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any beach that takes over an hour to get to foot and where the bathing water quality is rated excellent. We visited hundreds of beaches to find the superior stretches of sand, based on water quality, access to cafés and more. Did your local beach make the list? Find out below 👇 We’ve travelled 5,583 miles, visited 543 beaches and sampled 17 chip suppers to discover the nation’s superior stretches of sand for this year’s regional guide.

" The Times' journalist Chris Haslam continued: "The 2024 tour of inspection took place in two parts: short trips on the south and east English coasts, totalling 12 days in early spring, and a 36-day tour from May 18, travelling anticlockwise from Norfolk to Dorset via northern England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and the southwest." "Notwithstanding the most miserable weather I’ve experienced in 16 years of inspecting the coast, I’m still in awe of the beauty of the UK. "From Kynance to Caithness and Brancaster to Benone, the beaches of Great Britain and Northern Ireland are the most magnificent on earth.



" The best beaches in Wales, according to , are: You can see the full Two beaches in North Wales featured on The Times's list of the best in the UK: Llanddwyn beach on was named among the best in the UK described by The Times as "magic" with a "fairytale backdrop". The news outlet said: "Llanddwyn’s magic emerges after a walk through the Newborough Forest on Anglesey’s south coast. "On the left, the tidal island with it.

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