Current Award Holders

Key
  • Seaside Award
  • Blue Flag
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Welcome to Keep Scotland Beautiful's online beach award map. The 2012 beach award season has now closed. Please come back in June 2013 to find out where next seasons award winning beaches can be found. Over the winter many beaches still provide great walking opportunities and we would encourage you to browse the map before choosing a destination...

Beach Council Area Average Visitor Rating
Aberdeen Ballroom Beach Aberdeen City No ratings
Aberdour Black Sands Fife No ratings
Aberdour Silversands Fife Rating (4) (7 ratings)
Achmelvich Bay Highland Rating (5) (5 ratings)
Anstruther Billowness Fife Rating (4) (1 rating)
Arbroath Angus Rating (5) (2 ratings)
Balmedie Beach Aberdeenshire Rating (5) (1 rating)
Belhaven Bay East Lothian Rating (5) (2 ratings)
Brora Beach Highland Rating (5) (1 rating)
Broughty Ferry Dundee City Rating (5) (1 rating)
Burntisland Beach Fife Rating (5) (2 ratings)
Carnoustie Angus Rating (5) (2 ratings)
Coldingham Scottish Borders Rating (5) (37 ratings)
Collieston Aberdeenshire No ratings
Crail Roome Bay Fife Rating (4) (1 rating)
Cruden Bay Aberdeenshire Rating (5) (2 ratings)
Dornoch Beach Highland Rating (4) (4 ratings)
Dunbar East East Lothian Rating (5) (2 ratings)
Elie Harbour Fife Rating (4) (3 ratings)
Elie Ruby Bay Fife Rating (5) (2 ratings)
Embo Highland Rating (5) (3 ratings)
Fraserburgh Esplanade Aberdeenshire Rating (5) (5 ratings)
Fraserburgh Waters of Philorth Aberdeenshire Rating (5) (5 ratings)
Ganavan Sands Argyll and Bute Rating (5) (1 rating)
Golspie Beach Highland Rating (5) (1 rating)
Gullane Bents East Lothian Rating (5) (7 ratings)
Inverboyndie Beach Aberdeenshire Rating (5) (3 ratings)
Irvine North Ayrshire No ratings
Kinghorn and Pettycur Bay Fife Rating (5) (2 ratings)
Kinghorn Harbour Fife Rating (4) (3 ratings)
Kingsbarns Beach Fife No ratings
Kirkcaldy Seafield Fife Rating (4) (2 ratings)
Leven East Fife Rating (4) (3 ratings)
Loch Morlich Highland Rating (5) (3 ratings)
Longniddry Gosford Bay East Lothian No ratings
Longniddry No 1 and 2 East Lothian No ratings
Machrihanish Argyll and Bute Rating (5) (1 rating)
Melvich Beach Highland No ratings
Monifieth Angus Rating (3) (1 rating)
Montrose Seafront Angus Rating (2) (1 rating)
Nairn Central Highland Rating (5) (4 ratings)
Newton Beach Millport North Ayrshire Rating (4) (1 rating)
North Berwick Milsey Bay East Lothian No ratings
North Berwick West Beach East Lothian No ratings
Peterhead Lido Aberdeenshire Rating (5) (1 rating)
Portmahomack Highland Rating (4) (1 rating)
Portobello Edinburgh City No ratings
Sandend Aberdeenshire Rating (5) (2 ratings)
Sands of Breckon Shetland Rating (5) (26 ratings)
Sango Sands Highland Rating (5) (1 rating)
Shandwick Bay Highland Rating (5) (6 ratings)
South Ayr South Ayrshire Rating (5) (1 rating)
St Andrews East Sands Fife Rating (4) (4 ratings)
St Andrews West Sands Fife Rating (5) (4 ratings)
St Ninians Isle Shetland Rating (5) (55 ratings)
Strathy Bay Highland No ratings
Tresta Shetland Rating (5) (13 ratings)
West Sandwick Shetland Rating (5) (1 rating)
West Voe Shetland Rating (5) (2 ratings)
Yellowcraig East Lothian Rating (4) (9 ratings)