List of beaches in the United Kingdom

Little Furznip, Freshwater West, West Wales in July 1984
Pendine Sands in 2008, Wales
People at the beach in Man o' War Cove, Dorset, in 2024

This is a list of notable beaches in the United Kingdom.

  • Bigbury-on-Sea, Devon
  • Biggar, Cumbria
  • Blackpool, Lancashire
  • Blackpool Sands, Devon
  • Bournemouth, Dorset
  • Brean, Somerset
  • Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire
  • Brighton, Sussex
  • Bude, Cornwall
  • Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset
  • Castle Cove, Dorset
  • Chesil Beach, Dorset
  • Church Ope Cove, Dorset
  • Clacton-on-Sea, Essex
  • Crantock, Cornwall
  • Dawlish Warren, Devon
  • Earnse Bay, Cumbria
  • Exmouth, Devon
  • Fistral Beach, Cornwall
  • Goodrington Sands, Devon
  • Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
  • Gyllyngvase, Cornwall
  • Hayle Towans, Cornwall
  • Holywell Bay, Cornwall
  • Lowestoft, Suffolk
  • Lulworth Cove, Dorset
  • Lyme Regis, Dorset
  • Maenporth, Cornwall
  • Margate, Kent
  • Minehead, Somerset
  • Morecambe Bay, Lancashire
  • Mount's Bay, Cornwall
  • Newquay, Cornwall
  • Paignton, Devon
  • Perranporth, Cornwall
  • Porthcurno, Cornwall
  • Saunton Sands, Devon
  • Scarborough, North Yorkshire
  • Slapton Sands, Devon
  • Southend-on-Sea, Essex
  • St Oswald's Bay, Dorset
  • Studland, Dorset
  • Rampside Beach, Cumbria
  • Roanhead, Cumbria
  • St. Ives, Cornwall
  • Teignmouth, Devon
  • Torquay, Devon
  • Watergate Bay, Cornwall
  • Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset
  • Westward Ho!, Devon
  • Weymouth, Dorset
  • Woolacombe, Devon

Northern Ireland

  • Downhill Strand
  • Magilligan
  • Portstewart Strand
  • White Park Bay

Scotland

  • Aberdeen Beach
  • Sandwood Bay

Wales

  • Aberystwyth
  • Barafundle Bay, South Pembrokeshire
  • Broad Haven South, South Pembrokeshire
  • Freshwater West, South Pembrokeshire
  • Pendine Sands, Carmarthenshire
  • Poppit Sands, Pembrokeshire
  • Saundersfoot, South Pembrokeshire
  • Tenby, South Pembrokeshire
  • Whitesands, Pembrokeshire

British Overseas Territories

Akrotiri and Dhekelia

Anguilla

  • Dog Island
  • Island Harbour
  • Scrub Island

Bermuda

  • Annie's Bay
  • Castle Harbour
  • Church Bay
  • Coney Island
  • Devil's Hole
  • Gunner Bay
  • Horseshoe Bay
  • Ireland Island
  • Tobacco Bay
  • Turtle Bay

British Indian Ocean Territory

The bay area at The Baths, Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands
  • Beef Island
  • Guana Island
  • Scrub Island
  • The Baths, Virgin Gorda
  • Trunk Bay

Cayman Islands

  • Bodden Town
  • East End
  • North Side
  • West Bay

Falkland Islands

  • Beauchene Island
  • Beaver Island
  • Blanco Bay
  • Bull Point
  • Carcass Island
  • Concordia Bay
  • Dunnose Head
  • Foul Bay
  • Fox Bay
  • George Island
  • Grand Jason Island
  • Green Patch
  • Johnson's Harbour
  • Kepple Island
  • Lively Island
  • Pebble Island
  • Saunders Island
  • Speedwell Island
  • Steeple Jason Island
  • Weddell Island
  • Westpoint Island
  • Yorke Bay

Gibraltar

A view of Catalan Bay, Gibraltar, in the morning, looking North from the Caleta Palace Hotel

Montserrat

  • Little Bay
  • Plymouth

Pitcairn Islands

  • Bounty Bay
  • Henderson Island
  • Oeno Island

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

  • Edinburgh of the Seven Seas
  • Georgetown

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

  • Antarctic Bay
  • Bay of Isles
  • Cheapman Bay
  • Church Bay
  • Cooper Island
  • Cumberland East Bay
  • Cumberland West Bay
  • Fortuna Bay
  • Godthul
  • Hound Bay
  • Ice Fjord
  • Iris Bay
  • King Haakon Bay
  • Newark Bay
  • Ocean Harbour
  • Queen Maud Bay
  • Right Whale Bay
  • Rocky Bay
  • Royal Bay
  • St Andrew's Bay
  • Stromness
  • Undine South Harbour
  • Willis Islands
  • Wilson Harbour

Turks and Caicos Islands

  • Ambergris Cay
  • East Caicos
  • Parrot Cay
  • Pine Cay
  • Salt Cay

See also

  • Coastline of the United Kingdom
  • List of beaches (worldwide)
  • List of seaside resorts in the United Kingdom