

"One need to know is that if you have a tiny dog you shouldn`t let it in the water as if you do the water can drown your dog so if it can`t swim it can drown."

"High tide can flood the beach side so small dogs can be swept away - be careful."

"Before we went on our walk to Lunan Bay, we interviewed our teachers at our school about dog walks. We asked questions such as; if they have a dog (if so how many), how long they walk their dog for, and what is their dogs favourite place to go on a walk. From these interviews we found that the majority of our teachers have one dog whilst a smaller group has more than one."