Best of South Wales

The 20 best beaches in South Wales

Our curated top 20 beaches in South Wales, ranked by quality rating, image richness and content depth. For the complete list of 131 beaches see the full beaches index for South Wales.

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   Dunraven Bay

   

   Dunraven Bay is a beach in the United Kingdom.

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   Brean

   

   Brean is a village and civil parish between Weston-super-Mare and Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset, England. The name is derived from "Bryn"; Brythonic and Modern Welsh for a hill. It has a population of 63

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   Pendine Sands

   

   Pendine Sands — beach in Carmarthenshire, Wales.

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   New Quay

   

   New Quay is a beach in the United Kingdom.

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   Whitesands Bay

   

   Whitesands Bay — bay and beach in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK.

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   Pebble Beach

   

   Pebble Beach — Beach (pebblestone).

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   Marros Sands

   

   Marros Sands is a beach in the United Kingdom.

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   Aberavon Beach

   

   Aberavon Beach is a beach in the United Kingdom.

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   Aberavon Beach

   

   Aberavon Beach — beach in Port Talbot, Wales.

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    South Beach

    

    South Beach — beach in Tenby, Wales.

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    South Beach

    

    South Beach is a beach in the United Kingdom.

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    Rest Bay

    

    Rest Bay is a beach in the United Kingdom.

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    Pwlldu

    

    Pwlldu is a beach in the United Kingdom.

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    The Bendricks

    

    The Bendricks is a beach in the United Kingdom.

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    Freshwater West

    

    Freshwater West — beach in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

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    Marros Sands

    

    Marros Sands — beach in Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom.

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    Porth Lleuog

    

    Porth Lleuog is a beach in the United Kingdom.

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    Whiteford Sands

    

    Whiteford Sands — beach on the northern side of the Gower Peninsula, south Wales.

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    Abereiddy Bay

    

    Abereiddy Bay is a beach in the United Kingdom.

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    Brandy Cove

    

    Brandy Cove — beach and cove in Swansea, Wales, UK.

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