When we think about sandy beaches, people often start dreaming of hot climates, but there are some great beaches closer to home that shouldn’t be overlooked, and if you get good weather can often beat those in other continents. Our tour of UK sandy beaches will start in Northumberland and travel clockwise around the British…
With hundreds of miles of stunning coastline, it’s no wonder why the south of England draws countless visitors from around the UK and overseas each year. Whether it’s to sunbathe, dive into the sea or head out on a coastal hike, there’s something here for everyone. Unfortunately, we can’t cover every beach in the south…
The sea around the UK’s coast in the Autumn still remembers the long warm summer days and until you get the cold frost has lots of possibilities. All too often people get to mid-September and with the darker nights and cooler days start to shy away from visiting the coast. The daylight hours can still be warm,…
St Ives is a popular Cornish seaside town that has a choice of 8 great beaches all with different characteristics and three St Ives beaches are dog-friendly. We will walk you around them in a clockwise order starting with Porthmeor. Porthmeor Beach Porthmeor Beach is the only St Ives beach that has an Atlantic-facing aspect…
With summer just around the corner, now is the perfect time to start planning your next holiday! While jetting off to a foreign country may be exciting, there are also a number of fantastic locations right here in the UK. In fact, the UK is home to some of the most beautiful coastlines in the…
With a school break approaching, the evenings may still be dark and the mornings frosty, it’s great for children to get out and about and we have listed some great spring half-term activity ideas. Now that the first signs of spring are approaching it is a great opportunity to blow away the winter cobwebs with some fresh…
The UK’s Rugged Coastline has some of the most beautiful, accessible and unspoilt beaches in the world, but before we start we acknowledge that the seawater is cold and you can’t guarantee the sun. The 31,000km of coastline has many seaside locations from the traditional Victorian seafronts to the small fishing villages. In this list, we avoid…
Porthleven is the most southerly fishing port on mainland England sitting between Lands End and the Lizard Point in Cornwall. Porthleven has built up around the need for a harbour with the location chosen because there had been many shipwrecks in the bay. The harbour offers a historic character and a very interesting structure. The rock and pier entrance is followed…
St Ives is a beautiful Cornwall seaside town that wraps around the harbour with breathtaking scenery of the North Cornwall Atlantic coast. Close to the harbour, its streets are narrow, winding with uneven cobbles. With the benefit of the Atlantic swells and the warmth of the Gulf Stream, the area offers some of the best surf conditions…
Cornwall is really a world apart from the rest of England as the county has its own language as well as unique traditions and landscapes. What really marks Cornwall as different is the jagged coastal scenery. It’s a landscape full of mystery and a rawness that makes it beautiful. English holidaymakers flock to Cornwall every…
The Penwith Peninsula covers the south-west corner of Cornwall and thus the British mainland. You can stay anywhere within the peninsula and have access to this beautiful coastline. As a result, easily making this a great spot for a UK based staycation. So where is the Penwith Peninsula? If you roughly draw a line from…
At Coast Radar, we’ve compiled our list of top 10 dog friendly beaches in Cornwall. If you have a dog then family holidays are just not the same without the dog. Especially in the summer, it can be difficult to find a dog-friendly beach as many have seasonal bans. Don’t worry as in the UK…