What's the best beach in the UK?

[catinboots99]

I've only ever been to shit beaches in this country but I'm sure there are some beautiful ones and I'm keen to explore 🏖

Hi sorry was in a meeting!

I'm looking for pretty much what @storynanny described

rock pools for children, sand dunes to roll down, waves for surfing, oh I want to go there now!
Not many facilities, basic toilets, cafe, equipment hire, lifeguards, no amusements etc.

I said shit beaches in my OP which was a bit unfair. But I've mostly been to typical seaside resorts for amusements and fish and chips. Which are fun and great for the kids.

Depends on what you want! Surfing type waves, or calm, very shallow sea for paddling, or shelving steeply for swimmers to get in quickly - close to eateries/shops/loos or isolated, etc.

Belvoir Bay on Herm. Have travelled around the world to lots of exotic beaches, but it really is up there with the best of them. Sea’s a bit cold though! 😂

Wells by the Sea or Holkham beach in North Norfolk

Sanna Bay on the west coast of Scotland. White powder sand, crystal clear, turquoise water, dunes. Nothing else there.

Scotland has amazing deserted beaches with beautiful white sand. But the perfect beach is very subjective, I like quiet others like facilities

Ps ddog's loves a deserted beach too, once he got really lucky and sheep appeared on the beach for him to round up!

@worl my home town!! Northside beach is far too pebbly, we used to collect the big flat white pebbles and paint on them when we were kids. Although I'm sure I read somewhere that it's actually illegal now to remove them off the beach. Southside beach is our best beach no pebbles just nice stretches of sand. Used to love it when the tide was fully out and finding little pools of sea water where people had dug holes. The sun would warm them right up so they were ideal for sitting and playing in. Most of my favourite childhood memories are from playing down to n southside beach or on the rides that used to be down there

Can we sands is absolutely beautiful.
But read the information re tides in that area before you go.

Silver Sands, Morar.

I can see it from my window right now.

Waxham is great, it probably doesn't meet your criteria though.
How about Traeth Llydan?

West Kirby beach in the Wirral. Huge beach, island to walk to

West Wittering and East head are stunning.
Blackpool sands is nice but pebbly.
Whitesands in Pembrokeshire is lovely.
Isle of Wight has all sorts of lovely beaches from shallow, warm sea and endless sand in Ryde (far end to avoid touristy end, the long, sandy Freshwater Bay, Ventnor with 1950s charm and no amusements now plus a fantastic cliff path walk to Steephill Cove.
Some of the Suffolk coastal is very nice too.

Another vote for Three Cliffs Bay

Broadhaven in Wales.

haverhill we’re off there tomorrow

Kynance cove in Cornwall.

Everyone's wrong.

It's criccieth. Gorgeous beach, lovely town (down to earth, not over run or poncy) and mountain views!!!

Bamburgh, Sandbanks/Studland, Kynance Cove, Perranporth, Brancaster, Wells, Hunstanton, Rhossili, Oxwich....

The Bournemouth & Poole beaches

Wells Next The Sea and Holkham in Norfolk
Steephill Cove. Isle of Wight for picturesque
Beer in Devon for rockpooling and getting a little noat to go mackerel fishing
Burton Bradstock

Bamburgh

Depends what you like. My choices are:

Bude.
Sandbanks.
The whole of The Isles of Scilly.
St Ives.
Balnakeil

And the winner....Holkham.

Whitesands: rock climbing, good food, beautiful.

Watergate: surf, ice cream.

Druridge: huge, two miles from our house, really good food.

Seatown section of Chesil beach: fishing, pub, fossils.