Best seaside towns

Exmouth must be about the only town in Devon and Cornwall that I haven't been to.

Defo on the list next time I am down there.

Sounds like a vibrant place to live.

This is the market without Salcombe, right?

Prefer Dartmouth.

Salcombe is right up there JM ....a beautiful seaside town and  Salcombe ice cream is probably the best i have ever tasted but it is one of the most expensive resorts on the South West coast and therefore most fall in behind Exmouth.

I go there as often as I can Twizzle and in fact was at the Harbour Hotel most of last week. As you say it's expensive but worth it. Someone recommended Fowey to us so we spent a night there before heading back to Salcombe but it is not comparable in any way in my opinion.

Birmingham...if we don't cut down on the plastic.

I,d keep quiet if I were you,pictures in local paper recently regarding Whitby in n Yorkshire,where locals ,business complaining about the amount of visitors,litter left behind, one photo crossing the bridge, bridge must have been up shortly before was horrendous looked like Wembley way at full time

Dracula must have been nervous when he looked out the window

Skegness

Filey , Robin Hood's Bay , Whitby

Portrush, there's plenty to do, great restaurants and close by Bushmills Distillery.

Bridlington is the place dreams are made of, one of the pubs even has a talking parrot that swears at people!

Krispies, is that the one next to the Chinese takeaway oppsite the church?

Jun 3, 2019 -- 12:00PM, GRANTCKING wrote:

Bridlington is the place dreams are made of, one of the pubs even has a talking parrot that swears at people!

3 weekends to go and its the annual BRID JOLLY BOYS OUTING...HEAVEN!

Is the Bridlington Queen still running?

I believe it is!

There was that cruiser and one called the Yorkshire Belle many years ago.

Mind you I spent most of my time in the Harbour Lights. Great boozer till they moved it across the road.

Loads of pubs and we get there about 10.30 am and get the hell out on the bus at 8pm

Always a great laugh, plenty of pubs and many locals to laugh at

parrot with turrets ,love it

Parrot spent too much time listening to the local inbreeds.

Have to agree with twizzle re Exmouth, one of our fav places to visit, also very much enjoy Sidmouth.

Salcombe, very pretty but so expensive.

It's only expensive because it's worth it. We stayed in Fowey at what is considered to be the best hotel (it wasn't by the way, it was truly awful) in one of their best rooms at £280 for a night. Salcombe Harbour Hotel's room was £393 per night and was simply in a different league.

SeaHouses > Bamburgh Nice Stretch

further south on same coast got warkworth , alnmouth and amble

I love the train journey to Exmouth.

https://greatscenicrailways.co.uk/lines/avocet-line/

I do like the sign on the platfrom at Lympstone Commando: “Persons alighting here must have business with the camp”. What happens to anyone who alights there without the necessary business?

I took the dog down to Exmouth one Sunday afternoon in February a couple of years ago. It was sunny, but freezing cold, back here in Somerset, with ice on the water butts. Yet down there the beach was absolutely jam-packed with families making sand castles, with dog walkers, and with people just taking a constitutional. It was as though you'd entered some secret domain.

Yes Amble Nice ,Never heard of Warkworth will have to Check it out

warkworth is very nice, more so than amble. house prices are canny high there ( relatively speaking ) .

St Andrews. Beautiful town and area with golden sands, 5 star hotels and restaurants. Also has a golf course too.

If you do have business with the camp...... apparently Ann Widdecombe knows how to cure it!

Not been for over 20 years but I always thought Weymouth was a great holiday resort, its a 6 hour drive though but must go again soon !

don't really see the point in paying top dollar/ obscene hotel room prices at seaside, good B n B, HOLIDAY HOME SURELY THE WAY TO GO, part of been at the seaside aint it, poncey rooms,drinks,food at seaside whats the point in going

i'm surprised no one been tempted by all the publicity jaywick has garnered?

Weymouth (NAP)

Nardini`s in Largs make the best ice cream in the UK. One of the daughter`s is a famous actress. So famous, I can`t remember her name.

I think its something Nardini.

Daniella.
We used to go there regularly Mac.
Restaurant on the side like something out of the forties.
Had soup and a meal but left out the dessert.
Had that in the café. Is it still going with all the page boys/girls waiting to bring your ice cream.
Banana Boat with all the sparklers caught the attention.

