Current Award Holders

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  • Seaside Award
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Welcome to Keep Scotland Beautiful's online beach award map which shows you where all 53 award winning beaches can be found. You can simply browse the map, choose the name of the beach from the list below, or search for a beach in a specific council area. To find out what visitors have been saying about Scotland's 2011 award winning beaches just click on the beach pin on the map, or the beach name below and read the reviews. Why not review a beach yourself too?

Beach Council Area Average Visitor Rating
Aberdeen Ballroom Beach Aberdeen City No ratings
Aberdour Black Sands Fife No ratings
Aberdour Silversands Fife Rating (5) (3 ratings)
Achmelvich Bay Highland Rating (5) (4 ratings)
Arbroath Angus Rating (4) (1 rating)
Balmedie Beach Aberdeenshire Rating (5) (1 rating)
Belhaven Bay East Lothian Rating (5) (2 ratings)
Broughty Ferry Dundee City No ratings
Burntisland Beach Fife Rating (5) (1 rating)
Carnoustie Angus Rating (5) (1 rating)
Coldingham Scottish Borders Rating (5) (32 ratings)
Collieston Aberdeenshire No ratings
Crail Roome Bay Fife Rating (4) (1 rating)
Cruden Bay Aberdeenshire Rating (5) (1 rating)
Dornoch Beach Highland Rating (4) (4 ratings)
Elie Ruby Bay Fife Rating (5) (1 rating)
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) (5 ratings)
Inverboyndie Beach Aberdeenshire Rating (5) (3 ratings)
Kinghorn and Pettycur Bay Fife Rating (5) (1 rating)
Kinghorn Harbour Fife Rating (5) (2 ratings)
Kingsbarns Beach Fife No ratings
Kirkcaldy Seafield Fife No ratings
Leven East Fife Rating (4) (2 ratings)
Loch Morlich Highland Rating (5) (2 ratings)
Longniddry No 1 East Lothian No ratings
Lunan Bay Angus Rating (5) (2 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) (3 ratings)
Newton Beach, Millport North Ayrshire No ratings
North Berwick Milsey Bay East Lothian No ratings
North Berwick West Beach East Lothian No ratings
Peterhead Lido Aberdeenshire No ratings
Portmahomack Highland Rating (4) (1 rating)
Sandend Aberdeenshire Rating (5) (1 rating)
Sands of Breckon Shetland Rating (5) (26 ratings)
Sango Sands Highland Rating (5) (1 rating)
Shandwick Bay Highland Rating (5) (6 ratings)
St Andrews West Sands Fife Rating (5) (3 ratings)
St Ninian's Isle Shetland Rating (5) (54 ratings)
Stonehaven Beach Aberdeenshire No 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) (6 ratings)