Yorkshire Windsurfing beaches
The beach guide has 14 windsurfing beaches listed in Yorkshire. Check here for all windsurfing beaches in the UK
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1. Saltburn Beach
Saltburn is a seaside resort with a rich heritage dating back to the Victorian heyday and beyond. The town was developed off the back of the Industrial Revolution and the local iron industry in particular. Whilst the boom times may have…
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2. Filey Beach
The traditional seaside resort of Filey is less commercial than some of its East-Coast neighbours and is an ideal seaside location for young families or anyone looking for a fine stretch of good sand for walks, playing in the sand,…
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3. Hornsea Beach
This beach in the East Riding of Yorkshire is mainly shingle and fine golden sand, and offers a classic traditional seaside experience. Flamborough Headland is visible to the north, while to the south the Holderness coast can be seen.…
4. Bridlington Beach (North Beach)
An excellent sand and shingle beach with an attractive promenade and great views of the impressive chalk cliffs of Flamborough Headland. The cliffs are a nesting site for thousands of sea birds and the only mainland nesting site for the…
5. South Gare Beach
South Gare is an area of Redcar beach located by breakwater on the southern side of the mouth of the river Tees. The land here is all reclaimed and was created using waste from the local steel industry.
Now the industry has largely…
6. Bridlington Beach (South Beach)
Bridlington South is the wide expanse of sand to the south of Bridlington Spa and Bridlington Harbour, on the East Riding coast. The beach is over a mile long, after which it becomes Fraisthorpe Beach. To the south, the sandy coastline…
-->7. Cayton Bay
Located around 3 miles south of Scarborough, Cayton Bay beach is generally pretty quiet. Comprising a large sweep of fine sand backed by cliffs this beach has a wild air about it.
Popular with surfers and windsurfers alike the…
8. Withernsea Beach
The main beach at Withernsea is part of a strip of sand and shingle that runs for miles in both directions. An attractively redeveloped promenade features numerous cafes, fish and chip shops and pubs.
Sailing and windsurfing are…
9. Granville Beach (Redcar)
Granville is a wide, sandy beach located about half a mile to the south-east of the centre of Redcar, a popular seaside resort town on the North Yorkshire coast. At low tide, a vast sandy area, containing many rockpools, is exposed. Meanwhile,…
10. Coatham Beach (Redcar)
Coatham is a stretch of sandy beach not far from Redcar town. It is a popular spot for watersports such as windsurfing, kite surfing and surfing. The beach is bordered to the north by the mouth of the river Tees and at the southern end,…
11. Hornsea South Beach
Hornsea South is a sand and shingle beach located next to the small seaside resort of Hornsea on Yorkshire's East Riding coast. It is a popular beach for many different water sports and also for walkers with the Transpennine Trail finishing…
12. Wilsthorpe Beach
The small, medieval village of Wilsthorpe lies on the East Riding coast, approximately 2 miles south of Bridlington. The long, sandy beach here slopes gently into the sea and is backed by grassy dunes and very low cliffs. At low tide a…
13. Stray Beach (Redcar)
Stray Beach is the most south-easterly beach along the sandy Redcar coastline. Located between the edge of the tourist town of Redcar and the village of Marske-by-the-Sea it is backed by a grassy area separating it from the road, behind…
14. Lifeboat Station Beach (Redcar)
This pleasant, sandy beach sits close to the resort town of Redcar, just east of Middlesbrough. The sand is an ideal destination for those wanting to relax in the sun, and is good for building sandcastles. The area is also used by watersport…