British Beaches

Ricochet J · 31 May 2006 at 18:17

Are British beaches on par with the mediteranian ones you get? The ones you get in Spain and Cyprus?
Or are they just some sort of gimmick only useful to the gulls?
Do people from abroad ever book a holiday to a British beach?

Reason I ask all these is because when I see a beach in britain, well...they look kinda shabby

Hear me out. Our beaches have huge stones in the sand. Where as the other beaches in the mediteranian, infact, beaches in France, just down the road have pure sand!

Or is it not as cracked up as i'm making?

Does anyone have any images of a British beach packed out with the sun that looks like the meditarnian?

Thanks

Darkwave · 31 May 2006 at 18:25

British beaches are full of chavs and **** from the brown sea as far as I know.

Greenlizard0 · 31 May 2006 at 18:27

They're not obviously going to be as nice as in the med. Not all places have pebbles, though most of the ones i've been to have...

William · 31 May 2006 at 18:28

There are some amazing ones in Ireland, some of it is not technically British mind.

Ricochet J · 31 May 2006 at 18:29

Go for it if you want to post it

squiffy · 31 May 2006 at 18:29

eXSBass said:
Are British beaches on par with the mediteranian ones you get? The ones you get in Spain and Cyprus?
Or are they just some sort of gimmick only useful to the gulls?
Do people from abroad ever book a holiday to a British beach?

Reason I ask all these is because when I see a beach in britain, well...they look kinda shabby
Hear me out. Our beaches have huge stones in the sand. Where as the other beaches in the mediteranian, infact, beaches in France, just down the road have pure sand!

Or is it not as cracked up as i'm making?

Does anyone have any images of a British beach packed out with the sun that looks like the meditarnian?

Thanks

No comparison, although beaches in Cornwall look ok...depend on the weather though.

Tru · 31 May 2006 at 18:32

You can't lump all the beaches from one country together.

A lot of beaches in Scotland are beautiful. Soft, clean sand, clear water, dunes, rocks, cliffs, caves, and no people; I've also been to some that are nothing but a strip of jagedy shingle that seperates a main road and a large amount of effluent. I imagine the same goes for other countries.

I don't think someone from Spain would book a holiday in the UK if they were looking for a beach, just like we wouldn't go to the Costa Del Sol for sight seeing.

Moredhel · 31 May 2006 at 18:37

I think it just depends on the weather. We went to a lovely beach near Bath a few years back and it was absolutely boiling. We had a great time there.

I've been to a few beaches out here that have been mostly stoney and a bit shabby, of course there are some absolutely stunning beaches out here too, especially now it's starting to get VERY hot out here. But then there's also the tourist trap aspect of it too which isn't that nice.

Serj · 31 May 2006 at 18:38

Bournemouth beach sand owns all. Dunno about the water though

squiffy · 31 May 2006 at 18:40

Shetland Islands November-January time.

Muban · 31 May 2006 at 18:50

Some beaches are nice, some not. I quite like the one just minutes from my front door..........

Incidentally a fair number of the beaches people rave on about are man made and the sand was brought in. Not to difficult to have a lovely beach that way

Kamerad · 31 May 2006 at 19:03

The beaches in Cornwall are great during the summer as are the ones around Whitbyin north Yorkshire. Runswick bay and sandsend if anybody knows them.

Serj · 31 May 2006 at 19:05

Muban said:
Incidentally a fair number of the beaches people rave on about are man made and the sand was brought in. Not to difficult to have a lovely beach that way

shhhhhh

Beren · 31 May 2006 at 19:07

The west coast of Scotland has some beautiful clean beaches... the problem is normally finding a nice day to go and visit them! Ohh and that the water is never all that warm...

You are never going to get sea temps in england the same as those in the Med... and women very rarely sunbath topless over here

wez130 · 31 May 2006 at 19:08

Kamerad said:
The beaches in Cornwall are great during the summer as are the ones around Whitbyin north Yorkshire. Runswick bay and sandsend if anybody knows them.

used to work at runswick, a beautiful bay it is too, i worked at the top of the cliff

ballistic · 31 May 2006 at 19:10

British beaches, LOL
they are for low class chavs, everyone else goes abroad to somewhere decent.

Muban · 31 May 2006 at 19:18

ballistic said:
British beaches, LOL
they are for low class chavs, everyone else goes abroad to somewhere decent.

You are kidding surely? Most the holiday beach and beer destination recommendations I see on here are more chav ridden than the UK beaches. Or maybe we have a slightly lower ratio of chav/neds up here than where you are

malfunkshun · 31 May 2006 at 19:38

Pembrokeshire has some of the best looking beaches on the UK mainland imo

Increasingly clean, miles of sand sand sand, and the water is quite warm sometimes too (usually when its raining :rolleyes:

). Oh and there are more than a few beaches that are popular with nude/topless sun-ho's, for the pervs

Holly_Pinklady · 31 May 2006 at 19:46

I tend to find beaches in Cornwall are great fun, and Bournemouth too.

AdWright · 31 May 2006 at 19:46

Holkham beach in Norfolk is beautifully clean sand and relatively chav-free. In fact, it is pretty large and you don't see that many people even in the height of summer!

Only drawback is that it takes a few weeks of powerful sunshine to get the North Sea up to a bearable temperature