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Britain's 20 best beaches
Britain's 20 best beaches
Planning to spend the summer close to home? Then pencil in at least one day-trip to the coast. Joanna Symons introduces some of our favourite spots.
It looks as though we are in for a summer of restraint. A survey this week suggested that 39 per cent of us, or 17.7 million people, will not be taking a holiday in the coming months, at home or abroad. But that doesn't mean you have to limit your horizons to a deck chair in the local park. Even if you're not planning a fortnight in the sun, you can still wait for a balmy day, pack up a picnic and strike out for the coast.
To help you plan your trip we have asked a group of our regular writers to recommend their favourite beaches around the country. Most of the nominations are of the wild and unspoilt variety, where even at the height of summer you can find a secluded spot beneath cliffs or among dunes. Some beaches – those in Scotland and the Isles of Scilly, for instance – are so remote that you will need to find a base for a night or two. So for each destination we have suggested somewhere to stay locally, and – where it exists – somewhere to eat on or near your stretch of sand.
Source: The Daily Telegraph ( 24 Jun 2011)
Click on the right-hand edge of the pictures in the article to go from beach to beach.
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