Bamburgh, Northumberland – wild, windswept, sand-duned and overlooked by a magnificent castle
Blackpool Sands, Devon – wooden-decked beach cafe, emerald waters and green fringed crescent beach
Brighton Beach – pier and party beach
Castle Beach, Tenby – one of Tenby’s golden sandy beaches, with a Napoleonic Fort perched on a tiny Island joined to the mainland when the tide is out
Harlech, Snowdonia – golden sands backed by castle and mountain range
Hayle, Cornwall – 5 miles of empty white sand and body-boarding water
Rhossili, The Gower- huge Welsh tracts of unspoiled beach
Saunton Sands, Devon – Croyde’s big brother with a very cute row of rainbow beach huts
Tintagel, Cornwall – King Arthur’s home with beach waterfall and dramatic cliff top castle ruins
Watergate bay, Cornwall – vast rock-pooled sands
Great list! I love the beaches in Cornwall. My personal favourite is Rhossili in South Wales, long white sand beach surrounded by gorgeous cliffs and good surfing
Thanks! I love Rhossili too although I’ve not been for ages. I need to go back to Wales soon. I’ve not seen the Three Cliffs beach yet, but I’ve heard good things.
Great list! I did not know the UK had to beautiful beaches.
We really want to visit Cornwall, we were meant to last summer but we went to Brittany instead!
We’ll make sure to visit soon.
You seem to have forgotten some beautiful beaches in Wales and Scotland I dont know Ireland as I’ve not been there yet and the title did say best beaches in the UK as so often the English tend to forget that the UK is made up of 4 countries
You are so right – I meant to title this, that I have discovered so far! We have generally bee limited by driving distance from Bristol. I haven’t forgotten about the rest I just need to get out more. Please let me know your top recommendations for my next trip!
It would appear that you overlooked Jersey, Guernsey and the west coast of Scotland! I can think of many better beaches so broaden your horizons people.
I look forward to visiting these! As I say these are my favourites I have been able to discover so far from Bristol – I add to this list every time I manage another mini-break and welcome suggestions for future exploration 😀
Good list. Putsborough would always be in my top ten.
I love the pictures and the tips that you gave! Definitely gonna visit one of them this year 😀
I love Cornwall and it’s only right that so many of your list is from there. It’s a beautiful place. But great to see some other amazing beaches. I don’t think people always associate beaches and the UK but some of them are just amazing. Great list of places I can’t wait to see when I get back to the UK
Some great beaches in the UK. Have added them to my list of places to visit in the UK.
Great list of the beaches of UK. Will have to visit some during our next trip to UK.
Wow! The UK really does have some beautiful beaches. I definitely need to visit a lot of these beautiful spots when I eventually get back to the UK. Great article! 🙂
Wow, didn’t know there were so many good beaches in the UK! I’ve only been to Durdle Door, but would love to visit West Bay one day! Thanks for the inspo! 🙂
I’ve only been to a few beaches in England and they were all in the north, so quite windy in the winter! I’d love to check out some of these on your list.
I agree with Barafundle Bay – it’s beautiful! Some of the most beautiful beaches I have ever seen are in Pembrokeshire.
Agree with so many of these and you’ve given me a few more to add to my list too! Kynance is one of my favourites! Love the booby prize addition haha!