Achill Island beach named as best place to swim in Ireland and the UK

1. Keem Bay, Achill Island, Mayo
2. Barafundle Bay, Pembrokeshire, Wales
3. Mwnt Beach, Ceredigion, Wales
4. Marloes Sands, Pembrokeshire, Wales
5. Upton Towans, Cornwall, England
6. Trá na Dóilín, Galway
7. Porthcurno Beach, Cornwall, England
8. Rhossili Beach, Swansea, Wales
9. Dooey Beach, Donegal
10. Durdle Door, Dorset, England
11. Woolacombe Beach, Devon, England
12. Curracloe Beach, Wexford
13. Dog’s Bay, Galway
14. Enniscrone Beach, Sligo
15. Holywell Bay, Cornwall, England
16. Long Sands Beach, Tyne and Wear, England
17. Porth Dafarch, Anglesey, Wales
18. Church Cove Beach, Cornwall, England
19. Freshwater West, Pembrokeshire, Wales
20. Seacliff, Berwick, Scotland

A Blue Flag beach in Galway was also named as the top hidden gem in Ireland and the UK.

Aillebrack (Silverhill Beach) in Galway topped the list due to its high water quality, but had very few reviews.

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Ireland’s beaches dominated the list of hidden gems, with 12 of the 20 beaches named along the coasts.

Here’s the full list of hidden gem beaches across Ireland and the UK:

1. Aillebrack, Galway
2. Polstreath, Cornwall, England
3. Pembrey Beach, Carmarthenshire, Wales
4. Harbour Beach, Dyfed, Wales
5. East Cowes Beach, Isle of Wight, England
6. Tránaun Beach, Mayo
7. Limeslade Bay, Swansea, Wales
8. Oysterhaven Bay Beach, Cork
9. Gurteen Beach, Galway
10. Boat Strand, Waterford
11. Golden Strand, Achill Island, Mayo
12. Stroove Beach, Donegal
13. Jacobs Ladder Beach, Devon, England
14. Garnish Beach, Cork
15. Druidston Haven Beach, Pembrokeshire, Wales
16. Carrigaholt Beach, Clare
17. Shelling Hill Beach, Louth
18. Trá na Reilige, Galway
19. Elly Bay, Mayo
20. Broad Haven South Beach, Pembrokeshire, Wales