England's best beaches
The English coast adds up to 1,150 miles so you've got lots of beaches to choose from if you fancy a jaunt to the coast. If you can't decide where then we've discovered the Blue Flag 81 beaches that have the best access, top notch facilities, are litter free and have clean sea-water. See our favourites from those English beaches that fly the Blue Flag
The best of the rest of the Blue Flag Beaches:
· Bantham Bay Great surf beach with impresive sand dunes
· Bigbury-on-Sea, a cliff sheltered in Devon
· Blackpool Sands, donkey ride capital
· Fisherman's Walk, Bournemouth, under 2 hour by train from London
· Alum Chine, Bournemouth
· Durley Chine, Bournemouth Beach
· Southbourne Beach, Bournemouth
· Brightlingsea Beach, Colchester, A less known Esssex paradise
· Broadsands Torbay, Cornwell, is a popular starting point of coastal walks
· Carbis Bay, near St Ives, Cornwall
· Challaborough, Devon is a very safe beach
· Crooklets Beach, Cornwall
· Dawlish Warren, South coast of Devon
· Dovercourt Bay under 2 hours drive from London
· Filey near Scarborough
· Gyllyngvase Beach Falmouth
· Hornsea, is about an hours drive East from York
· Tunnels Beaches near Ilfracombe famous for it massive tidal swimming pool
· Joss Bay, outside Ramsgate, closet surf beach to London
· Littlehampton Coastguards Beach, impressively safe and with child care facilities
· Lowestoft South of Claremont Pier, also know as Victoria Beach and has just been refurbished
· Lowestoft North of Claremont Pier, is the place to jet ski in North Suffolk
· Central Beach of Mablethorpe has a great market on Fridays
· Mundesley, 20 miles North of Norwich
· Polzeath is on the North coast of Cornwall
· Poole, Canford Cliffs, just a few miles along the coast from Bournemouth
· Poole, Sandbanks Peninsular gentle sloping beach, great even for toddlers
· Poole Shore Road, next beach on from Sandbanks Peninsular
· Porthowan, popular surf beach on Cornwall's North coast
· Ramsgate Main Sands, on the coast of Kent
· Sandhaven, South Shields Newcastle's closest Blue Flag beach
· Sandy Bay, just 3 miles along the coast from Exmouth
· Scarborough North Bay, with The Sea Life Centre just a short walk away
· Sea Palling in Norfolk is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
· Seaton Carew Foreshore just south of Hartlepool is a great spot for shrimping
· Sennen Cove for the best sunsets in the country, just few miles from Lands End
· Shanklin on the Isle of Wight is packed with sea based activities
· Shoebury Common Beach at the mouth of the Thames Estuary
· East Beach, Shoeburyness an hours drive from Constable Country
· Southwold Pier Beach half an hours drive from Norwich
· St Mildred's Bay, just outside Margate has a tidal pool
· Porthmeor, known as The Jewel of the South West
· Porthmeor the palm tree lines beach of St Ives
· Stone Bay, Broadstairs an old smugglers retreat
· Swanage Central a place to catch the sun rise on this east facing Devonshire beach
· Tankerton Beach, Kent has wooden huts and a sailing club
· Torbay ahs many a Blue Flag beach to choose from, Goodrington, Paignton, Preston, Breakwater, Meadfoot and Oddiecombe all well worth a visit
· Tynemouth Longsands South is just along from King Edwards Bay, Tynemouth
· Ventnor, a well sheltered beach on the Isle of Wight
· Walpole Bay, Kent is a top spot for water sports
· West Bay, Westgate-on-Sea about 2.5 miles out side Margate
· Hayling Island Central and West Beaches are very rural, surrounded by grassy glades
· Westbrook Bay, another of Margates beach treats
· Westward Ho! in Devon is the only beach to have an exclamation mark in it's name
· Whitby West Cliff whose near by church inspired Bramstokers Dracular
· Whitley Bay, North Tyneside which is boarded by a nature reserve
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