U.K. seasides !

Portrush in Northern Ireland.

I will have to vote for my home town beach Blackpool. Deserted in winter. We preferred the north end but family visitors always had to be taken between the piers
Also recommend the Solway coast which is an AONB.

Pembrokeshire’s many beaches and the Gower , South Wales

Coldingham Bay in Berwickshire, Balmedie in Aberdeenshire, Banff Links, Banffshire. There are many lovely beaches in Scotland, though not as many ‘ seaside towns ‘, as such, though Nairn is a nice town by the sea.

As a child I was taken to Torbay in Devon for a holiday. and revisited it many times after that. On retirement, I was lucky enough to realise a dream and came here to live, specifically in Babbacombe, from where I can walk to the Downs in under 10 minutes and enjoy this view, besides patronisiing some nearby decent eateries and pubs!

Appletree Bay, Tresco....and Rushy Bay on Bryher.
Fabulous beaches and so quiet 30 years ago , must return soon.

Newbiggin by the sea in Northumberland
All of their beaches are amazing and it is my “ happy” place
I was brought up in Brighton but it is not the place I remember

Walton-on-the Naze & Bournemouth undercliffe drive I used to park overnight & swim (but not since they turned it into pay-as-you-enter a car park many years ago), Gt Yarmouth was nice too, & Leiston was very quiet. Lulworth cove is interesting, but parking is severely restricted & cost a fortune. Perranporth was a good sandy beach with several coves. Scottish beaches are truly beautiful, but bit too rocky, cold & windy. Been to most UK coastline, but Dingle & W Cork in Ireland are nice too.

JaneJudge

I can't really pick a favourite but the Eryri coastline is just breath taking. The mountains rolling into the sea and the ice age lakes. It really is other worldly

Don't confuse me 😁

It will always be Snowdonia!

Anywhere that’s not polluted. So difficult to find a beach where it’s safe to swim.

I've always loved Looe in Cornwall. A choice of sandy, or shingly beach with rockpools, and everything you need for a traditional bucket and spade holiday!

Off to Brancaster at weekend . Fantastic beach xx

North Norfolk- Holkham. Or Cornwall Porthcurno and around.

Wells next the Sea

Bamburgh

Witzend

Lyme Regis. Sandy town beach, and safe for swimming, plus the other stretches of beach, with all those fossils….

Yes Lyme is lovely but parking is terrible. Charmouth along the same coast has a large but expensive car park. The beach there is part sand, part pebbles and there is a café.

I can't really pick a favourite but the Eryri coastline is just breath taking. The mountains rolling into the sea and the ice age lakes. It really is other worldly

We live 5 minutes from the sea and have the wonderful Cefn Sidan beach within striking distance..

I lived in Torquay for 50 years so am a bit prejudiced. There are some lovely little beaches which tourists don't know about.
I'm very fond of Teignmouth too and go there often.
And a particular favourite is Bamburgh in Northumberland.

I must leave this lovely thread - we went to so many of these lovely places that it’s bringing tears to my eyes.

Inhave a watercolour of Solva on my bedroom wall - we bought it there in 2004. It’s the first thing I see in the morning when I open my eyes and I always ache to be back there.

DH and I had a long walk along Brancaster beach on our fiftieth anniversary. There were terms nesting in the sand dunes. We bought ice cream from the kiosk and later drove down to Burnham Overy Staithe to buy a seafood lunch from the Crab Hut which we ate sitting on a wall admiring the boats. Finished off our day in Wells. That was an idyllic weeekend.

I adored Whitesands Bay, near St David’s. Fabulous pools for children to explore, a headland to climb and lovely scenery. One of my favourite ever places. I also loved Solva, not a seaside resort as such, but you could walk around the headland at low tide and get to the next beach.
Those were the days!

So am .I! I loved Whitby when I holidayed there some years ago. The whole area is to die for. Had an aunt and uncle in Scarborough and they took me there, amongst other lovely places.

Live in Dorset so we used to take the boys to Shell Bay which is part of Studland, Weymouth occasionally but prefered going nearer to Portland. Along the causeway there is an area behind the Chesil bank which is known as the Fleet, the water shallow and always warm. Often used to see other people we knew from where we lived.
Charmouth another place they liked, the river flows across the beach and into the sea.
Exmouth beach in Devon with good rock pools.

Brancaster beach in Norfolk. Golden sand, seals and their babies on a nearby inlet and a wonderful little takeaway hut on the way in - just perfect!