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Mill Bay Beach in East Portlemouth and Bantham Beach have been named in the top ten 'trending beaches' in a Wanderlust report. 

A Wanderlust travel report for Premier Inn named both Mill Bay Beach, East Portlemouth, and Bantham Beach were named in the 'top trending beaches' in the UK. 

The top trending beaches list was created by looking at the number of times images of the beaches were included in people's Pinterest boards or how many times they were searched for in an average month, as people started creating their wanderlust boards after the lifting of Covid lockdowns. 

Talking about the third places Mill Bay Beach, the report says: "With rockpools and clean, golden sand, this Devonshire beach can be accessed by ferry or walking along the beach at low tide. Located in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Mill Bay secures itself the position as the third-most trending beach in the UK, and the 13th spot globally, beating the likes of Calblanque beach in Spain."

Top trending beaches in the UK: 

1 West Wittering, Sussex

2 Whitley Bay Beach, Tyneside

3 Mill Bay Beach, Devon

4 Whitesands Beach, Wales

5 Durdle Door, Dorset

6 Sennen Cove, Cornwall

7 Whitstable Beach, Kent

8 Whiterocks Beach, Northern Ireland

9 Bantham Beach, Devon

10 Gyllyngvase Beach, Cornwall

11 Three Cliffs Bay, Wales

12 Holkham Beach, Norfolk

13 Achmelvich Beach, Scotland

14 Harlech, Wales

15 Whitsand Bay, Cornwall 

 

Top trending beaches globally:

1 Beachwalker Park, USA

2 Iho Beach, South Korea

3 Punta della Suina Beach, Italy

4 West Wittering Beach, United Kingdom

5 Drobni Pijesak, Montenegro

6 Jōdogahama, Japan

7 Santa Monica Beach, USA

8 Rockaway Beach, USA

9 Whitley Bay Beach, United Kingdom

10 Belle Mare, Mauritius

11 Mill Bay Beach, United Kingdom

12 Calblanque, Spain

13 Grand Popo Beach, Benin

14 Iztuzu, Turkey

15 Grand Beach Provincial Park, Canada

 

Is there a beach missing from this list in your opinion? What do you think? 

You can read the full report HERE

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