The best beaches for a festive dip.The best beaches for a festive dip.
The best beaches for a festive dip.

The top 10 beaches in the UK for a new year dip including three from Northumberland

The finest UK beaches for a year-end dip have been crowned – and Northumberland boasts three in the top 10.

BonusFinder analysed Trip Advisor ratings, bathing water quality, rainfall, sunshine hours, and the number of Instagram hashtags linked to each beach to create final scores for each.

Read on to view the top 10 – and three more from Northumberland which made the top 40.