U.K. seasides !

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!

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

Wells next the Sea

Bamburgh

North Norfolk- Holkham. Or Cornwall Porthcurno and around.

Off to Brancaster at weekend . Fantastic beach xx

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!

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

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!

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.

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

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

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!

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.

Pembrokeshire’s many beaches and the Gower , South Wales

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.

Portrush in Northern Ireland.

I love many beaches, remember so well when we used to sail to Isle of Man, and the lovely beach at Peel was always lovely and my son loved digging to australia from there! A wonderful place we sailed to was Plockton in Scotland, wonderful place. But now my go to place is Saltburn. My two places are Swaledale and Saltburn, either of which I can get to quite quickly and so to lovely Saltburn, above Whitby next to Redcar and close to Guisborough and Middlesborough. It has what I like, a quietish seaside place, without tatty things and loads of people. The beach is good, sandy and pleasant to walk along. There is a pier that goes out a good way, and best of all for me they have a lovely funicular. I have a disabled badge and when I am struggling I park up near the funicular and just enjoy looking out at sea , with my binoculars. I can look down at the beach and depending on the weather, if it is quite still there will be paddle boarders having a go, when there are waves the surfers are all out in wet suits having a go. There is a little railway and a park nearby , a station and a local farmers market on certain days. Lots of different cafes and ordinary shops so plenty of choice . Whether I am struggling and cannot even really walk to the cafes I take my own coffee and enjoy sitting up on the cliffs , watching the sea and the beach and thinking of the times my lovely husband and I used to go there. There is always something to enjoy there for me . Then you can drive down the coast to Whitby and do the park and ride - whitby is awful to park round and it is much the best way to go there. So I never tire of Saltburn, quiet and peaceful and my kind of place rather than large busy places. Try it if you come up this way!

I used to live at Preesall over wyre. Very rarely came into Blackpool, not the place I enjoyed but much preferred Morecambe. Liked the beach there and occasionally went for coffee at the Midland Hotel , so very art deco. Took an elderly friend there and we would sit with a lovely view over the sea and she would have tea and I of course had coffee, and we would sit there and for the price of the coffee, you could hear the man playing the piano and expect Poirot to come through the door at any moment!! There was a lovely ice cream place , I think it was call LEWIS , and that would be a treat to chose from. Wonder if it is still there?

I have a fond memory of an early morning swim off Dinas Dinlle as a teenager in about 1961. Heading back to the beach the beauty of the skyline of the mountains cannot be bettered.
Many a happy time in North Wales with my late wife when she was my fiancé in the mid 1960s. Ho hum...