10 beautiful beaches
Redpoint North, Gairloch, Wester Ross - Wester Ross in the Scotland, a land of stunning loch and mountain scenery, magnificent white sand beaches, abundant wildlife, wide open spaces and peace and tranquility. A land of constantly changing weather conditions, where you can witness rain, snow and sunshine all in the same day.
Rhosneigr Beach, Isle of Anglesey - This long, sandy beach backed by dunes, is ideal for windsurfing, surfing, sea canoeing, and sailing.. Families are drawn to the wide sandy beaches of the old Edwardian holiday retreat, while prevailing westerly winds lure wind and kite surfers.
Rhossili Bay, Gower Peninsula, South Wales - The breathtaking view is completed by the long sandy beach and the towering cliffs and this makes it a popular destination throughout the year with surfers, paragliders and ramblers, with impressive Worms Head, a giant rocky headland, dominating the southern end. Walkers claim regular sightings of basking sharks, grey seals and the odd bottlenose dolphin.
Silver Sands, Aberdour, Fife - OSilver Sands offers the freshness and variety of the seaside as well as the peace and tranquillity of the countryside. . The area is notable for waders and sea ducks, including the goldeneye, that breeds in the far north and then flies south to over-winter on the Forth.
Croyde Bay, North Devon -The area has other surfing beaches that are just as good in their own right. Saunton Sands for example boasts one of the best longboard waves in the country and the beach stretches for miles, Popular in summer with families who enjoy the wide sandy beach and rock pools full of starfish, anemones and green shore crabs. One of the South West's best surfing beaches.
Burgh Island, Bigbury, Devon
Holidaymakers are famously taken over by tractor at low tide. Delights include the Pilchard Inn and an art deco hotel visited by Agatha Christie. Murray rocks is popular with scuba divers.
Holy Island, Northumberland
Ancient Lindisfarne monastery is reached via a paved causeway at low tide. Boat-borne visitors can see nesting seabirds and enjoy trips to the grey seal colony at Megstone.
Porthmeor Beach, St Ives, Cornwall
Sheer granite and greenstone cliffs shelter one of Cornwall's best beaches, popular with surfers. Basking sharks, seals, dolphins and sunfish can be spied from the coastal paths.
Magilligan Strand, Benone, Londonderry
A sandy seven-mile stretch popular with ramblers. Its dunes are a Site of Special Scientific Interest and adjoining Lough Foyle a protected area for over-wintering and migrating birds.
Hemsby Beach, Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk
An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the edge of the Norfolk Broads. Hall Farm Fen is famous for orchids and keen eyes may spot the shining ram's horn, a rare water snail.
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