Two of Europe’s least-crowded beaches are just an hour away from London

A lot of beaches that seem the perfect getaway destination on paper, only to find that overcrowing often ruins the experience when you get there.

The usual destinations of the Algarve, Ayia Napa and Ibiza are seen as the best options for a relaxing break, but when you can’t even find a place to settle down on the beach it might not be the calm trip you hoped for.

Some of the best-known and most beautiful European shorelines can make them overcrowded and stressful places to visit. However, Wizz Air has compiled a list of lesser-known hidden gems that offer a quieter, relaxing escape.

And, the plus side is that Brits looking for a spacious seaside break won’t have to journey far! Camber Sands, East Sussex, which is a mere one-hour train journey from London, has been ranked as the second least overcrowded beach in Europe.

The airplane giant studied 50 European countries and their beaches to assess the overcrowding and rank them.

They then used their travel expertise and a calculation that involved measuring the beach, dividing its area by the size of a beach towel, and then dividing that by the average number of daily visitors.

This gave an estimate of how much space each beach offers per person.

It turns out that thanks to its expansive, near-five-mile sandy beach, Camber Sands has enough space for an impressive 61.1 beach towels per person.

And Camber Sands isn’t the only English beach to rank in Wizz Air’s top 10 least overcrowded beaches. Brighton (also in East Sussex) ranked 6th and has several direct trains from the capital that will take you straight to the shore in under an hour.

With enough room for 27 beach towels per person, visitors to Brighton have more than enough space to enjoy the pier, pebbled beach and food offerings.

Top 10 least overcrowded beaches in Europe