1. Bamburgh, Northumberland
2. Luskentyre, Isle of Harris
3. Littlehampton, West Sussex
4. Camber Sands, East Sussex
5. Barafundle Bay, Pembrokeshire
6. Tresco, Isles of Scilly
7. Lundy Island Beach
8. Great Bay, St Martins, Scilly Isles
9. Rhossili, Gower Peninsula
10. Slapton Sands, Devon
11. Beadnell, Northumberland
12. Priory Bay, Isle of Wight
13. Crosby Beach, Liverpool
14. Oxwich Bay, Gower Peninsula
15. Porthcurno, Cornwall
16. Brancaster Beach, Norfolk
17. Portstewart Strand, Northern Ireland
18. West Wittering, West Sussex
19. Musselwick Sands, Pembrokeshire
20. Covehithe, Suffolk
21. Roanhead, Cumbria
22. Chesil Beach, Dorset
23. Druridge Bay, Northumberland
Tim Chester is Editor of Rough Guides.