Top 5 Beaches for a Day Trip from London, as the UK is thinking about school holidays and long summer days it is the perfect time to escape London and head out to a beach, eat fish and chips, buy an ice cream and go for a swim. We list some great beaches, probably not the nearest to London, Read more…
Your guide to the best beaches in Kent, from wide open stretches of unspoilt sand to charming beaches in seaside towns and villages. Why go? Kent may be known as the Garden of England, but its coastline can also hold its own and constantly beaches are awarded the Blue Flag. The white chalk cliffs provide photogenic Read more…
England and Wales Heritage Coasts were established in 1972 to conserve the best stretches of undeveloped coast in England and Wales. Many of these coastal stretches are part of larger National Parks or Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), and the average protected area extends inland for an average of 2.4km (1.5 miles) which means Read more…
So you have the question “what’s the nearest beach to me?“, well, we are here to help guide you through the search as the United Kingdom (UK) coast covers over 19,491 miles or 13,000 km including the islands with in excess of 1400 accessible beaches. Nowhere in the UK is the coastline more than seventy-five Read more…
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 historic character and a very interesting structure with a rock and pier entrance followed by Read more…
The UK coast provides such a diversity in such a small area and to cap it all off none of us lives more than 75 miles from it. Once at the coast you can travel just a few miles in any direction and it feels like you have entered a different world. It is very Read more…
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 warmth of the Gulf Stream, the area offers some of the best surf conditions for Read more…
Find dog friendly beaches? The UK coastline has miles and miles of beaches but during the summer months, it can be hard to find a nearby beach that allows dogs. Many beaches welcome dogs between the 1st of October and Easter/May but then restrict during the peak summer. Our information for every beach gives details Read more…
Broadstairs is a picturesque seaside town in Kent, sitting between Margate in the North and Ramsgate in the South, this stretch of coast contains some of the nearest beaches to London and is only just over an hour away. The locality to London makes Broadstairs a perfect day trip option with some of the closest Read more…
OK, your thinking here we have another top 20 beaches article but actually I have tricked you. I hate reading articles suggested by writers recommending their favourite beaches in the UK as the reason I love the UK coast so much is that it is so varied. The UK has sandy, pebble, rocky beaches, or Read more…
