Elliot's Beach is located in Besant Nagar, Chennai, India. It forms the end-point of the Marina Beach shore. It has the Velankanni Church and the Ashtalakshmi Kovil nearby and is sometimes nicknamed 'Bessie'1 On weekends, it becomes quite an experience to find parking space on the beach roads. The beach also has found importance with families, who now no longer travel to the famous Marina Beach. It is lot much cleaner than the Marina Beach. The beach reduce longer travel to the famous Marina Beach. There are many restaurants near the beach. The Velankanni Church and the Ashtalakshmi Kovil gives more attraction to this beach .it is also called as Bessie'. it is also used for jogging. the stone memorial located on the sands of center beach - a memorial for the Dutch sailor Karl Schmidt who lost his life when rescuing a drowning sailor.

Elliot's Beach is also the destination for foreign tourists for enjoying sun bath in the sea. The way to the beach has nice clean roads and shady pavements. The sands are illuminated at night giving the surroundings a beautiful look. the beach have many attractions that ensure frequent visits by tourists and also the locals residing in the nearby regions. The place makes up a good destiny for people who does not like tension,cry of techo city. The Schmidt Memorial dedicated to a Dutch sailor, who lost his life while saving a drowning fellow, is one among the many conspicuous landmarks on the famous beach. The beach as such is the cynosure for the youth as well the foreign tourists looking for a bit of privacy. The pilgrim places are located on the northern end of the beach. Some famous landmarks located nearby include Ashtalakshmi temple and Velanganni Church. The Ashtalakshmi temple is dedicated to Goddess Lakshmi and is different from other famous temples in the city both in terms of architecture and history wise. A imitation of the original church at Velanganni, it is comparatively smaller in size yet highly revered by the visitors. In Elliot's Beach, you will see a line of restaurants, few yards from the sandy coast. The some of the popular restaurants in the Elliot's Beach at Chennai: Ponnuswamy restaurant, Karaikudi restaurant, Lee's Chinese restaurant, and The New Shangri La, a Malaysian restaurant.