Beaches
Petitor
Petitor is a long-established naturist beach near St. Marychurch Golf Club on the north side of Torquay. You can normally park in Petitor Road.
You go to the end of Petitor Road and keep going down the long grassy slope. When you get to the end of that, turn left and continue down to the beach.
The beach is in a nice cove and is a mixture of rocks, pebbles and some sand. The promontories forming the boundaries of the cove are popular with fishermen and swimming is normally good but there can sometimes be some weed.
It has a strong local following - which can make it a bit cliquey - and there is an etiquette that single men go to the left of the beach and ladies, couples and families to the right (looking seaward). The locals get amused and sometimes vociferous when pleasure boats (grockle boats as they are known locally!) pass the beach close inshore - presumably passing the nudist beach is a selling point for their trips!
Petitor isn't suitable for those with mobility disabilities and even the more able bodied might find one of those telescopic hiking sticks useful that you can get in Outdoor shops.
This information is provided to help you but the Torbay Sun Club
doesn't own nor have any control over Petitor Beach.