Browse beaches by clicking on a county

Great beaches in UK

Danny Robinson
Photo: Danny Robinson CC BY-SA 2.0
Sheerness Sheerness bathing water is on the north coast of the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, near the mouths of the Thames and Medwa...
James Denham 
Photo: James Denham  CC BY-SA 2.0
Kinghorn Pettycur Beach
Rob Noble
Photo: Rob Noble CC BY-SA 2.0
Harbour beach
John Haynes 
Photo: John Haynes  CC BY-SA 2.0
Dwyrain y Rhyl - Rhyl east
JHannanBriggs 
Photo: JHannanBriggs  CC BY-SA 2.0
Huttoft Beach
Roger Smith
Photo: Roger Smith CC BY-SA 2.0
Sunderland Seaburn Beach
Brendan and Ruth McCartney
Photo: Brendan and Ruth McCartney CC BY-SA 2.0
Lee-on-Solent The bathing water is a gently shelving resort beach adjacent to the shopping centre of Lee-on-the-Solent. More than 1...
Bob Embleton
Photo: Bob Embleton CC BY-SA 2.0
Penzance Promenade Beach
Mike Smith
Photo: Mike Smith CC BY-SA 2.0
Chesil Cove Chesil Cove beach is approximately 200 meters south of Chiswell.
Nigel Chadwick
Photo: Nigel Chadwick CC BY-SA 2.0
Minnis Bay, Birchington The bathing water is situated on the north Kent coast adjacent to the village of Birchington. It is a gently shelving...
Philip Halling 
Photo: Philip Halling  CC BY-SA 2.0
Overcombe Beach
Richard Webb
Photo: Richard Webb CC BY-SA 2.0
Billow Ness Beach Billow Ness Beach lies 700 meters south of Anstruther, Fife.
Sebastian Ballard
Photo: Sebastian Ballard CC BY-SA 2.0
Littlestone Beach
roger geach
Photo: roger geach CC BY-SA 2.0
Lantic Bay
David Dixon 
Photo: David Dixon  CC BY-SA 2.0
Swanage South Beach
Tanya Dedyukhina
Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina CC BY 3.0
Ayr Beach Ayr Beach is located in South Ayrshire 800 meters south west of Ayr.
Andy Peacock
Photo: Andy Peacock CC BY-SA 2.0
Hunstanton South Beach
mike hancock
Photo: mike hancock CC BY-SA 2.0
Shorthorn Beach
Dara Jasumani
Photo: Dara Jasumani CC BY-SA 2.0
Pendine Morfa Bay
Andrew Hill
Photo: Andrew Hill CC BY-SA 2.0
Haverigg Haverigg is a gently sloping gravel and sandy beach for which levels out to flat sand. At low tide the water retreats...
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.