Browse beaches by clicking on a county

Great beaches in UK

Oast House Archive 
Photo: Oast House Archive  CC BY-SA 2.0
Dymchurch North Beach
Lewis Clarke 
Photo: Lewis Clarke  CC BY-SA 2.0
Berrow North Beach Berrow North Beach lies 2 kilometers south east of Brean, Somerset.
Jim Champion
Photo: Jim Champion CC BY-SA 2.0
Poole Shore Road Beach Poole Shore Road Beach forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy beach...
Mike Dodman
Photo: Mike Dodman CC BY-SA 2.0
Porthoustock Porthoustack is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote pebble beach, approximately 240 metres wide, backed by...
David Dixon 
Photo: David Dixon  CC BY-SA 2.0
Tenby South Beach The beach boasts a number of accolades including the Blue Flag Award, which guarantees high environmental and safety ...
Richard Webb
Photo: Richard Webb CC BY-SA 2.0
Gosford Sands
nick macneill
Photo: nick macneill CC BY-SA 2.0
Morfa Dinlle Beach
Alex Liivet from Chester United Kingdom
Photo: Alex Liivet from Chester United Kingdom CC0
Gaddings Dam
Philip Halling
Photo: Philip Halling CC BY-SA 2.0
Bude Sandymouth Beach Bude Sandymouth Beach is 5 kilometers south of Morwenstow in the county of Cornwall.
Bob Jones
Photo: Bob Jones CC BY-SA 2.0
Aldeburgh Beach Aldeburgh Beach lies 200 meters north of Aldeburgh, Suffolk.
Gary Rogers
Photo: Gary Rogers CC BY-SA 2.0
Lusty Glaze Lusty Glaze is a picturesque Cornish beach, known locally as Lostyn Glas - which translates to a place to view blue b...
Simon Carey
Photo: Simon Carey CC BY-SA 2.0
Brighton Kemptown Beach
Nigel Chadwick
Photo: Nigel Chadwick CC BY-SA 2.0
West Bay, Westgate The bathing water is situated on the north Kent coast adjacent to the town of Westgate-on-Sea. It is a gently shelvin...
andrew auger
Photo: andrew auger CC BY-SA 2.0
Bowleaze Cove Bowleaze Cove is just east Weymouth on the Dorset coast. It is a sand and pebble beach resort, approximately one kilo...
Jim Champion
Photo: Jim Champion CC BY-SA 2.0
Portheras Cove Portheras Cove beach is 5 kilometers north of St Just in the county of Cornwall.
Andrew Curtis
Photo: Andrew Curtis CC BY-SA 2.0
Druridge Bay North Duridge Bay North Beach is a remote bathing water on the north east coast of Northumberland. The designated bathing w...
Chris Talbot
Photo: Chris Talbot CC BY-SA 2.0
Brixham St Mary\'s Bay
Jonathan Thacker 
Photo: Jonathan Thacker  CC BY-SA 2.0
Walney Sandy Gap The beach at Walney Sandy Gap is dominated by shingle for about thirty metres towards the sea and is shallow in profi...
Simon Carey
Photo: Simon Carey CC BY-SA 2.0
Ryde Ryde Beach is a long, straight sandy resort to the north of Ryde Town Centre on the northeast coast of the Isle of Wi...
Andrew Hill
Photo: Andrew Hill CC BY-SA 2.0
Haverigg 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.