Browse beaches by clicking on a county

Great beaches in UK

Andy F
Photo: Andy F CC BY-SA 2.0
Treyarnon Bay Treyarnon Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sheltered sandy bay approximately 200 metres wide, bac...
Dara Jasumani
Photo: Dara Jasumani CC BY-SA 2.0
St. Ishmaels Beach
John Rostron
Photo: John Rostron CC BY-SA 2.0
Southend Chalkwell Chalkwell Beach is a long, narrow, sandy beach in a residential area just to the west of Southend-on-Sea town centre....
Linda Bailey
Photo: Linda Bailey CC BY-SA 2.0
Broughton Bay Broughton Bay beach is 2 kilometers north west of Llangennith in the county of Swansea.
Alan Harris
Photo: Alan Harris CC BY-SA 2.0
Kidwelly Beach
Andy F
Photo: Andy F CC BY-SA 2.0
Sennen Sennen Cove is 1.6 kilometres northeast of Lands End in Cornwall. It is a large sandy beach resort, approximately 940...
Gordon McKinlay
Photo: Gordon McKinlay CC BY-SA 2.0
Ingoldmells Beach
Robin Webster 
Photo: Robin Webster  CC BY-SA 2.0
Bexhill Beach Bexhill Beach lies 700 meters south east of Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex.
Nick Smith
Photo: Nick Smith CC BY-SA 2.0
Hythe Hythe is a resort beach in the North of Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe Bay stretches from Folkestone down to the headland of ...
Stephen McKay 
Photo: Stephen McKay  CC BY-SA 2.0
Stonehaven Central Beach
Alan Sillitoe
Photo: Alan Sillitoe CC BY-SA 2.0
Arnside Beach Arnside Beach is situated about 1 kilometers north of Arnside.
mattbuck category
Photo: mattbuck category CC BY-SA 4.0
Southend Chalkwell Beach
Trevor Rickard
Photo: Trevor Rickard CC BY-SA 2.0
Port Isaac Beach Port Isaac Beach is about 200 meters south west of Port Isaac.
Alan Hughes
Photo: Alan Hughes CC BY-SA 2.0
Fall Bay
Iain Macaulay
Photo: Iain Macaulay CC BY-SA 2.0
Fraserburgh Philorth Beach
Richard Webb
Photo: Richard Webb CC BY-SA 2.0
Strathy Bay
Dave Smethurst
Photo: Dave Smethurst CC BY-SA 2.0
Traeth Tywyn Mawr Beach
Jim Smillie
Photo: Jim Smillie CC BY-SA 2.0
Aberdour Black Sands Aberdour Black Sands beach is in Fife 400 meters south east of Aberdour.
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.
chris lovelock
Photo: chris lovelock CC BY 2.0
Plymouth Hoe East Plymouth Hoe East is near the centre of Plymouth on the south coast of Devon. It is a shingle and rock beach approxim...
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.