The best and worst seasides in the country have been listed, with critics laying into rude shop owners and dirty beaches.
A trip to the beach for a bag of chips, paddle in the water and Mr Whippy ice cream is about as iconic a British activity as it's possible to do.
Yet the act of being at the seaside in the UK is a diverse one that takes in everything from roasting in 35C weather on a packed, sandy Bournemouth Beach, to bracing against the ferocious wind and rain on a pebbly front in north Scotland.
