Browse beaches by clicking on a county

Great beaches in UK

Arriva
Photo: Arriva CC BY-SA 3.0
Cowes To the west of the town, Cowes beach is mostly gravel and slopes into deep water with strong currents. At high tide t...
Steve Daniels
Photo: Steve Daniels CC BY-SA 2.0
Berrow North of Unity Farm Berrow North of Unity Farm is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a fairly remote sandy beac...
Tom Pennington
Photo: Tom Pennington CC BY-SA 2.0
Manorbier Beach Manorbier Beach has been honored with the Green Coast Award for its pristine, eco-conscious environment. It is a fami...
Gordon McKinlay
Photo: Gordon McKinlay CC BY-SA 2.0
Ingoldmells Beach
Eirian Evans
Photo: Eirian Evans CC BY-SA 2.0
Marine Lake
Pierre Terre
Photo: Pierre Terre CC BY-SA 2.0
Bude Summerleaze Beach Bude Summerleaze Beach is in Cornwall 400 meters west of Bude.
Maurice D Budden 
Photo: Maurice D Budden  CC BY-SA 2.0
Greenaway Beach
Derek Harper
Photo: Derek Harper CC BY-SA 2.0
Babbacombe Beach Babbacombe Beach is in Torbay, 2 kilometers north of Torquay.
Sarah Charlesworth
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth CC BY-SA 2.0
Great Mattiscombe Beach
Basher Eyre
Photo: Basher Eyre CC BY-SA 2.0
Dunster South East Beach
Rwendland
Photo: Rwendland CC BY-SA 3.0
Harwich Beacon Hill Beach
Martin Bodman
Photo: Martin Bodman CC BY-SA 2.0
Mothecombe Mothecombe is at the mouth of the Erme Estuary on the south coast of Devon. It is a remote sandy bay, approximately 3...
Steve Daniels
Photo: Steve Daniels CC BY-SA 2.0
Selsey Hillfield Road Beach
Rob Farrow
Photo: Rob Farrow CC BY-SA 2.0
Minehead Terminus Minehead Terminus is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sand and shingle beach resort, ap...
P L Chadwick
Photo: P L Chadwick CC BY-SA 2.0
Bognor Regis Pier Beach Bognor Regis Pier Beach lies 2 kilometers south west of Felpham, West Sussex.
Peter Jordan
Photo: Peter Jordan CC BY-SA 2.0
Barton on Sea Beach Barton on Sea Beach is located 2 kilometers south of New Milton in the county of Hampshire.
Bob Embleton
Photo: Bob Embleton CC BY-SA 2.0
Penzance Wherry Town Beach
Simon Hookey
Photo: Simon Hookey CC BY-SA 2.0
Hastings Bulverhythe Beach
Michael Murray
Photo: Michael Murray CC BY-SA 2.0
Trevaunance Cove
Bob Embleton
Photo: Bob Embleton CC BY-SA 2.0
Penzance Promenade 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.