West Beach

Great local beach, drive in, empty the car and walk 10 ft to the sand. Love that you don’t have to trek ½ mile to get there. Great outside showers, and the food is awesome too.

Had to pay $ 15 to sit on the beach to watch fireworks, which was pretty pricey. The fireworks were good and you could see Marblehead’s fireworks at the same time (which looked even more impressive, honestly).
Small beach tucked in a residential neighborhood. It has a food stand, small parking lot, and nice cove.
Unless I was local I would not go to this beach.

A husband and wife with their 5-​year old son from Beverly showed up at WEST BEACH one evening. They were hoping to get out and look at the moon for a few minutes. They thought their son would like it because it was reportedly a «supermoon».
Can you believe the nerve of this family? Actually wanting to stand on the PRIVATE PROPERTY of the WEST BEACH CORPORATION for a few minutes to snap a couple pictures!!!
Well, the always attentive gatekeepers made sure that wasn’t happening! They made it clear the family would get their car towed immediately. «The kid can see the moon elsewhere!». «WEST BEACH is PRIVATE and doesn’t want your kind around here!»
So don’t worry prospective members — your beach is safe from all outsiders! They make it quite clear there will be no kindness or community spirit allowed on their beach.

there’s a shirt in my closet, it’s hung there for years
in pictures, remembered, but sadly, i fear
it won’t be seeing, light of day, again
but as I sort through, i’m remembering when
we went to west beach, in beverly farms
for the fourth of july, my dad and my mom
my son was just three, girl wasn’t born yet
and america’s flag, as big as they get
hung at prides crossing, my father’s old haunt
he’d hitch hike from there, middlebury, vermont
where he went to college, but it was west beach
summers of his youth, the memories he keeps
were made, goes there still, where he wants his ashes
spread, in the ocean, after he passes
so that shirt in the closest, will always remain
and serve to remind me, again and again
of john philip sousa, the marching band played
as together we sat, and watched the parade
pass by west beach, that fourth of july
then gazed, as the fireworks, lit up the night sky…

Beach is over-​rated an folks are always crying about not being able to get in.
There’s better beaches on the North Shore. Nothing to cry about here.

I don’t understand. I live in North Beverly and I have had the «benefit» of going here with a Farmsy two or three times. I don’t understand why they keep this beach from the rest of Beverly, it it horrible. Only people from Beverly Farms can go here (I don’t get why), and it is bad. Rocky, seaweedy, just completely horrible. It does have a volleyball net, etc, but that is probably the best part of this beach.

I’m not a big fan of this beach as it is really rocky, has cold water, and I have yet to have fun here after many many many visits.
I will say with all the pebbles and big rocks if you are into tide pools this place is insane with crazy aquatic life!