Browse beaches by clicking on a county

Great beaches in UK

Dave Pyper
Photo: Dave Pyper CC BY-SA 2.0
Porthcurno Porthcurno is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach, approximately 130 metres wide, set in a pict...
Sarah Charlesworth
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth CC BY-SA 2.0
Shell Bay North Shell Bay North is at the mouth of Poole Harbour on the Dorset coast, and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It i...
Alison Rawson
Photo: Alison Rawson CC BY-SA 2.0
Littlestone Littlestone-on-Sea is a resort beach in the middle of a 20 kilometre (km) stretch of beach in Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe ...
Kenneth  Allen 
Photo: Kenneth Allen  CC BY-SA 2.0
Portrush West Strand Beach Portrush West Strand Beach is situated 300 meters south of Portrush in County Antrim.
mattbuck category
Photo: mattbuck category CC BY-SA 3.0
Breakwater Beach (Shoalstone) Shoalstone is at Brixham on the south coast of Devon. It is a shingle beach resort, approximately 650 metres wide, ne...
Martyn Gorman
Photo: Martyn Gorman CC BY-SA 2.0
Newburgh Beach
Pauline Burden
Photo: Pauline Burden CC BY-SA 2.0
Brean Brean is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sand and mud beach resort, approximately 2.7 ...
Brendan and Ruth McCartney
Photo: Brendan and Ruth McCartney CC BY-SA 2.0
Lee-on-Solent The bathing water is a gently shelving resort beach adjacent to the shopping centre of Lee-on-the-Solent. More than 1...
Chris Gunns
Photo: Chris Gunns CC BY-SA 2.0
Port Erin Beach Port Erin Beach is located 300 meters west of Port Erin in the county of Rushen.
Martin Bodman
Photo: Martin Bodman CC BY-SA 2.0
Soar Mill Cove
Geof Sheppard
Photo: Geof Sheppard CC BY-SA 4.0
Weston-super-Mare Marine Lake Beach
Pierre Terre
Photo: Pierre Terre CC BY-SA 2.0
Hillhead Beach Hillhead Beach is approximately 6 kilometers south of Fareham.
Oliver Dixon 
Photo: Oliver Dixon  CC BY-SA 2.0
Newborough Beach
Steve Daniels 
Photo: Steve Daniels  CC BY-SA 2.0
Prestatyn Central Beach Prestatyn Central Beach is 1 kilometers north west of Prestatyn in the county of Denbighshire.
John Charlton
Photo: John Charlton CC BY-SA 2.0
Poldhu Cove
ceridwen
Photo: ceridwen CC BY-SA 2.0
Goodwick Harbour South Beach
Andy Peacock
Photo: Andy Peacock CC BY-SA 2.0
Hunstanton South Beach
Stacey Harris
Photo: Stacey Harris CC BY-SA 2.0
Dymchurch Martello Tower Beach
Fossick OU
Photo: Fossick OU CC BY-SA 3.0
Peter\'s Point
N Chadwick
Photo: N Chadwick CC BY-SA 2.0
Charlestown Charlestown is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a pebble and shingle beach resort, approximately 290 metres wide...
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.