The UK's best seaside walks revealed including a secret celeb-loved island

The Sun

10-06-2025

IF you're looking for the UK's most beautiful beachfront walks, you're in luck.
Conde Nast Traveller has revealed their top coastal strolls across the country.
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One of the best named is Osea Island, a private island in Essex which has been visited by a number of A-Listers.
Rihanna, Stormzy and Daniel Radcliffe have all been spotted there, although the public can stay by booking a night at one of the hotels or cottages.
They said: "In the middle of the Blackwater Estuary, with faint echoes of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, sits 380-acre Osea, reachable only around low tide along an ancient Roman causeway."
The island has been owned by Nigel Frieda for more than 20 years, a music producer behind The Rolling Stones and Sugababes.
Earlier this year, the island went on the market for £25million which includes the entire island as well as all of the hotels on it.
Also dubbed the English Necker Island, it is great for nature lovers due to the abundance of wildlife and fauna.
Prices for the hotels start from £300, or you can splash out £35,000 to rent the whole island.
Osea Island is not the only beautiful walking route that was praised by the experts.
In regard to Lythe, Sandsend, they wrote: "There's something a bit magical about the place.
"In these parts, it's possible to beach hang, fossil hunt, forage, rock pool, and explore more of the North York Moors."
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Ravenscar in Scarborough made the cut, for it's "huge, breathtaking views" and "prosperous wildlife".
Studland Bay, in Dorset also made the list, with walks alongside the Jurassic Coast cliffs.
They also listed Ynys Gifftan in Wales, praising the "lush uninhabited isle".
You can only visit for a few hours a day, due to the ide, but the walk has views of the huge Snowdonia.
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And in Scotland, St Ninian's Isle was listed for its "fine sand that slowly disappears as the tide rises," along with the "romantic" Erraid, also in Scotland.
Last year, a 2,700-mile walking route was finally complete, making it the longest coastal path in the world.
The King Charles III England Coast Path stretches from the Scottish border to the Cornish coast.
There is even a walk that in the UK that people say looks more like Canada.
Here are some other UK walks that all have a pub along the way.
And we spoke to a man who has walked thousands of miles across the UK - here is his favourite.
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