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Morfa Nefyn, one mile from Nefyn town, has a fine sandy beach. The headland at Porthdinllaen offered a natural anchorage, sheltered from the prevailing south-west winds.

The sandy rocks of Burton Cliffs project towards Lyme Bay (left). National Trust land extends along the cliffs in both directions.

With its broad greens, its sandy beach, the lighthouse on North Green, and its picturesque buildings, Southwold has long been popular.

Sandsend is just three miles along the sandy beach from Whitby.

Sandy was originally a modest Roman settlement on the Roman road between St Albans and Godmanchester; in the 18th century the town became important for its coaching inns servicing the Great North Road.

Marloes village and the sands that are so attractive to holidaymakers were well served by this charming little building. It served as the post office and general stores until around 1965.

As the tide is in, they are full of visitors in our photograph; the pebble beach is covered, so we see only the sandy bit of Heysham.

With its sheltered sandy beaches, it has become popular with holiday makers.

Here, looking towards Ingoldmells Point, are the sandy beach and the sand dunes, a view now radically changed by the more recent sea defences with a massive concave-fronted sea wall forming a promenade

By this date, Perranporth was becoming popular for bathing on account of its sandy beach. Pilchard fishing was also carried on, and a few boats are drawn up on the beach.

Well placed to attract passing motorists, it also served the visitors who came to enjoy a day on the shore, where a fine sandy beach borders the sea.

The soil is thin, sandy and infertile, but it suits slow-growing oak trees, birch and bracken.

From a scattered fishing village based around two sandy bays on the southern coast of the Lleyn Peninsula, Abersoch has developed into a busy resort.

This wide, curving street set on a sandy ridge runs downhill to the 16th-century White Hart Inn.

Sandsend was just three miles along the sandy beach from Whitby.

This popular seaside resort sits in a wide sweep of bay on the north coast, with wooded hills behind the promenade, which fronts miles of safe sandy beach.

There are swings on Lytham Beach and a few children paddling – no longer to be seen in the 21st century, as the sand is now overgrown with invasive Spartina grass.

From the inter-war years its fine sandy beaches attracted visitors who wanted a sea-side holiday without the distractions that resorts such as Aberystwyth provided, even though it was close to the Ministry

This view is taken from the sandy Roman Bank path looking to Chapel Point.

The bay, with its wide sandy beach, was almost certainly the landing place of the Danish brothers Hengist and Horsa, who came to Britain in 449AD to fight for the British king Vortigern against the

Racing had taken place before 1924, of course, on the sandy moors east of the town.

Then building began in earnest as visitors flocked to enjoy its safe, sandy beach and bracing cliff-top walks.

It becomes very shallow at this broad and sandy estuary, restricting boat movements to a brief period at high tide.

Sutton on Sea's parish church, St Clement's, is Lincolnshire's very own Leaning Tower of Pisa, doubtless owing to its sandy foundations having settled since it was built in 1819.