Short answer: The beach is two miles of flat sand, and the Guillemot Bar at Latitude 51 is specifically praised for very good wheelchair and mobility-scooter access. The pebble ridge behind the beach is hard going — plan to avoid crossing it.
Westward Ho! has two miles of flat sand, which is the good news. The catch is the enormous natural pebble ridge behind it, a bank of cobbles thrown up by the sea. It is fascinating and it is hard going — not somewhere to push a wheelchair.
The village and the main beach access near the front are the practical route onto the sand.
On any sandy beach, time the visit for a falling tide. Firm wet sand is far easier with wheels than soft dry sand, and it is the single biggest thing you can do to make a beach day work with a buggy or a wheelchair.
This is the one to know. The Guillemot Bar at Latitude 51 has a spacious bar, garden and restaurant with beach views, and reviewers specifically single out its very good wheelchair and mobility-scooter access. Enormous portions at fair prices, and a big cider range.
The Pier House is a big glass-fronted restaurant above the bay with window tables looking out to sea. Nomad Larder at the Pig on the Hill is up the hill from the village — walkable, but uphill.
A few minutes away, joined via Bideford or Instow. Flat, paved, benched and traffic-free — the best accessible walk in north Devon.
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