Browse beaches by clicking on a county

Great beaches in UK

David M Moore
Photo: David M Moore CC BY-SA 2.0
West Wittering The bathing water is situated on the south coast at the eastern side of Chichester Harbour entrance in West Sussex. T...
Ray Beer
Photo: Ray Beer CC BY-SA 2.0
Church Ope Cove Church Ope Cove is on the Isle of Portland on the Dorset coast. It is a sheltered pebble beach, approximately 700 met...
Peter Watkins
Photo: Peter Watkins CC BY-SA 2.0
Cotswold Country Park and Beach The bathing water is in Keynes Lake 32 in the Cotswolds Water Park near Somerford Keynes. The beach is 140 metres lon...
Chris Gunns
Photo: Chris Gunns CC BY-SA 2.0
Laxey Beach
Alan Fryer
Photo: Alan Fryer CC BY-SA 2.0
Abersoch Beach Abersoch Beach is approximately 500 meters east of Abersoch.
David Dixon 
Photo: David Dixon  CC BY-SA 2.0
Chorlton Water Park
Ian Rushin
Photo: Ian Rushin CC BY-SA 2.0
Craig Du Beach Craig Du Beach or Black Rock Sand Beach is located in Gwynedd 2 kilometers west of Morfa Bychan.
Editor
Photo: Editor CC BY-SA 4.0
Steephill Cove The beach we're discussing is aptly named due to its steep slope for accessibility. It presents an inviting location ...
Steve Daniels
Photo: Steve Daniels CC BY-SA 2.0
Bognor Regis (Aldwick) The bathing water is a resort beach on the south coast in West Sussex, adjacent to the town of Bognor Regis. The beac...
Bob Embleton
Photo: Bob Embleton CC BY-SA 2.0
Wherry Town Mounts Bay is on the south coast of Cornwall. There are four designated bathing waters located around the bay - Wherr...
Lis Burke
Photo: Lis Burke CC BY-SA 2.0
Leven East Beach
Trevor Rickard
Photo: Trevor Rickard CC BY-SA 2.0
Whiting Bay
June Hodge 
Photo: June Hodge  CC BY-SA 2.0
Kilvickeon Beach Isle of Mull To get to Kilvickeon beach, drive along Craignure to Fionnphort road until you reach the turn off just before Bunessa...
Simon Johnston
Photo: Simon Johnston CC BY-SA 2.0
Aberdour Silver Sands Aberdour Silver Sands beach lies 800 meters north east of Aberdour, Fife.
Alan Sillitoe
Photo: Alan Sillitoe CC BY-SA 2.0
Arnside Beach Arnside Beach is situated about 1 kilometers north of Arnside.
Yvonne Wakefield 
Photo: Yvonne Wakefield  CC BY-SA 2.0
Ballycastle Beach Ballycastle Beach is in County Antrim 1 kilometers north east of Ballycastle.
gary radford
Photo: gary radford CC BY-SA 2.0
Sheringham Sheringham is a former fishing village, but is now a seaside town which still has fishing and crab boats plying trade...
Bill Boaden 
Photo: Bill Boaden  CC BY-SA 2.0
Slapton Sands Torcross Beach
Oliver Dixon
Photo: Oliver Dixon CC BY-SA 2.0
Dornoch Beach
Trevor Rickard
Photo: Trevor Rickard CC BY-SA 2.0
Porthcurnick Porthcurnick is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 210 metres wide, backed by ...
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.