A beach is a geological formation consisting of loose rock particles along the shoreline of a body of water.
Beach, Beaches or beaching may also refer to:
Geography
Canada
Beaches (federal electoral district), a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario
Beaches (provincial electoral district), a provincial riding in Toronto, Ontario
Beaches, Newfoundland and Labrador, a village
The Beaches, Toronto, a neighbourhood of Toronto, Canada
United States
Beach, Georgia, an unincorporated community
Beach, Missouri, an unincorporated community
Beach, North Dakota, a city
Beach, Washington, an unincorporated community
Jacksonville Beaches, or Beaches, a neighborhood of Jacksonville, Florida
The Beach (waterpark), a former water park in Albuquerque, New Mexico
The Beach at Adventure Landing, a water park in Mason, Ohio
Other places
Beach, Gloucestershire, a village in England
Kingdom of Beach, a promontory of Terra Australis appearing on Latin maps of the 16th century
List of beaches, of the world, sorted by country
Arts, entertainment, and media
Books
Beaches (novel), a 1986 novel by Iris Rainer Dart
The Beach (novel), a 1996 novel by Alex Garland
Sebastian Beach, character in the stories of P. G. Wodehouse
Film, TV, and Radio
Beaches (1988 film), starring Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey
Beaches (2017 film), a television remake of the 1988 film, starring Idina Menzel and Nia Long
The Beach (film), a 2000 film starring Leonardo DiCaprio
The Beach (TV series), a 2020 Australian lifestyle television series shown on SBS and NITV
The Beach (UK radio station), a British commercial local radio station in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
CHWC-FM, a radio station in Goderich, Ontario, Canada, that identifies as "The Beach"
KTBH-FM, a radio station called "The Beach" on the Big Island of Hawaii
"The Beach" (Avatar: The Last Airbender) season 3, episode 5 (2007)
Music
Beach music, a music genre of the 1950s and 1960s
The Beaches (band), Canadian rock band
Beaches (soundtrack), the soundtrack to the 1988 film
"Beach" (song), a song by San Cisco from San Cisco (2012)
"The Beach" (song), a song by Miss Kittin & The Hacker from First Album (2003)
"The Beach", a song by All Time Low from So Wrong, It's Right (2007)
"Beaches", a song by Beabadoobee from This Is How Tomorrow Moves (2024)
People
Little Beach
Little Beach in Makena State Park, Hawaii, United States
Little Beach, New Jersey, United States
Little Beach, Portland, Dorset, England
Other uses
California State University, Long Beach, often colloquially referred to as "The Beach"
The Long Beach State athletic program, officially branded as "The Beach" since 2020–21
Beaching (nautical), to lay a vessel ashore or ground it deliberately
Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health (BEACH), an Australian Department of Health system for collecting data from general practice
Beaches Resorts, a Caribbean all-inclusive resort chain
Cetacean stranding, when a whale beaches itself
Toronto Beaches (lacrosse), a Canadian lacrosse team