Browse beaches by clicking on a county

Great beaches in UK

Mick Garratt
Photo: Mick Garratt CC BY-SA 2.0
Crimdon Crimdon Beach is a gently sloping sandy remote beach. The designated area is approximately one kilometre long and it ...
Chris Downer 
Photo: Chris Downer  CC BY-SA 2.0
Saundersfoot Glen Beach
Patricia Steel
Photo: Patricia Steel CC BY-SA 2.0
Easthaven Beach
Malcolm Etherington
Photo: Malcolm Etherington CC BY-SA 2.0
Charmouth East Beach Charmouth East Beach is about 800 meters east of Charmouth. Dogs welcome all year round.
Ian Greig 
Photo: Ian Greig  CC BY-SA 2.0
Crosby Beach
Lisa Jarvis
Photo: Lisa Jarvis CC BY-SA 2.0
St Abbs Beach
Eric Jones 
Photo: Eric Jones  CC BY-SA 2.0
Waterfoot Beach
Sue Adair
Photo: Sue Adair CC BY-SA 2.0
Glenarm Beach
originalpickaxe
Photo: originalpickaxe CC BY 3.0
Leigh Bell Wharf Leigh Bell Wharf beach is a small sandy beach in the old town of Leigh-on-Sea, just to the west of Southend-on-Sea. I...
Simon Carey
Photo: Simon Carey CC BY-SA 2.0
Player's Beach This beach boasts a wide stretch of sand during low tide but regrettably, it diminishes significantly during high tid...
Kenneth Allen
Photo: Kenneth Allen CC BY-SA 2.0
Gyllyngvase Beach
Steve Daniels 
Photo: Steve Daniels  CC BY-SA 2.0
Herne Bay Central Beach Herne Bay Central Beach is approximately 800 meters west of Herne Bay.
Chris Downer
Photo: Chris Downer CC BY-SA 2.0
Shoeburyness Beach
Derek Harper
Photo: Derek Harper CC BY-SA 2.0
Beacon Cove Beacon Cove beach lies in Torbay, 900 meters south of Torquay.
Nigel Cox
Photo: Nigel Cox CC BY-SA 2.0
Frinton Beach
Alec MacKinnon
Photo: Alec MacKinnon CC BY-SA 2.0
Doonfoot Beach
Peter Eckersley
Photo: Peter Eckersley CC BY-SA 2.0
Seascale Beach
michael ely 
Photo: michael ely  CC BY-SA 2.0
Lepe Beach
Rob Farrow
Photo: Rob Farrow CC BY-SA 2.0
Tregonhawke Tregonhawke beach is in Whitsand Bay on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a long sand and rock beach approximately 1...
Steve  F
Photo: Steve F CC BY-SA 2.0
Bridlington North Beach Bridlington North Beach is in East Riding of Yorkshire 1000 meters east of Bridlington.
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.