Browse beaches by clicking on a county

Great beaches in UK

Gordon Brown
Photo: Gordon Brown CC BY-SA 2.0
Fairlie Beach
Simon Carey
Photo: Simon Carey CC BY-SA 2.0
Hove Beach
Ian Rushin
Photo: Ian Rushin CC BY-SA 2.0
Pevensey Bay Pevensey Bay is a resort beach on the Sussex coast between Eastbourne and Hastings. The small town of Pevensey backs ...
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...
Ian Paterson
Photo: Ian Paterson CC BY-SA 2.0
Mablethorpe Town Mablethorpe Town beach is a busy resort with a wide and sandy beach. The beach is backed by a promenade and is close ...
Pam Brophy
Photo: Pam Brophy CC BY-SA 2.0
Combe Martin Combe Martin is a small resort, in a sheltered valley, at the western edge of Exmoor National Park on the north Devon...
David Anstiss 
Photo: David Anstiss  CC BY-SA 2.0
Broomhill Sands Broomhill Sands beach is located 5 kilometers south west of Lydd in the county of Kent.
Richard Law
Photo: Richard Law CC BY-SA 2.0
Newport North Beach Newport Sands boasts itself as the biggest beach found in Newport Bay, boasting over a mile of flat sand, along with ...
Tim
Photo: Tim CC BY-SA 2.0
Gwithian Beach
Dave Marley
Photo: Dave Marley CC BY-SA 2.0
Gairloch Beach
Daniel Kraft
Photo: Daniel Kraft CC BY-SA 3.0
Shell Beach
Mat Fascione 
Photo: Mat Fascione  CC BY-SA 2.0
Llanddona Beach
David P Howard
Photo: David P Howard CC BY-SA 2.0
East Runton East Runton beach is a rural beach with cliffs and a rocky foreshore. At low tide there is an expanse of sand. The vi...
K  A 
Photo: K A  CC BY-SA 2.0
St Annes North Beach
Jonathan Thacker 
Photo: Jonathan Thacker  CC BY-SA 2.0
Walney Sandy Gap
Ashley Dace 
Photo: Ashley Dace  CC BY-SA 2.0
Lowestoft Kirkley Cliff Beach
Phil Thirkell
Photo: Phil Thirkell CC BY-SA 2.0
Tynemouth Short Sands
Simon Huguet
Photo: Simon Huguet CC BY-SA 2.0
Portreath Portreath is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sand and shingle beach resort, approximately 520 metres wide, ba...
David Martin 
Photo: David Martin  CC BY-SA 2.0
Porthloo
Trevor Rickard
Photo: Trevor Rickard CC BY-SA 2.0
Shipload Bay
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.