Les Deux Caps
Audresselles beach
Two small wild beaches, separated by the Côte de Fer
The essentials
- Water quality
How this rating is calculated
The regional health agency samples the water several times a season and measures two faecal bacteria: Escherichia coli and intestinal enterococci.
The rating isn’t based on a single sample, but on all the results from the last four seasons. It’s recalculated every year and places the beach into one of four levels, from poor to excellent, based on the share of results that exceed European thresholds.
The upshot: a beach rated excellent can be closed on a stormy day, and a poorly rated beach can have perfect water today. The rating shows the trend, not today’s weather.
Good
- Monitored bathing
Health monitoring and supervision
This is the period declared by the local council during which the regional health agency tests the water.
This isn’t the period of lifeguard supervision, which is down to the local council and is often shorter. Check with the town hall before relying on it.
- From 15 June to 15 September
- The sand
- Une plage de galets et une plage de sable fin
- Dogs
- Check with the town hall
Audresselles beach: what you need to know
Audresselles beach is the closest beach to England. In fact, it's not one but two beaches, separated by a rocky area, the Côte de Fer.
These are small beaches in their natural state, loved by purists who avoid beaches crowded with tourists and shops.
- Closest to England
- Two beaches
- Unsupervised
- Rocks
Can you swim in Audresselles?
The regional health agency monitors this beach under the code FRE1262056M062120. It’s rated good water quality over the last four seasons of testing.
No closures or pollution were reported at this beach during the last monitored season.
Data: Ministry of Health, under Open Licence. Full details of the site are in its bathing water profile.
Our 3 restaurants
Where to eat near the beach of Audresselles?
Our favourite
To eat facing the sea
Le Loup de Mer
On place du Détroit, where the village meets the seafront.
1 place du Détroit, Audresselles
To stay in the harbour atmosphere
Le Retour des Flobards
Rue Marin la Meslée, close to where the flobarts are hauled up on the sand.
58 rue Marin la Meslée, Audresselles
For a stop between the two capes
De Cap en Cap
On the same street, in the heart of the village, halfway between the Gris-Nez and the Blanc-Nez.
68 rue Marin la Meslée, Audresselles
Our 3 places to stay
Where to stay near the beach of Audresselles?
Our favourite
To wake up facing the Channel
La villa face Mer
On the Audresselles seafront, a few steps from the supervised beach.
Rental · Audresselles
For a night worth talking about
Bunker Le ch'ti blockhaus
An unusual stay, in a village that still bears plenty of traces of the Atlantic Wall.
Unusual stay · Audresselles
After the beach
Worth visiting nearby
In the same area
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