Beaches in South East England

Kent

Sandy

Chalk sea stacks and fossils emerge at low tide beneath the clifftop hotel that watches over Botany Bay.

Norfolk

Sandy

Part of Holkham National Nature Reserve — one of England's largest, backed by pine woodland that runs for miles behind the dunes.

Sussex

Sandy

The only large-scale sand dune beach on this stretch of coast, standing out from Sussex and Kent's mostly shingle shoreline.

Norfolk

Sandy

Reached along a path through real salt marsh, opening onto rows of colourful stilted beach huts right on the sand.

Suffolk

SandyShingle

Southwold's Victorian pier anchors this stretch of sand, home to the quirky Under The Pier Show and holding Blue Flag and Seaside Award status.

Sussex

Sandy

A working Chichester Harbour sailing hub, with the East Head dune spit curling out into the estuary mouth

Kent

Sandy

Broadstairs' horseshoe-shaped main beach, watched over by Bleak House, the clifftop home where Charles Dickens once lived and wrote.

Kent

Sandy

Thanet's main surfing beach, with an on-site surf school offering board and wetsuit hire plus SUP lessons.