Playa de Santa Bárbara

Playa de Santa Bárbara is a beach in the municipality of La Línea de la Concepción, in the Province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain, located to the north of Gibraltar.^[1] It has a length of about 700 metres (2,300 ft) and average width of about 40 metres (130 ft). It is a busy beach promenade bounded by the city limits and south to the border with Gibraltar with Gibraltar Airport runway to the east and on the north by the Playa de Levante. In its vicinity are the remains of the Fort of Santa Barbara, an old fortification that participated in the Great Siege of Gibraltar in 1779. It has all the basic services required of an urban beach, daily waste collection season, toilets, showers and disabled access and presence of police and local rescue equipment.

References

↑ Cambio 16. Información y Revistas, S.A. 2000. Retrieved 18 February 2013.

La Línea de la Concepción

Architecture	Batería de la Atunara Church of the Immaculate Conception Bus station Municipal Stadium Fort St. Barbara La Línea Congress and Exhibition Hall La Línea Bull Ring Lines of Contravallation of Gibraltar Menéndez Pelayo International University Museo José Cruz Herrera Torre Nueva

Geography	El Zabal Gibraltar-Spain border La Alcaidesa La Atunara Playa de La Alcaidesa Playa de La Atunara Playa de La Hacienda Playa de Levante Playa de Poniente Playa de Santa Bárbara Playa de Torrenueva

Sport	Real Balompédica Linense Real Club Náutico de La Línea

Other	Bombardeo de La Línea de la Concepción Comandancia Militar del Campo de Gibraltar Partido judicial de La Línea de la Concepción Trofeo Ciudad de La Línea Gibraltar-Spain border

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