North Yorkshire is home to four of Britain’s best beaches for 2024, including one within a coastal town that “has it all”, according to The Times - but can you guess where they are? The publisher’s latest best-named beach roundup also includes a seaside hotspot in the county with an “impressive stretch of immaculate sands”. The Times travel reporter Chris Haslam commented on the guide: “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. “My Jack Russell, Dave T Dog, and I have travelled 5,583 miles and visited a total of 543 beaches, ignoring any beach that took more than an hour to get to and from on foot.
Of those we saw, 261 made it onto a longlist for the final 50.” Rules for Taking Your Dogs to the Beach Chris added: “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.
“Our 11-point checklist covers everything from cafés to car parking, loos to dog-friendliness. Most importantly our guide only features beaches where the bathing water quality is rated Excellent.” See all of The Times’.