The sands and dunes stretching into the distance are protected areas noted for overwintering birds and the special dune habitats that host a diverse range of wildflowers and insects. The route continues along a short stretch of sandy beach before turning up a slipway and through the holiday park until you reach the road entrance and turn left along the road footway.

On the embankment on your right is Balgreggan Motte, the base of a medieval castle that once dominated the area. The area has a long history with evidence of early settlers provided by flints tools found in the sand dunes and a hoard of Roman coins uncovered at a nearby quarry.

The village has grown from a single row of cottages in the early 1800s to the village you see today. The old creamery on your right has been converted into flats and was built in 1893 to make cheese. The whey left over from the cheese making process was used to feed pigs in a piggery across the road (now Piggery Lane). The terrace of old cottages were demolished in 1955 and people were rehoused in modern houses. All that remains of the old village is the shop on your left, and the public house on your right. At the far end of the village is the old school which was extended in 1877 and replaced by a new school in 1939.
Return to the shore carpark.