Every walk to the sand

115 walks, door to beach, measured and then walked. Free to use.

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This is every walk we've measured on Sydney Beachside: 105 walks from a place to stay to the sand at 17 beaches, plus 10 walks to beaches with no beds of their own. The middle walk is 10 minutes (802 m). 55 of the 105 are 10 minutes or less, and 24 are flat on the way home. The steepest is 120 m of climb, from the sand at Bronte back to Zarita Private Hotel.

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From every place to stay

105 walks, closest first at each beach. A place listed under two beaches appears twice: one walk to each sand.

Walks from each place to stay to the sand, by beach
Place to stay	Type	Walk	Distance	Climb home	Reaches the sand at
Eastern Suburbs
Coogee Beach
Coogee Bay Hotel	Hotel	1 min	107 m	flat	the middle
Coogee Sands Hotel and Apartments	Apartments	1 min	110 m	flat	the north end
Mad Monkey Coogee Beach	Hostel	2 min	158 m	flat	the middle
InterContinental Sydney Coogee Beach	Hotel	2 min	181 m	15 m	the south end
Coogee Beach House	Hostel	3 min	206 m	flat	the north end
Dive Hotel	Hotel	3 min	220 m	10 m	the middle
Coogee Bay Boutique Hotel	Hotel	3 min	234 m	flat	the middle
Coogee Beachside Hostel	Hostel	5 min	363 m	15 m	the middle
Adina Coogee Sydney	Apartments	5 min	372 m	15 m	the middle
Little Coogee Hotel	Hotel	11 min	872 m	55 m	the north end
Coogee Studio Apartments	Apartments	12 min	921 m	50 m	the north end
High Cross Randwick by Sydney Lodges	Hotel	19 min	1,529 m	75 m	the middle
Perouse Randwick by Sydney Lodges	Hotel	19 min	1,531 m	75 m	the middle
The Lurline Randwick	Hotel	20 min	1,600 m	75 m	the middle
St Marks Randwick	Hotel	21 min	1,673 m	70 m	the north end
Avoca Randwick by Sydney Lodges	Hotel	21 min	1,694 m	75 m	the middle
Veriu Randwick	Apartments	25 min	1,972 m	80 m	the middle
Avonmore on the Park Boutique Hotel	Hotel	27 min	2,142 m	80 m	the north end
The Alison Randwick	Guesthouse	29 min	2,298 m	80 m	the middle
Bondi Beach
Bondi 38 Serviced Apartments	Apartments	3 min	215 m	10 m	the south end
The Bungalows at Bondi	Apartments	3 min	225 m	10 m	the north end
Hotel Bondi	Hotel	3 min	264 m	15 m	the north end
Wake Up! Bondi Beach	Hostel	3 min	270 m	10 m	the middle
Swiss-Grand Resort & Spa	Hotel	4 min	287 m	15 m	the north end
Sydney Dreams Serviced Apartments Bondi Beach	Apartments	4 min	291 m	20 m	the south end
Bondi Beach House	Guesthouse	4 min	293 m	10 m	the south end
Hotel Ravesis	Hotel	4 min	300 m	15 m	the middle
QT Bondi	Hotel	5 min	380 m	15 m	the north end
Little Drifter Bondi Beach	Hostel	5 min	422 m	flat	the south end
Bondi Beach Backpackers	Hostel	6 min	466 m	15 m	the middle
Adina Bondi Beach Sydney	Apartments	7 min	588 m	15 m	the middle
The Blue Hotel Bondi	Hotel	9 min	756 m	20 m	the middle
Urban Rest Bondi Beach	Apartments	10 min	782 m	25 m	the north end
Beach Road Hotel	Hotel	10 min	802 m	15 m	the north end
Barrys Hotel Beach Road	Hotel	10 min	820 m	15 m	the north end
Ultimate Apartments Bondi Beach	Apartments	11 min	889 m	25 m	the middle
Bondi Beach Studios	Apartments	18 min	1,425 m	85 m	the south end
The Baxley Bondi	Guesthouse	21 min	1,716 m	95 m	the south end
Medusa Bondi	Apartments	22 min	1,750 m	90 m	the south end
lyf Bondi Junction Sydney	Hotel	31 min	2,444 m	90 m	the south end
Meriton Suites Bondi Junction	Apartments	35 min	2,772 m	95 m	the south end
Holiday Inn & Suites Sydney Bondi Junction	Hotel	36 min	2,900 m	105 m	the south end
Maroubra Beach
Southend Hotel Maroubra	Hotel	8 min	620 m	25 m	the south end
Bronte Beach
Tamarama Apartments	Apartments	7 min	570 m	25 m	the north end
Sydney Dreams Serviced Apartments Bondi Beach	Apartments	17 min	1,387 m	60 m	the north end
Bondi 38 Serviced Apartments	Apartments	20 min	1,562 m	60 m	the north end
Bondi Beach House	Guesthouse	20 min	1,614 m	65 m	the north end
