Browse beaches by clicking on a county

Great beaches in UK

Alan Fryer
Photo: Alan Fryer CC BY-SA 2.0
Machroes Beach
Trish Steel
Photo: Trish Steel CC BY-SA 2.0
Crantock Crantock Beach is on the north coast of Cornwall at the mouth of the Gannel Estuary. It is a sandy beach resort, appr...
JThomas
Photo: JThomas CC BY-SA 2.0
Sandend Bay
Philip Halling 
Photo: Philip Halling  CC BY-SA 2.0
Wembury Wembury is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sand and rock beach resort, approximately 1.1 kilometres wide, backed...
Simon Carey
Photo: Simon Carey CC BY-SA 2.0
Newhaven Central Beach
David Lally 
Photo: David Lally  CC BY-SA 2.0
Millendreath Millendreath beach is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 650 metres wide, back...
Peter Thornton
Photo: Peter Thornton CC BY-SA 2.0
Market Bay Discovering this beach takes a bit of effort to navigate through some rough terrain. However, a few years back, it wa...
Ian Capper
Photo: Ian Capper CC BY-SA 2.0
Coverack Coverack is located on the Lizard Peninsula on south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural shingle beach approximately 790...
Colin Vosper
Photo: Colin Vosper CC BY-SA 2.0
Ladram Bay
Florian Pépellin
Photo: Florian Pépellin CC BY-SA 4.0
Greve de Lecq Beach
Alex McGregor 
Photo: Alex McGregor  CC BY-SA 2.0
Workington Beach
Nigel Chadwick
Photo: Nigel Chadwick CC BY-SA 2.0
Herne Bay Central The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast close to Herne Bay town centre. The shingle beach is gent...
Thomas Nugent
Photo: Thomas Nugent CC BY-SA 2.0
Gourock West Bay
Gordon Dowie
Photo: Gordon Dowie CC BY-SA 2.0
Greenan Beach
Andrew Abbott 
Photo: Andrew Abbott  CC BY-SA 2.0
Appletree Bay
Andy Stephenson
Photo: Andy Stephenson CC BY-SA 2.0
Sandgate Town Centre Beach
Paul Gillett 
Photo: Paul Gillett  CC BY-SA 2.0
Saltdean Beach
Mike Pennington
Photo: Mike Pennington CC BY-SA 2.0
Ainsdale The bathing water is a resort beach on the Sefton coastline in North West England. Ainsdale beach has a large expanse...
John Fielding
Photo: John Fielding CC BY-SA 2.0
Llansantffraid Beach
Trish Steel
Photo: Trish Steel CC BY-SA 2.0
Flamborough North Landing 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.