West Wittering beach ranked among UK’s best beaches in new Skyscanner ranking
West Wittering beach has been ranked among the UK’s best beaches in a new ranking by Skyscanner.
This summer, travel experts at Skyscanner have unveiled ‘The Paradise Guide’, a new interactive tool to help people find their perfect beach match, based on how they travel, their preferences, budget, and travel plans.
To do so, they compared over 100 beaches in the UK and around the globe on different key metrics related to activities, amenities, safety, weather, beach types, and best months to go.
West Wittering Beach is the UK's ninth-best beach, combining a high number of TripAdvisor reviews (1,480) with mild air (19°C) and sea (16.8°C) temperatures during peak months.
Dorset’s Sandbanks Beach takes the top spot, boasting ideal average summer temperatures, at 20.8°C, the highest in the ranking, and a nearly perfect rating score (4.6 out of 5) across over 1,000 reviews.
Botany Bay, Kent, takes second place, with the highest average sea temperature in peak months, at 22.5°C, and the second highest air temperature, at 20.3°C.
St Andrews West Sands, Scotland, rounds out the top three, combining a high rating score (4.7 out of 5) with mild air (15.8°C) and sea (17.8°C) temperatures during peak months.