
For some UK teenagers going on holiday in Europe is a rite of passage and the first chance they have of letting their hair down - unsupervised.

From performing sexual acts in public in Magaluf to passing-out on street corners in Ayia Napa, many British revellers do not hold back when they exit the plane for their holidays.

Photographer Peter Dench decided to explore four European destinations during the month of June which are notorious for their alcohol-fuelled festivities, to capture these young Brits in their full glory.

Travelling first to all-night party capital San Antonio in Ibiza, he then ventured on to Sunny Beach in Bulgaria, to Ayia Napa in Cyprus and lastly Magaluf in Majorca to complete the photography book entitled 'The British Abroad.

Partying hard: Revellers from British tour operators including Escapades and Club 18-30, on the dance floor during a foam party at the Club Ice, Ayia Napa, Cyprus

What Dench found were partygoers getting questionable tattoos, donning lobster tans and taking part in foam parties, boat fiestas, neon raves and the infamous bar crawls.

Alongside the highs of these locations Dench also pictured the lows, with many scenarios showing Brits lying drunk on pavements, downing excessive amounts of alcohol and stumbling down the streets at 5am.

His full photo series of the British public at play was released in a hardback book this month, following his previous works which exposed revelry closer to home, England Uncensored and A&E: Alcohol & England.

Down it! A young woman is administered some alcohol by Party Hard bar crawl staff at Ice Lounge, Ayia Napa in Cyprus

Sharing is caring: Three men drink through coloured straws from one drink during an afternoon swimming pool party at Club Aqua in Ayia Napa, Cyprus. The club hosts the party each week during the season for tourists and seasonal British workers

Doesn't look comfortable: A Scottish woman checks on a British man slumped on a wall next to Magaluf beach, Majorca

Family holiday: Two Swedish friends on the The Party Crewís, Letís. Tourists can expect a welcome cocktail, five free shots, a visit to four popular party bars and two free entrances to clubs. According to Party Crew employee Ashley, Bulgarian regulations dictate the bar crawl can't exceed 200 people and must be off the streets (and in a club) by midnight

Jody from Manchester, lies on the floor at Barcode bar during a game to celebrate her hen party in Ayia Napa, Cyprus. She is accompanied on the trip by around 30 of her friends and family

Interesting outfit: A student at Bangor University balances on a balcony dressed for the 'tight and bright' night out. He is one of around a 1,000 British university students staying at the Hotel Delfin at the Zelena Laguna resort on the inaugural ILOVETOUR to the town of Porec in Croatia

Room with a view: 32-year-old security officer George, tries to wake a British man found slumped on the beach in Magaluf, Majorca. George works a nine hour shift, seven days a week, five months a year. At around 6.30am each day, George starts to clear the beach of people who have chosen to sleep there or who have collapsed on it

Go hard or go home: Three British friends make their way back to their accommodation as the sun rises over the main bar strip in Magaluf