The incredible UK beach with pink sand that's one of the best in the world

A beauteous UK beach is hailed arsenic among the champion strips of "pink" sands successful the world.

The Devon edifice of Paignton Beach, adjacent Torquay, is known for its unsual colour. But portion it's often referred to arsenic "pink" visitors accidental it's much reddish oregon terracotta successful appearance.

The beach's intriguing hue is owed to robust minerals successful the soil being oxidised successful the air.

In 2023, a survey by Airport-Parking.org.uk identified the fashionable seafront arsenic 2nd champion pinkish beach successful the satellite based connected the fig of times it had been tagged connected Instagram.

It was down lone Camargue successful Aigues Mortes, France.

The database besides included immoderate fashionable planetary vacation hubs similar Horseshoe Bay, successful Bermuda, Elafonissi and Balos Lagoon in, Crete, Greece, arsenic good arsenic Pink Sands successful Harbour Island, Bahamas.

Last month, Torquay Council reportedly rejected Action for Paignton's telephone to region the galore rocks connected Paignton Sands, which they assertion would endanger tourists this summer, DevonLive reports.

This follows the council's £14million proposal approved past June to revamp Paignton's seafronts arsenic portion of a oversea defence initiative.

Resident Richard Kaskow said: "I person known this beach for implicit 60 years and has ne'er been similar this before.

"This astir decidedly poses a hazard to bathers," helium claimed.

He continued: "The rocks are successful information the stone armour to support the alloy expanse piling to the archetypal oversea partition coming to the aboveground and are extended astatine times passim the year.

"They volition proceed to contiguous an unacceptable information to bathers, particularly truthful with steps starring close down into them."

He added: "The formation is our USP on with the pier and community's Geoplay Park, truthful let's support it that way."

Torbay Council spokesperson said: "Torbay Council is alert of the rocks connected Paignton Beach. These rocks are a earthy enactment and are typically covered by sand.

"However, owed to caller terrible weather, the topography of Paignton Beach has somewhat changed, revealing much of these rocks.

"The rocks play a important relation successful the beach's earthy ecosystem by providing habitats for assorted marine life.

"We judge that educating residents astir these earthy features and encouraging idiosyncratic caution is simply a much sustainable attack than removing them.

The council's revamp strategy volition spot Paignton getting caller seating terraces, and the shelters, kiosks and cafes volition beryllium relocated.

A caller entranceway connected South Green volition springiness vehicles access, though nary postulation volition beryllium allowed onto the promenade.

Preston volition besides get caller seating, and its shelters and kiosks volition person other protection.