Travellers have voted British beaches among the best in Europe.

Woolacombe beach in Devon came fourth in a list of top European beaches compiled from travellers' reviews by TripAdvisor.

Weymouth beach in Dorset was in eighth place and three other UK beaches were in the European top 20.

Rhossili beach in Swansea was in 11th place, St Brelade's Bay beach in Jersey was 14th and Porthminster beach at St Ives in Cornwall was 18th.

The five UK beaches in the European top 20 also took the first five places in the top UK beach list, while Woolacombe was 13th in the world's top beach table.

TripAdvisor described Woolacombe beach as a three-mile (4.8km) long stretch of golden sand and rolling, unbroken surf, ideal for surfers and backed by sandy hills.

TripAdvisor spokesman James Kay said: ''The presence of two UK beaches in Europe's top 10 is further proof of what a fantastic tourist draw the UK's coastline really is.''

Europe's top beach was Rabbit beach at Lampedusa in Italy, with Playa de Ses Illetes in Formentera in the Spanish Balearic Islands in second place and Elafonissi beach in Greece third.

Top beach in the world was Baia do Sancho in Brazil's Fernando de Noronha island chain. Second was Grace Bay in the Turks and Caicos island of Providenciales in the Caribbean, while Rabbit beach at Lampedusa was third.

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Beaches voted among the best in Europe