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10 April 2005 The Sunday Times Britain's best beaches Blue Flags are all very well, but many gorgeous beaches don't qualify - because they're too unspoilt. We've found eight that really make the heart flutter. It's the only guidebook you'll need to find our very finest beaches. Or, at least, that's what Britain's tourism bosses would have you believe. Their new directory, the first of its kind, lists all 372 beaches that either fly a famous Blue Flag or have won the UK's (slightly less demanding) Seaside Award. 
But there is a difficulty here. To get its flag, a beach doesn't just need to have nice, clean water. It must be easy for anyone to reach - even the most dedicated couch potato. It must have a lifeguard or a telephone. It must have toilets, and drinking water, and a Punch and Judy man. Well, not the Punch and Judy man - but you see our point. This long tick-list of mandatory facilities explains why Bournemouth got the highest blue-flag score. Now, seriously, Bournemouth is nice - but it's not the best stretch of seaside in the country. So, what do we really want from a British beach? Not sunbathing: we can go to the south of France for that. And not concrete-clad resorts full of forced fun, either. No, we want scenery - scenery so wild, it scours the soul. We want sheer cliffs, hard sand and not a soul for miles. You'll find few beaches like that in Visit Britain's new guidebook - they are excluded precisely because they're so unspoilt. And we say, good - more for us. Here, our expert travel writers reveal Britain's real seaside stars, a personal selection of our most beautiful, least municipalised strands.
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