Incredible images show the beauty of the UK's hard-to-reach and secluded coastlines Some of the unspoilt beaches can only be reached by water, or at low tide Writer Daniel Start has spent a decade researching the spots and has written a book about them

By Sam Webb

Published: 07:27 EST, 4 May 2014 | Updated: 12:16 EST, 4 May 2014

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With their stunning white sands and crystal clear turqoise waters you could be forgiven for thinking these beaches are on an idyllic tropical paradise.

But amazingly each of these incredible seaside landscapes is in Britain - and they're among the country's best kept secrets.

The hidden locations of 400 hard-to-find and hard-to-reach beaches have been revealed in a new book by travel writer Daniel Start.

He has spent 10 years researching stretches of unspoilt sand along Britain's rugged coastline, which at 20,000 miles including its islands is among the longest in the world.

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Caribbean? Maldives? No, it's Britain's hidden beaches