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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Travel
Annabelle Thorpe

20 of the UK’s best seaside restaurants, cafes and shacks

Sun, sand and delicious food: the bar and cafe on Porthminster beach in St Ives, Cornwall.
Sun, sand and delicious food: the bar and cafe on Porthminster beach in St Ives, Cornwall. Photograph: Kevin Britland/Alamy

Barricane Beach Café, Woolacoombe, Devon

This small, ramshackle-looking café, set above sandy Barricane Beach, serves up lipsmacking Sri Lankan curries from 5-7pm every evening. It’s wonderfully low-maintenance; simply turn up with a beach chair or blanket, pack a few cold beers and settle in for a spectacular sunset. Between 10am-4pm, hearty baguettes, sandwiches and cakes make for an excellent post-dip lunch. It’s cash only and dogs are welcome on the beach all year (facebook.com/barricane-beach-woolacombe).

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