The 100 best beaches in the world to visit in 2024 – and four from the UK make the cut

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Lonely Planet has revealed the best beaches in the world - and four seaside spots in the UK made the list along with locations in Australia, Thailand and Italy.

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Rhossili Bay, Wales Rhossili Bay, featuring three miles of golden sandy shore, is widely regarded as one of the UK's finest surf beaches.

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The beach has been praised for its wildlife-watching, with visitors able to spot choughs, kestrels and buntings, as well as grey seals and harbour porpoises in the Gower's waters.

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Durdle Door, England Durdle Door, on Dorset's Unesco-protected Jurassic Coast, was hailed for its "limestone sea arch" with beachgoers climbing down 140 steep steps to get to it.

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Kynance Cove, England Located in Mount’s Bay, Kynance Cove is a small Cornish beach. "And on a sunny blue-sky day, Kynance easily rivals any beach in the Caribbean."

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Lonely Planet highlighted its "craggy serpentine-rock outcrops, stone-carved arches and grassy green headlands".

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West Beach, Scotland Stretching for three miles, West Beach, on the island of Berneray, was described as a "wildly remote jewel" by the judges, with "powdery silver-white sand".

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