Browse beaches by clicking on a county

Great beaches in UK

Mike Dodman
Photo: Mike Dodman CC BY-SA 2.0
Porthoustock Porthoustack is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote pebble beach, approximately 240 metres wide, backed by...
Richard Webb
Photo: Richard Webb CC BY-SA 2.0
Pease Bay
Alan Bowring
Photo: Alan Bowring CC BY-SA 2.0
St. Marys Well Bay
Peter Broster
Photo: Peter Broster CC BY-SA 4.0
Tenby Harbour Beach Situated on the coast, this beach is an idyllic destination that caters to families and dog owners, with seasonal res...
Richard Webb
Photo: Richard Webb CC BY-SA 2.0
Port Seton Beach Port Seton Beach is situated about 500 meters north east of Cockenzie and Port Seton.
Robin Drayton
Photo: Robin Drayton CC BY-SA 2.0
Crackington Haven Crackington Haven is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a remote, sheltered bay of mainly shingle, sand and pebble...
Jonathan Thacker 
Photo: Jonathan Thacker  CC BY-SA 2.0
Walney Sandy Gap The beach at Walney Sandy Gap is dominated by shingle for about thirty metres towards the sea and is shallow in profi...
David Smith 
Photo: David Smith  CC BY-SA 2.0
Priory Bay On a sunny day, the beach resembles an exotic island that is not easily accessible. One can either hike through the w...
Kevin Gordon
Photo: Kevin Gordon CC BY-SA 2.0
Littlehampton Promenade Beach
Keith Burroughs
Photo: Keith Burroughs CC BY-SA 2.0
Fleetwood Fleetwood beach sits at the top end of the Fylde coastline, facing north into Morecambe Bay. The beach is mainly sand...
Peter Smyly
Photo: Peter Smyly CC BY-SA 2.0
Hampstead Heath (Mens Pond) The Men's Pond is a former reservoir situated on the eastern side of Hampstead Heath. There is no beach, but there is...
Shaun Ferguson
Photo: Shaun Ferguson CC BY-SA 2.0
Ilfracombe Hele Ilfracombe Hele Beach is a small cove at the resort of Ilfracombe on the north coast of Devon. It is a sheltered sand...
Nigel Mykura
Photo: Nigel Mykura CC BY-SA 2.0
West Bay (West) West Bay (West) is next to Bridport Harbour in Lyme Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a pebble, shingle and sand beach r...
Ian Medcalf
Photo: Ian Medcalf CC BY-SA 2.0
Llanon Beach
Tom Jolliffe 
Photo: Tom Jolliffe  CC BY-SA 2.0
Woolacombe Village Woolacombe is on the north coast of Devon. It is a large sandy beach resort, approximately 700 metres wide, backed by...
Sarah Charlesworth
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth CC BY-SA 2.0
Spittal Spittal Beach is a gently sloping resort beach approximately one kilometre long situated immediately south of the mou...
Mike Faherty
Photo: Mike Faherty CC BY-SA 2.0
Christchurch Friar`s Cliff Christchurch Friars Cliff is in Christchurch Bay on the Dorset coast. The bay is approximately 13 kilometres wide fro...
Dr Neil Clifton
Photo: Dr Neil Clifton CC BY-SA 2.0
Wharfe at Cromwheel, Ilkley The bathing water site, known as ‘Wharfe at Cromwheel, Ilkley', is located on the River Wharfe at Ilkley, close to Il...
Ross
Photo: Ross CC BY-SA 2.0
Brown\'s Bay Brown\'s Bay beach is a beach in County Antrim.
Nicholas Mutton
Photo: Nicholas Mutton CC BY-SA 2.0
Aberaeron North Beach Aberaeron North Beach lies in Ceredigion, 600 meters north of Aberaeron.
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.