Live Promenade & Embankment Webcams
What promenade webcams show
Embankment webcams show promenades along the sea, rivers and canals: wide walkways with benches and lamps, cafés, piers and the water beside them. In many resort towns the seafront promenade is the main street, and the camera captures its whole life.
A promenade is made for watching people, and the camera does exactly that. Morning joggers give way to families, tourists and street performers, and in the evening the whole town seems to come out for a stroll. It is also a reliable way to judge the weather by the water: waves splashing over the railings, wet paving or a sunny, crowded walkway.
The season decides how busy it gets. In summer a seafront stays lively until late at night, its lights reflected in the water; in winter many cafés close and the promenade belongs to dog walkers and storm watchers. River embankments in cities are busiest on warm weekend evenings and during festivals and fireworks.