Charing Cross Hotel	Hotel	23 min	1,866 m	105 m	the middle
Zarita Private Hotel	Guesthouse	26 min	2,052 m	120 m	the middle
Tamarama Beach
Tamarama Apartments	Apartments	1 min	55 m	flat	the north end
Sydney Dreams Serviced Apartments Bondi Beach	Apartments	10 min	805 m	40 m	the north end
Bondi 38 Serviced Apartments	Apartments	13 min	1,027 m	45 m	the north end
Bondi Beach House	Guesthouse	13 min	1,079 m	45 m	the north end
Zarita Private Hotel	Guesthouse	22 min	1,738 m	110 m	the north end
Charing Cross Hotel	Hotel	25 min	2,025 m	110 m	the north end
Clovelly Beach
Coogee Studio Apartments	Apartments	11 min	862 m	40 m	the north end
Little Coogee Hotel	Hotel	11 min	892 m	40 m	the north end
Coogee Sands Hotel and Apartments	Apartments	19 min	1,528 m	45 m	the middle
Coogee Beach House	Hostel	20 min	1,582 m	50 m	the middle
Mad Monkey Coogee Beach	Hostel	22 min	1,780 m	50 m	the middle
Watsons Bay
Watsons Bay Hotel	Hotel	1 min	91 m	flat	the north end
Northern Beaches
Manly Beach
Hotel Steyne	Hotel	1 min	49 m	flat	the south end
Peppers Manly Beach	Hotel	1 min	91 m	flat	the south end
The Sebel Sydney Manly Beach	Hotel	1 min	97 m	flat	the south end
Manly Shores Holiday Apartments	Apartments	1 min	116 m	flat	the middle
Boardrider Backpacker & Budget Motel	Hostel	2 min	131 m	flat	the south end
Manly Waves Hotel	Hotel	2 min	171 m	flat	the north end
Manly Paradise Motel & Apartments	Hotel	2 min	176 m	flat	the south end
Elysium Manly	Hotel	3 min	241 m	flat	the south end
Manly Beach Holiday & Executive Apartments	Apartments	4 min	305 m	flat	the south end
Manly Bunkhouse	Hostel	4 min	310 m	flat	the middle
101 Addison Road Bed & Breakfast	Guesthouse	4 min	336 m	30 m	the south end
Manly Beach Guesthouse	Guesthouse	4 min	353 m	flat	the middle
Stoke Beach House, Manly	Hostel	5 min	364 m	flat	the south end
Lotus Stay Manly Apartments	Apartments	5 min	369 m	flat	the middle
Cecil Street B&B Manly	Guesthouse	14 min	1,130 m	50 m	the south end
Fairlight Gardens	Guesthouse	22 min	1,734 m	70 m	the south end
Q Station Manly	Hotel	27 min	2,123 m	110 m	the south end
Freshwater Beach
Manly Waves Hotel	Hotel	11 min	882 m	10 m	the south end
Lotus Stay Manly Apartments	Apartments	12 min	996 m	10 m	the south end
Manly Bunkhouse	Hostel	17 min	1,328 m	20 m	the south end
Manly Shores Holiday Apartments	Apartments	17 min	1,380 m	20 m	the south end
Manly Beach Guesthouse	Guesthouse	17 min	1,382 m	15 m	the south end
Dee Why Beach
Time and Tide Hotel	Hotel	24 min	1,901 m	30 m	the middle
Palm Beach
Barrenjoey House	Hotel	14 min	1,158 m	45 m	the south end
Jonah’s	Hotel	15 min	1,201 m	115 m	the south end
Palm Beach Bed and Breakfast	Guesthouse	16 min	1,262 m	105 m	the south end
Iluka Resort Apartments	Apartments	25 min	2,002 m	110 m	the south end
Collaroy Beach
Nightelier Narrabeen	Hotel	6 min	487 m	10 m	the north end
Time and Tide Hotel	Hotel	30 min	2,422 m	95 m	the south end
Narrabeen Beach
Nightelier Narrabeen	Hotel	2 min	122 m	flat	the middle
BIG4 Sydney Lakeside Holiday Park	Apartments	22 min	1,774 m	20 m	the north end
Avalon Beach
Avalon Beach Hostel	Hostel	6 min	480 m	10 m	the south end
Whale Beach
Crane Lodge	Hotel	8 min	644 m	75 m	the south end
Jonah’s	Hotel	15 min	1,165 m	115 m	the north end
Whale Beach Guest House	Guesthouse	18 min	1,410 m	65 m	the south end
Sutherland Shire
Cronulla Beach
Quest Cronulla Beach	Apartments	2 min	143 m	15 m	the north end
Rydges Cronulla Beachside	Hotel	2 min	189 m	25 m	the north end
Guesthouse 83	Guesthouse	9 min	705 m	30 m	the north end
Cronulla Motor Inn	Hotel	9 min	731 m	30 m	the north end
Cronulla Seabreeze Bed & Breakfast	Guesthouse	20 min	1,605 m	35 m	the south end
Quest Woolooware Bay	Apartments	32 min	2,566 m	40 m	the north end
Bundeena
Beachhaven on Horderns Beach	Guesthouse	2 min	161 m	flat	the south end
Red Door B and B	Guesthouse	3 min	262 m	flat	the middle
Bundeena Beachshack	Guesthouse	8 min	619 m	20 m	the south end

