Browse beaches by clicking on a county

Great beaches in UK

Maurice D Budden 
Photo: Maurice D Budden  CC BY-SA 2.0
Hele Bay
Richard Humphrey 
Photo: Richard Humphrey  CC BY-SA 2.0
Hunstanton (Old Hunstanton) Hunstanton is a popular Norfolk coastal holiday resort. The Old Hunstanton beach is at the north end just outside of ...
Evelyn Simak
Photo: Evelyn Simak CC BY-SA 2.0
West Mersea West Mersea is a small Island connected to the mainland by a causeway, it is situated between the estuaries of the Co...
Eirian Evans
Photo: Eirian Evans CC BY-SA 2.0
Marine Lake
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...
Oxymoron
Photo: Oxymoron CC BY-SA 2.0
Felixstowe North Beach
Roy Parkhouse
Photo: Roy Parkhouse CC BY-SA 2.0
Widemouth Sand
robert wade
Photo: robert wade CC BY-SA 2.0
Morecambe North Morecambe North bathing water is at the northern end of the town's promenade which has heavy sea defences for most of...
Hugh Venables
Photo: Hugh Venables CC BY-SA 2.0
Challaborough Beach Challaborough Beach is situated about 500 meters north west of Bigbury-on-Sea.
hilaris
Photo: hilaris CC BY-SA 3.0
Holywell Bay Holywell Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach, approximately 1.2 kilometres wide, backed ...
Tony Atkin 
Photo: Tony Atkin  CC BY-SA 2.0
Lynmouth Lynmouth is a small resort bay on the edge of Exmoor National Park on the north coast of Devon. The bay is sheltered ...
Robert Powell
Photo: Robert Powell CC BY-SA 3.0
Cobo Beach Cobo Beach lies in Guernsey, 300 meters south west of Cobo.
Nigel Chadwick
Photo: Nigel Chadwick CC BY-SA 2.0
Broadstairs, Stone Bay Stone Bay in Broadstairs is a 600 metre sandy bay above a wave-cut rock platform, backed by a promenade and white cha...
Mick Garratt
Photo: Mick Garratt CC BY-SA 2.0
Marske Sands
Jonathan Thacker 
Photo: Jonathan Thacker  CC BY-SA 2.0
Walney Sandy Gap
Andrew Hackney 
Photo: Andrew Hackney  CC BY-SA 2.0
Loch Linnhe Beach
Alex Liivet from Chester United Kingdom
Photo: Alex Liivet from Chester United Kingdom CC0
Seaton Carew Central Beach
Adrian Cable
Photo: Adrian Cable CC BY-SA 2.0
Dunwich Beach
nick macneill
Photo: nick macneill CC BY-SA 2.0
Newhaven West Quay Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth CC BY-SA 2.0
Carrick Beach Carrick Beach is a beach in Dumfries and Galloway.
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.