What We Do

Beach Wheelchairs is a Scottish charity which believes that everyone has the right to enjoy our beautiful beaches.

The charity started hiring adapted wheelchairs for the beach for free from the Beach Hut in North Berwick in July 2015.  We now have 3 projects and have hired our beach wheelchairs nearly 1000 times.  Each hire is unique and allows families and friends to spend special time together on the beach. 

We are based in North Berwick (East Lothian), Portobello (Edinburgh) and Seton Sands (East Lothian). Each site has a range of beach wheelchairs and equipment.  Please click on the tabs above to see what is available at each site and details of how to book.

Beach wheelchairs can also be used to allow children to take part in educational trips, individuals to attend beach weddings and may be used at other beaches or off road sites by prior arrangement.

All of the wheelchairs have been specially designed to enable individuals with disabilities to get back on the beach. Unlike a standard manual wheelchair they have large, rubber wheels which move easily over the sand. We hire out beach wheelchairs free of charge from each of our seaside locations using local volunteers.