Beaches in North Scotland

Hebrides

Sandy

Arguably the most photographed beach in the UK, with pale sand and turquoise water backed by the Harris hills.

Highlands

Sandy

A remote beach near Kinlochbervie, and the starting point for one of the walking routes out to wilder Sandwood Bay along the coast.

Grampian

Sandy

Balmedie backs onto the Sands of Forvie, confirmed as the fifth-largest sand dune system in Britain — a genuinely vast stretch of open coast.

Hebrides

Sandy

Sits across the tidal estuary from Luskentyre, with its own sweep of sand and a shifting view back toward the hills.

Hebrides

Sandy

A favourite wild-camping spot on South Harris, with views straight across the water to the island of Taransay.

Highlands

Sandy

A beach of brilliant white sand near Lochinver, on the wild Assynt coast in the north-west Highlands.

Grampian

Sandy

A few miles from Cullen, Sandend has built a genuine surf reputation, often likened to Cornwall's surf beaches without the crowds.

Highlands

Sandy

Reached only by a four-mile walk with no road access, this John Muir Trust beach carries mermaid and shipwreck-ghost legends over a century old.