18 beautiful British beaches you really should visit this summer

According to research by the National Trust, Brits are increasingly falling out of love with our own coastline.

Family visits to the seaside have fallen by 20 per cent since 2005 and more than half of all adults have not been to the beach once in the last year, although a YouGov survey of more than 9,000 people found that 88 per cent of us still see our coastline as a "national treasure".

If you needed some inspiration to get down to the seaside, we've put together some of the UK's most stunning beaches for a taste of what you're missing:

1. Whitesands Bay, Pembrokeshire

2. Portsteward Strand, Northern Ireland

3. Filey Brigg, Yorkshire

4. Priory Bay, Isle of Wight

5. Sennen Cove, Cornwall

6. Bamburgh Beach, Northumberland

7. West Wittering, West Sussex

8. Slapton Sands, Devon

9. Rhosilli Bay, Swansea

10. Haverigg Beach, Cumbria

11. Botany Bay, Kent

12. Luskentyre, Outer Hebrides

13. Wembury Beach, Devon

14. Durdle Door, Dorset

15. Porthcurno, Cornwall

16. Pendine Sands, Camarthenshire

17. Calgary Beach, Isle of Mull

18. Harlech, Gwynedd

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