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The east beach at Dunbar is a gently sloping sandy beach close to harbour. Popular for beach sea fishing. Facilities include parking, toilets, cafe and shops.

Dovercourt Bay beach is a sand and shingle beach that gently shelves into the sea. A popular family beach with activities and amusements to keep the children happy. Dovercourt is well known for being the location for Maplins Holiday Park in the 1980’s BBC sitcom Hi-De-Hi. Facilities include cafe, restaurant, shops, beach huts, car parking, toilets, disabled facilities including access to beach, slipway, promenade.

Ruby Bay is a sandy beach in a sheltered bay to the east of the village of Elie that is backed by dunes and grass areas. The beach is also referred to as Wood Haven. The beach is known for “Elie rubies”, blood-red pyrope garnets embedded in the volcanic rock along the shoreline. On a sunny day, you can lie down along the high tide line and you should see the rubies glinting in the sunlight. Facilities include toilets with disabled access, picnic area, parking, although more is available in the town and cafes/restaurant nearby.

West Voe is a sandy crescent that is very different from it’s pebble exposed neighbor of Grutness beach. The beach is backed by marram grass sand dunes and has some spectacular views and closeby attractions. Facilities include car parking, food and drink.

Manorbier Bay beach is a small sandy beach with sand dunes and rock pools, great for families and is popular with surfers, body boarding and walkers stopping off from the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path. The beach can get very busy on hot days as it is one of the most popular in the area. Manorbier Castle overlooks the bay and on the other side of the valley the 12th century St. James church. Whilst on the eastern headland stands a prehistoric burial chamber known as Kings Quoit. Facilities at the beach include car parking, toilets with disabled access, cafe just up the road from the beach and the village has a shop and pub.

Leven beach is a long sandy beach with views towards Edinburgh over the Forth of Fife. Facilities at the beach include toilets, park, Leven Leisure Pool, seasonal lifeguards, amusement arcades and outdoor fitness area.

Llanrhystud beach is a 1 km stretch of sandy beach ideal for families and good for swimming. The high water mark consists of a shingle bank. Small car park but parking is allowed on the pebble bank behind the beach. More facilities available within the caravan park or back at the village.

Whitby Sands beach is a sandy beach with some rocks situated to the west of the town and the beach is also known as West Cliff Beach. The River Esk splits through Whitby and a unique swing bridge connects the West and East sides of the town. On the east, you have a small sandy beach below the Abbey and this is protected by the outer harbour walls. To the East, you’ve some specialist shopping, cafe, pubs and the Cook Museum. To reach the abbey the only way up is via the 199 steps (Caedmon’s Trod). The West of the town has Theatre, cinema, Whitby Sands beach, Whitby Museum, Lifeboat Museum, parks, a boating lake and mini golf and high on the cliff the Captain Cook Monument and Whitby whale bones. You will not be short of facilities, include car parks, toilets, cafes/restaurants/pubs and beach huts.

St Annes Beach is a few miles down the coast from Blackpool and St Anne’s is a great contrast to the bustling Blackpool Beaches. The beach is very long, and when the tide is out it can take a long walk to get to the sea. It also often seems as though the tide never comes in. Facilities at the beach include parking, toilets, beach hut rental, food options and pier.

The Knap beach is a wide steeply sloping pebble beach popular with surfers. At low tide you do get some sand. As you head along the coast the beach is backed by cliffs and there are good coastal walks near by. Parking is behind the beach and toilets available.

Fraserburgh beach is a 2-mile long sandy beach backed by sand dunes that stretches eastwards away from the fishing harbour. The eastern end is also referred to as Philorth beach after the Philorth Local Nature Reserve. The beach is popular with surfers, windsurfers and divers. The west end of the beach has access to all the facilities in Fraserburgh whilst the eastern end at Philorth has a car park.

Shandwick Bay is a sand and rock beach llocated within shores of Shandwick and Balintore where there is a harbour. Facilities include parking, village shops and harbour.