AS of this weekend (Sunday, May 1) dogs will be banned from several Vale of Glamorgan beaches until the end of September.
Until September 30, no dogs can be taken on Whitmore Bay (Barry Island), Penarth beach, Cold Knap (Barry), Southerndown or Llantwit Major.
From October 1 dogs will be welcome on the beaches once more.
In the meantime anyone found breaking the bye-law will be facing a £500 fine.
During this time guide dogs are permitted on beaches, if accompanying a registered blind person.
There are still many beaches across the Vale of Glamorgan that still allow dogs during the summer months.
These are Fontygary Bay (Rhoose), Lavernock Point (near Penarth), Nash Point (Marcross), Ogmore-by-Sea, Porthkerry, St Mary’s Well Bay (Sully), Sully, Summerhouse Point, The Leys (Aberthaw) and Penarth Beach to the right of the slipway by the lifeboat station.
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