Find the nearest Beaches
Planning a trip to the UK and Ireland coast and looking for where the nearest beach is, our beach lists will help you discover the nearest beach to me. Then for each beach, we will answer questions around location, rural or town, sandy or pebble, rockpools, tide times, weather forecast, dog restrictions, bathing water quality, closest beach cafes and provide general information on the beach and its facilities.
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Finding the right beach in UK and Ireland is easy – simply explore the beach links below, to find the closest hit the jump to my location compass or use the search bar to plan where your next UK and Ireland beach visit should be.
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- Littlestone beach is one section of a long stretch of sandy beach. Parking, slipway, toilets, pub. We have no dog information for Littlestone beach.
- Spittal beach is a sandy beach with shallow water at high tide on the southern side of Tweed estuary. The beach is backed by a promenade and seaside shops.
- Mousehole is a small fishing village that has a small strip of sand within the harbour and pebble/rocky beaches on either side of the harbour along with a tidal rock swimming pool. This is a typical Cornish fishing village with narrow lanes to explore with hidden shops, galleries and places to eat. Car park although the narrow streets get very busy in the summer.
- Gills Bay Beach isa by a small harbour and pier but can have some dangerous rip currents. Seals can be seen at all times of the year, on the rocks and swimming in all parts of the Pentland Firth. They usually bask on the rocks on the falling tide since it saves them having to move as the water rises. Popular surf spot for the experts. Parking available by the harbour.
- Western Hard Beach is not the most attractive beach but it is great for boating and sailing, although the beach is backed by a grassy and tree lined area. Southampton Town Centre and Ocean Village are right next to the beach which is mostly shingle. You only have parking and a slipway, no facilities by the beach but the town is within walking distance.
- Gorleston Beach is on the outskirts of Great Yarmouth and is a wide curving sandy beach. The beach is great for families as it has all the facilities you need close at hand. This is a popular beach for body boarders and surfers. The town centre is just five minutes away and cliff top walks overlooking the Lower Esplanade and sea are easily accessible. Parking, toilets with disabled facilities, shops, cafes, amusements, children’s paddling pool, pitch and putt, bowling greens, tennis and basketball courts, lifeguards in the summer, promenade and grass areas. We have no dog information for Gorleston beach.
- Goring beach is a pebble beach at the west end of the main long Worthing beach. The beach here is a pebble beach with compact sand at mid to low tide and is backed by a large grassy area. This is a good location for kitesurfing as you have the green behind the beach which provides the ideal place to set-up and meet fellow kitesurfers, with the best kite conditions are either side of mid tide. You have road parking and two car parks at either end of this beach, Marine Crescent and Sea Lane, at Sea Lane you have a licensed cafe, shop and toilets, beach huts are on the beach with some available for hire. Fishing boats launch from the beach and if your timing is good you can buy some fresh fish as they are unloaded.
- Morfa Bychan beach near Pendine is a sandy beach with some pebbles, safe bathing and some rock pools to explore. The beach is surrounded by limestone cliffs and caves and looks out over Carmarthen Bay towards Tenby and Gower. There is some parking at the beach but the access road can be bad to access the beach so will need to walk. Options to walk are from Pendine beach at low tide, along with the coast path although this is a hilly walk. No facilities available at the beach but some available at nearby Pendine village. There is a beach called Black Rock Sands that is also known as Morfa Bychan in North Wales.
- The beach in Kilnaughton Bay is a sandy beach that offers some protected from the westerly winds. Small amount of car parking.
- Claigan Coral Beach is a fine white sandy beach on the shoreline of Loch Dunvegan. No facilities with access on foot.
- Waterwynch Bay beach is best visited at mid to low tide when it exposes a large beach with a number of sandy bays. You can even walk to Tenby but beware of being cut off by the tide.
- Fenella Beach is one of the two beaches in Peel seperated by the breakwater and harbour, a small sandy beach overlooked by Peel Castle. Peel is the Isle of Man’s only city with a long history of fishing.
