Churchill Reserve is a small coastal park in Murrays Bay on Auckland's North Shore, with a 4.8 rating from 29 reviews. Reviewers love its secluded beach, reached by a short walk and scramble down from the road, and it's a firm favourite with dog walkers year-round, though not recommended as a swimming beach.
The pocket beaches along the East Coast Bays often depend on local reserves for public access, since cliffs and private frontages leave few other ways down. Tide is what regulars watch: low water exposes sand and interesting rock formations, while a full tide can shrink a small beach to little more than boulders. Dog rules on Auckland beaches follow council bylaws that change with season and time of day, especially over summer, so it pays to check the signs at the track entrance.
For Murrays Bay locals and their dogs, Churchill Reserve is one of those quiet corners of coastline that rewards the climb down.