The main attraction at Sandhead is the beautiful sandy beach, which stretches for more than a mile. The sea is very safe for bathing – however, depending on the tide, you may have quite a walk out for a swim.

There is a large Caravan park adjacent to the village, which bring many visitors to the area –  Sands of Luce Caravan Park – and a  hotel  and restaurant– the “Tigh-na-Mara” . You will find a well-stocked village shop, a bowling green and a Church of Scotland. A  Doctor's Surgery is also situated in Sandhead. The former creamery building has now been converted into flats, and the Manse is now a private dwelling.  Woodlea Tea Room provides excellent home baking.  Ample parking available next to beach with a village green and children's play area.

The village school is situated above the village, and a little north of this is Balgreggan Motte which stands above the A716. The Motte was the first in a line of early castles along the eastern shore of the Rhins. The top was used by the Royal Observer Corps during the Second World War as a lookout point, but in earlier times the castle was made of wood and was inevitably burned to the ground by marauding forces.

The village developed as a strip village with a smithy and a school by 1850, and the bay was used for landing lime and later coal.