Britain’s coastline saw spectacular waves, packed beaches and some more unusual sights throughout 2024.
Here are some of the most dramatic and colourful sea or sand-related snaps captured by the PA news agency’s photographers:
Waves break on the seafront in Blackpool as Storm Isha brought disruption to the electricity and transport networks across the UK in January (Danny Lawson/PA)
Huge waves smash against the seafront at Whitley Bay in North Tyneside (Owen Humphreys/PA)
Waves crashing at New Brighton beach, Wirral, amid Storm Jocelyn (Peter Byrne/PA)
Away from the wave action, Britain’s beaches saw an array of sights, from sunseekers to surfers.
People flock to the beach in the summer sun in Broadstairs, Kent, in August (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Members of the Edinburgh Tattoo Highland Dancers joined Teamwork Arts India to practise some dance moves on the beach at Gullane, East Lothian, ahead of their performance at the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo at Edinburgh Castle in August (Jane Barlow/PA)
People splashing about and enjoying the warm weather on Scarborough beach in North Yorkshire (Danny Lawson/PA)
A shipwreck on the Cefn Sidan beach at Pembrey Country Park in Carmarthenshire, South Wales (David Davies/PA)
A surfer at Tynemouth Longsands beach on the North East coast (Owen Humphreys/PA)