To beaches with no beds of their own

10 beaches where nobody runs a hotel, hostel or guesthouse. The walk is from the nearest places to stay.

Walks from the nearest places to stay to beaches with no accommodation
Beach	Walk from	Walk	Distance
Eastern Suburbs
Gordons Bay	Coogee Sands Hotel and Apartments at the north end of Coogee Beach	8 min	650 m
Malabar	The Southend Hotel at the south end of Maroubra	26 min	2,060 m
Little Bay	The Southend Hotel at the south end of Maroubra	50 min	4,000 m
Northern Beaches
Shelly Beach	Peppers and The Sebel at the south end of Manly Beach	15 min	1,180 m
Curl Curl	Manly Waves Hotel at Queenscliff, the north end of Manly Beach	26 min	2,070 m
Long Reef	The Time and Tide Hotel in Dee Why	27 min	2,180 m
Bilgola	Avalon Beach Hostel	16 min	1,280 m
Sutherland Shire
Wanda	Quest Cronulla Beach at North Cronulla	14 min	1,090 m
Elouera	Quest Cronulla Beach at North Cronulla	8 min	640 m
Gunnamatta Bay	Rydges Cronulla Beachside, facing Cronulla Beach	13 min	1,010 m

How the walks are measured

Each walk starts at the front door and ends at the nearest edge of the sand, along the footpaths, steps and tracks on OpenStreetMap. It’s a walking route, never a driving one, timed at an easy 4.8 km/h. Then the routes were walked in person to check them.

The climb home is every bit of uphill on the walk back from the beach, added up and rounded to 5 m. Under 10 m reads as flat. The height comes from 30 m elevation data at most beaches and 90 m data at a few; the download says which, walk by walk.

Last measured 9 October 2026. If a walk looks wrong to you, tell me and I’ll re-walk it.