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Britain boasts an array of beautiful and , many offering picturesque scenery and coastal charm. A travel writer embarked on a 1,000-mile journey, spending 55 days exploring every seaside town and village across the country. After this incredible trek, he revealed the five destinations that stood out the most.

kicked off his journey from Cape Wrath lighthouse, located at the northwesternmost point of mainland Britain, in Sutherland, Scotland. Mr Granville decided to travel anti-clockwise.

He told : "I was staggered by the beauty of our coast and, it has to be said, by the delight of my three constant travelling companions: the sound of the surf, the cry of the gulls and the thought of the next ice cream."

He added: "The sheer variety of the UK's coastal habitat is astonishing. Circumnavigate our coast and you will encounter machair (fertile low-lying grassy plains), salt flats, estuaries, shingle and lagoons and towering, storm-battered cliffs."

From Scotland's secluded scenic bays to Cornwall's bustling beaches, the travel writer explored every coastal gem, ensuring no corner of the country was left uncovered.

Among the top five places is Knoydart in Scotland. It is a wild and secluded peninsula on Scotland's west coast, and is often hailed as "Britain's last wilderness." Situated between Loch Nevis and Loch Hourn, it boasts breathtaking landscapes, stunning coastal vistas, and a rich historical heritage.

He said: "The wilderness of Knoydart on the west coast of Scotland is a community-owned coastal zone home to both an old temperate rainforest and a new band of native woodland, protected, for now, by the exclusion of deer who would otherwise stop it growing to maturity."

Listed below are the other places he loved.

• Knoydart, Scotland
• Cardigan Bay, Wales
• Penzance, Cornwall
• North Norfolk
• St Ronan's Bay, Island of Iona