Browse beaches by clicking on a county

Great beaches in UK

Rob Purvis
Photo: Rob Purvis CC BY-SA 2.0
St. Dogmaels Slipway Beach
Chris Plunkett
Photo: Chris Plunkett CC BY-SA 2.0
Yaverland Yaverland beach on the south east coast of the Isle of Wight is at the north end of Sandown Bay. The sandy beach slop...
Gareth James 
Photo: Gareth James  CC BY-SA 2.0
Aberafan Margam Sands Aberafan Margam Sands beach is situated in the county of Neath Port Talbot, 5 kilometers south east of Port Talbot.
Nigel Chadwick
Photo: Nigel Chadwick CC BY-SA 2.0
Walpole Bay, Margate The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast near to Margate. It is a gently shelving sandy beach with...
Dave Smethurst
Photo: Dave Smethurst CC BY-SA 2.0
Traeth Tywyn Mawr Beach
Derek Harper
Photo: Derek Harper CC BY-SA 2.0
Hallsands
Anne Burgess
Photo: Anne Burgess CC BY-SA 2.0
The Sands of Breckon Beach
Alexey Komarov
Photo: Alexey Komarov CC BY 3.0
Birling Gap Birling Gap beach is located in East Sussex 200 meters south west of Birling Gap.
Steve Daniels
Photo: Steve Daniels CC BY-SA 2.0
Combesgate Beach, Woolacombe Combesgate Beach is separated by cliffs from the main Woolacombe resort beach on the north coast of Devon. It is a sa...
Robin Webster
Photo: Robin Webster CC BY-SA 2.0
Lancing Green Beach
Mick Garratt
Photo: Mick Garratt CC BY-SA 2.0
Crimdon South Beach
David Long
Photo: David Long CC BY-SA 2.0
Eastbourne Eastbourne beach is a resort beach situated between the chalk cliffs of Beachy Head and Eastbourne Pier. The beach is...
Maurice D Budden 
Photo: Maurice D Budden  CC BY-SA 2.0
Greenaway Beach
Christine Matthews
Photo: Christine Matthews CC BY-SA 2.0
Holy Island Beach
David Dixon 
Photo: David Dixon  CC BY-SA 2.0
Swanage South Beach
Mike Pennington
Photo: Mike Pennington CC BY-SA 2.0
Aberdeen Footdee Beach Aberdeen Footdee Beach is located in Aberdeen City 1 kilometers east of Castlehill and Pittodrie.
Tom Jolliffe 
Photo: Tom Jolliffe  CC BY-SA 2.0
Woolacombe Village Woolacombe is on the north coast of Devon. It is a large sandy beach resort, approximately 700 metres wide, backed by...
Martin Bodman
Photo: Martin Bodman CC BY-SA 2.0
Soar Mill Cove
Malcolm Etherington
Photo: Malcolm Etherington CC BY-SA 2.0
Lyme Regis Monmouth Beach Dogs allowed all year round
Oliver Dixon 
Photo: Oliver Dixon  CC BY-SA 2.0
Kilve Beach
Beach explorer UK Source for water samples and information: the Environmental Protection Agency, users of the site and local municipalities.
Source for weather data: Met Éireann© (CC BY 4.0) Disclaimer: Met Éireann does not accept any liability whatsoever for any error or omission in the data, their availability, or for any loss or damage arising from their use.
Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.