Beaches in Essex

34 beaches on the coast in Essex. Official water-quality classification for the 2025 season: 8× excellent and 3× good. Essex has 15 more swimming spots of other kinds.

• Booth Bay Coast, Clacton-on-Sea
• Borrow Pit Bay Coast, Frinton-on-Sea
• Brightlingsea Coast
• Brooklands Beach Coast, Saint Osyth
• Canvey Island Foreshore Coast
• Christiansen Bay Coast, Clacton-on-Sea
• Clacton Coast, Clacton-on-Sea
• Clacton Beach Martello Tower Coast, Clacton-on-Sea
• Dovercourt Coast
• East Point Beach Coast, Mayland
• Frinton Coast, Frinton-on-Sea
• Greensward Beach Coast, Clacton-on-Sea
• Hadleigh Plungers OWS Coast
• Holland Coast, Frinton-on-Sea
• Jaywick Coast, Clacton-on-Sea
• Jaywick Sands Beach Coast, Clacton-on-Sea
• Johnston Bay Coast, Clacton-on-Sea
• Manningtree Beach, Stour Estuary Coast
• Martello Bay Coast, Clacton-on-Sea
• Mill Beach Coast, Maldon
• Palace Beach Coast, Clacton-on-Sea
• Pirate Bay Coast, Clacton-on-Sea
• Queens Bay Coast, Clacton-on-Sea
• Shoebury East Coast, Great Wakering
• Smugglers Bay Coast, Frinton-on-Sea
• Sparrow Bay Coast, Clacton-on-Sea
• St Osyth Naturist Beach Coast, Saint Osyth
• Star Point Bay Coast, Clacton-on-Sea
• Swiss Bay Coast, Clacton-on-Sea
• The Grand Bay Coast, Clacton-on-Sea
• Thorney Bay Beach Coast, Canvey Island
• Walton Coast, Walton-on-the-Naze
• West Mersea Coast
• Weymarks Beach Coast, West Mersea

By type

• Indoor pools in Essex 9
• Swimming pools in Essex 3

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