BRITAIN’S 10 BEST BEACHES

No matter where you are in Britain, you’re never more than 72 miles from the sea

1 Bamburgh Beach, Northumberland

No castles in the sand needed – Bamburgh’s showpiece looms over the shoreline.

2 South Bay, Scarborough

Victorian grandeur, beach huts and breakers. Golden oldie or surfer, everyone’s happy.

3 Holkham, Norfolk

Shakespeare In Love immortalised these sugary sands. If it’s good enough for Hollywood…

4 Camber Sands, Kent

Seven miles of beautiful beach – and near London.

5 Chesil Beach, Dorest

The film adaptation of Ian

McEwan’s book guarantees 2018 is all about Chesil’s moody barrier-spit.

6 Rhossili Bay, Gower

Picnic on the cliffs above the beach – views don’t get better than this.

7 Formby Beach, Merseyside

Take a pinewood walk before heading down to the dunes and sweeping sands.

8 St Ives Bay, Cornwall

Cliffs, Caribbean-blue sea and winking, white lighthouse. Beautiful.

9 Camusdarach Beach, Lochaber

Sample Scotland’s silver-white sand and cowrie shells.

10 Sandwood Bay, Sutherland

A four-mile walk off the beaten track to Britain’s elemental edge. WOW.