Abstract
This paper reports on a decade of empirical research on the experiences and perceptions of English beach users. Surveys have been conducted at 15 locations and interviews held with nearly 4000 people to gain insights into the meanings that beach experiences have for them, and the values that they attach to these and their associations. This research indicates that the dominant meanings of beaches for those interviewed are linked to concepts of naturalness and their own personal experiences in childhood and earlier years, while the values relate to the associations that beaches have, and to the games and other activities carried out there. There is a strong conservative tendency in the wish to see the coastal status quo maintained, despite the fact that the typical English beach of the resort type mainly surveyed here is actively managed and is the product of intensive human intervention.
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