The Beach Guide

Best beaches in Grampian

Below are a list of the top 10 beaches in Grampian as selected by the users of the Beach Guide website.

The current most popular beach in Grampian is Silversands. If you would like to have your say on which are the best beaches in Grampian just follow the link to the beach and vote by clicking the star ratings at the top right of the page.

  • Silversands Beach (Lossiemouth)

    1. Silversands Beach (Lossiemouth)

    Just to the west of the town of Lossiemouth, this beach offers a good stretch of pale, clean sand interspersed with rocks. There are fine views out over the Moray Firth and towards Spey Bay. The rocks of Little Skerries and Halliman Skerries can…

  • Fraserburgh Beach

    2. Fraserburgh Beach

    Fraserburgh is a long, golden, sandy beach starting at the south-eastern end of the town and stretching along the Aberdeenshire coastline to the point where the Moray Firth meets the North Sea. The beach's proximity to all the facilities and fine…

  • Lossiemouth East Beach

    3. Lossiemouth East Beach

    This lovely stretch of beach, backed by grassy dunes lies approximately mid-way between Nairn and Banff, at the mouth of the River Lossie. After an area of pebbles nearer the main car park, the beach at low tide becomes a long, wide expanse of pale…

  • St. Combs Beach

    4. St. Combs Beach

    St Combs is a beautiful, remote beach around 5 miles down the coast from Fraserburgh. The sandy beach is backed by hills and a series of grassy dunes which stretch south all the way to Peterhead. A walk along the shore to Rattray Head is a good…

  • Cruden Bay

    5. Cruden Bay

    Cruden Bay stretches along the Grampian coastline for approximately 2 miles and is home to a wide, golden, sandy beach. It is a popular place to swim, there is even an electronic board detailing the current water quality. Water sports are also popular…

  • Hopeman East Beach

    6. Hopeman East Beach

    Hopeman village has two beaches which are separated by a headland, around which the harbour was built. The larger of these two beaches is Hopeman East. The beach is mostly sandy, but there are rocky patches, including many interesting rock pools…

  • Newburgh Beach

    7. Newburgh Beach

    Newburgh Beach, twenty minutes' drive north of Aberdeen, is one of the best places in the United Kingdom for spotting marine wildlife. Along the sandy estuary of the River Ythan, there is a large colony of around 400 seals, which make the shoreline…

  • Strathlene Beach

    8. Strathlene Beach

    Strathlene is a sandy beach which is surrounded by rocks and backs onto a grassy area. It is located on the Moray Firth coastline, near the town of Buckie. The beach was once a very popular destination for day trippers and it used to have an outdoor…

  • Findochty Beach

    9. Findochty Beach

    Findochty is an old fishing village, although today most of the boats that sit in the quaint harbour are used for outings rather than being genuine working fishing vessels. To the west of the harbour there is a small, rocky beach, where children…

  • Cullen Beach

    10. Cullen Beach

    Cullen is an attractive, golden sandy beach to the west of the village of the same name. It overlooks Cullen Bay, which gives the waters here some degree of shelter from the strongest currents, making it a good beach for swimming and snorkelling.…