Browse beaches by clicking on a county

Great beaches in UK

David Long
Photo: David Long CC BY-SA 2.0
Silecroft Silecroft bathing water is a remote, steeply sloping, pebbly beach levelling out to flat sand closer to the sea. At h...
Robin Lucas
Photo: Robin Lucas CC BY-SA 2.0
Aber Mawr Beach Aber Mawr Beach is approximately 3 kilometers south of Pencaer.
Row
Photo: Row CC BY-SA 2.0
Kennack Sands Kennack Sands is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy cove, approximately 250 metres wide, backed by s...
Andrew Smith
Photo: Andrew Smith CC BY-SA 2.0
Whitby Whitby Beach is a large beach resort situated on the Yorkshire coast. The sandy beach is approximately one kilometre ...
Florian Pépellin
Photo: Florian Pépellin CC BY-SA 4.0
St Brelade\'s Beach
Nigel Brown 
Photo: Nigel Brown  CC BY-SA 2.0
Little Quay Beach
Mick Garratt
Photo: Mick Garratt CC BY-SA 2.0
Crimdon South Beach
Steve Daniels 
Photo: Steve Daniels  CC BY-SA 2.0
Bispham Bispham bathing water is mainly sandy with some patches of rocks and pebbles. It slopes slightly to the sea at low w...
originalpickaxe
Photo: originalpickaxe CC BY 3.0
Leigh Bell Wharf Beach
Robert Lamb
Photo: Robert Lamb CC BY-SA 2.0
Margate Westbrook Bay
Eric Jones 
Photo: Eric Jones  CC BY-SA 2.0
Afon Wen Beach Afon Wen Beach is approximately 2 kilometers south east of Chwilog.
DS Pugh
Photo: DS Pugh CC BY-SA 2.0
Seaton Carew Centre Seaton Carew is a small resort on Tees Bay to the south of Hartlepool. Seaton Carew Centre Beach is part of an extens...
Helen Wilkinson
Photo: Helen Wilkinson CC BY-SA 2.0
Tunstall Tunstall is currently closed, there is no safe access to bathers due to coastal erosion. Tunstall Beach is a long rur...
Chris Carlson
Photo: Chris Carlson CC BY-SA 2.0
Warkworth Warkworth Beach is a remote beach situated on the north east coast of Northumberland. The designated area of the long...
June Hodge 
Photo: June Hodge  CC BY-SA 2.0
Kilvickeon Beach Isle of Mull To get to Kilvickeon beach, drive along Craignure to Fionnphort road until you reach the turn off just before Bunessa...
Simon Huguet
Photo: Simon Huguet CC BY-SA 2.0
Portreath Portreath is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sand and shingle beach resort, approximately 520 metres wide, ba...
Peter Moore 
Photo: Peter Moore  CC BY-SA 2.0
Dornoch Burn Mouth Beach
Jeremy Owen
Photo: Jeremy Owen CC BY-SA 2.0
Freshwater West Beach This beach boasts a range of fantastic amenities, making it the perfect location for couples seeking a day out. The a...
Daniel Kraft
Photo: Daniel Kraft CC BY-SA 3.0
Shell Beach
Jonathan Billinger
Photo: Jonathan Billinger CC BY-SA 2.0
Sandgate Sandgate is a resort beach in the western outskirts of Folkestone, Kent. It is situated at the northern edge of Hythe...
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.