The Beaches

Worth seeing in and around The Beaches

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Birchmount Stadium

   Birchmount Stadium is a multi-purpose outdoor sports facility in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Situated in Birchmount Park, it is located near Kingston Road and Birchmount Road in the former city of Scarborough.

   3.7 km · stadium at Birchmount · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Woodbine Beach

   Woodbine Beach is situated along Toronto waterfront's with Lake Ontario and is the largest beach in Toronto. It is located in the Beaches neighbourhood of Toronto, south of Lake Shore Boulevard at the foot of Woodbine Avenue, and is next to Ashbridge's Bay and Kew-Balmy Beach.

   1.6 km · beach in Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia
3. 03
   R. C. Harris Water Treatment Plant

   The R. C. Harris Water Treatment Plant in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is both a crucial piece of infrastructure and an architecturally acclaimed historic building named after the longtime commissioner of Toronto's public works Roland Caldwell Harris. The plant's architect was Thomas Canfield Pomphrey with engineers H.G. Acres and William Gore.

   1.3 km · building in Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Kew Gardens

   Kew Gardens is a large park in The Beaches neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The park stretches from Queen Street East to Lake Ontario at Kew Beach.

   600 m · public park in Toronto, Canada · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Maple Leaf Forever Park

   Maple Leaf Forever Park is a municipal park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The park is named after the song "The Maple Leaf Forever" composed by Alexander Muir.

   2.9 km · park in Canada · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Ted Reeve Arena

   The Ted Reeve Community Arena is a multi-purpose arena that is located on 175 Main Street and Gerrard Street East in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The building was opened in 1954 and named in commemoration to Canadian athlete Ted Reeve, and underwent repair work in 1997, and 2023.

   1.2 km · multi-purpose arena in Toronto · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Church of St. Aidan

   The Church of St. Aidan is an Anglican church in The Beaches neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

   800 m · church in Toronto · Wikipedia
8. 08
   George Davis House

   The George Davis House, is a house in Toronto, Ontario built in 1919 and designated as a Toronto Heritage Property on September 30, 2004. The house is located at 40 Kingswood Road in the Beaches area of eastern Toronto and part of the Kingswood Road South Heritage Conservation District.

   900 m · house in Toronto, Canada · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Shoppers World Danforth

   Shoppers World Danforth is a hybrid shopping plaza and shopping mall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It has 40 stores serving parts of East York, Scarborough and The Beaches, near the Victoria Park subway station.

   1.8 km · shopping mall in Toronto, Canada · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Dr. William D. Young Memorial

    The Dr. William D. Young Memorial is a drinking fountain and memorial that was erected on the eastern border of Kew Gardens in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in August 1920 by residents of the Beaches neighbourhood.

    500 m · memorial drinking fountain in Toronto, Canada · Wikipedia

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Getting to The Beaches

Airports

Toronto Pearson (YYZ), 27 km · John C. Munro Hamilton (YHM), 76 km · Buffalo Niagara (BUF), 93 km

Stations

Main Street, 1.8 km · Victoria Park, 2.4 km · Donlands, 3.5 km · Coxwell, 2.5 km · Danforth GO Station, 1.5 km

• Hamilton → The Beaches

  13911 km · quickest by air, 29h 23m · NZ$3,060–4,730
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• Windsor → The Beaches

  339 km · quickest by air, 4h 54m · C$150–230
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• Ottawa → The Beaches

  344 km · quickest by air, 4h 58m · C$160–250
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for The Beaches. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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