Broadstairs, Whitstable, Margate and Folkestone among UK s top 50 beaches
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Updated: 14:02, 16 February 2021
Four Kent beaches have been ranked in the UK s top 50 coastal stretches in a survey of hundreds of Brits.
The seaside in Broadstairs was the county s highest-rated in the list compiled by WWF-UK and Sky Ocean Rescue, and was voted 22nd in the country.
The beach at Broadstairs was the highest-ranked in Kent by the survey
It was followed by beaches in Whitstable, Margate and Folkestone, which were placed 37th, 39th and 47th in the table.
The survey of 2,000 people was topped by Bournemouth s beach, while the top 10 also included three Cornish beaches.
A survey of 2,000 adults on the 50 best UK beaches saw Southend finish in 36th place. Picture: PA MILLIONS of Brits think UK beaches are among the best in the world – with an Essex beach voted among the top 50 in the country. A survey of 2,000 adults on the 50 best UK beaches saw Southend finish in 36th place. It was the only Essex beach to be featured on the list. Bournemouth beach in Dorset was voted the nation’s number one, with three Cornish beaches named in the top 10, including St Ives, Bude and Newquay. It also emerged 75 per cent consider the beach or sea to be an iconic British landscape, and a third reckon holidays to the UK’s seaside are underrated.
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