Wembury is a designated bathing water in Devon. Its water quality was classed Good at the Environment Agency's last classification. Water quality here can dip after heavy rain. It is one of 67 bathing waters in the county. The surrounding countryside is part of South Devon National Landscape.
For arrivals by rail, Plymouth Station is 7.8 km to the north-west. For more of the same, Bovisand and Newton and Noss are close by.
