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.
- The beach at Saddell Bay is a sandy beach that can only be reached on foot from Saddell Castle and Saddell House. No facilities.
- Whitestrand beach a sandy beach in an area of ecological importance and a special area of conversation.
- 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.
- Port Eynon beach is a mile long sand and pebble beach backed by sand dunes on the south-west corner of the Gower peninsula. The sand dunes have boardwalks to help exploring and at low tide you can see the remains of ancient peat beds, the old harbour wall and at the far end of the bay an 18th Century ruin of the old Salt House can be seen. Very popular with all watersports. The beach is backed by the village of Port Eynon that has a car park.
- Parrog beach is a small beach with mainly pebbles and rock pools and some sand at low tide. The beach is separated from the much larger Newport Sands by the estuary of the River Nevern. Parrog is not a great swimming beach as the currents can be unpredictable. Car parking, toilets, cafe, slipway. We have no dog information for Parrog beach.
- Southbourne beach is a sandy beach with some shingle and is popular with families. Like most Bournemouth beaches the seafront is backed by a steep cliff. Facilities include lifeguards in summer months, kids zone, toilets, parking, cafe, shops, restaurant
- White Sands Bay is a sandy beach with golden sands and a large area of grass at the back of the beach. The beach and ample parking on the grass at the back of the beach and provides a good starting point for easy coastal walks.
- Bay of Tuquoy beach is a huge expanse of flat sand at low tide. For bird watchers the bay is a good place to spot migratory waders. No facilities but can park by the beach.
- Morriscastle Beach has fine sand and is reletively shallow. The beach is part of what is thought to be Irelands longest beach stretch at approx. 20 km stretching from Curracloe to Cahore Point. The beach is backed by dunes and is within a Special Area of Conservation. The beach is also popular with shore anglers.
- Millendreath beach (Black Rock Beach) is sheltered at the end of a valley between rocks and is a sandy beach with rock pools. This is a private beach attached to the Black Rock Beach resort.
- Marazion beach is at the eastern end of the long stretch of sand and pebbles that stretch from Penzance to St Michael’s Mount. Marazion beach itself is approx. 1 mile long and has lifeguards in the summer months. The beach is also the access point to St Michaels’s Mount and is well worth a walk across the causeway at low tide. Car parks can be very busy with visitors to St Michaels’s Mount rather than the beach.