I think you may be right. She was a looker.

Daniela Nardini. I couldn`t remember that crap tv series (This Life) she starred in so I looked it up. ffs that was aired 23 years ago.

Sorry aka - cross posts.

It`s been years since I was in Largs, so I don`t know. Was a great resort back in the day. Happy memories.

We used to go down the Ayrshire coast when younger.
Ayr, Girvan, Largs and Troon. All lovely wee places at that time. Probably still are.
Not sure I'd fancy this though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aeg2-lyk344

Brilliant

wtf needs Benidorm

I agree Exmouth is a lovely place.I am glad there is a good fish and chip shop there.Earlier this year we sat down one lunchtime in a central Exmouth fish and chip shop,it was the worst fish and chips we have ever tasted,we left more than we ateI do not know the name of the shop.

No mention for Blackpool ? I loved it when I went there about 2 years ago on a freezing day in December .

The home made jam thatched cottage factory is worth a visit in blackpool.and the home for retired alcoholics has some of the sights that no where in Britain can match.visit any public house and see sights you never even imagined existed .visit the many Indian restraunts where you can taste food that is prepared in the front of your very eyes in the micro oven.
Why not take a ride in an open horse and carriage along the seafront and see the staggering drunks trying to get back to their boarding house for tea.its like a free comedy show
Visit the highly recommended Blackpool tower as those whose had too much to drink attempt to climb it
Even if it's pouring down the fun doesn't stop the fun fair is open to part you from your money so you can tell your friends how much you had to overspend on your holiday .and there's plenty of spaces to park your mobility scooter in the fun house
You can even buy ten sticks of Blackpool rock for a pound from a back street rock shop no one cares that it's spelt wrong through thecmiddle

lytham st annes just down the road much better than Blackpool

Ps there's a wonderful model village next to stanley  park where you can spend hours with the family trying to guess what the decaying figures are meant to be .the children will love their family joint in the quiz of identifying them

DO DIDDY spot on about Blackpool the stag and hen party capital.But do not forget pigeon weekend in January

Do wah , I'll go Blackpool again soon and I'll remember some of your tips . THANKS!

Yes not only can you play dodge the seagul Sh*t you can also play dodge the pigeon sh*t
The children find it hilarious and it's free

i Love playing that game .

I LOVE Pidgeons . I feed them every morning when they come into my garden , along with the Jackdaws and many other types of beautiful birds . I love all garden birds , but The Robin is my FAVE !

Jackdaws, Crows and Magpies will kill and eat the small garden birds.

thinking of booking the harbour salacombe, 2 day special £600 estuary room with balcony and dinner 1st day, but bit of poor reviews re the organisation service at breakfast/ dinner.How did you find it johonny?  . did a tour of devon/ cornwall few years back. 1 st 2 nights , white horse exmoor , deal through secret escapes, fantastic inn.then few days sandy cove nr ilfracombe, £300 a night disgusting filthy dump, then onto lovely b/b in boscastle, nice village and tintangel, stopped in st isaaac  and then 2 days in cheap hotel in newquay, and a night in the jamaican inn on way home.Clovelly  was worth a day trip, so was lynton/ lynmouth, fabulous quaint small cinema there.But this time thinking of sidmouth, st mawes and salacombe and the carbis bay hotel st ives, with a visit to the minack theatre and kynance cove on the agenda.Johonny , what do you think of south sands hotel near the harbour?

Morning mate.

Everything in Salcombe is about the view. Some of the Estuary glimpse rooms are as good, if not better than some of the higher priced rooms. I think I was in room 202 last time which was spectacular. Overall I'd agree with the reviews. You can't fault the rooms or view in any way but as someone on Tripadvisor succinctly pointed out - when it comes do the restaurant the right hand doesn't seem to know what the left hand's doing in terms of service. I'm pretty relaxed about that but I know some people get het up if they have to wait more than 10 seconds to have their wine glasses refilled. Furthermore, I've always thought the menu is quite limited and for me the food is no better than OK, certainly not outstanding. But to add balance to that Mrs Mustang thinks it's superb so it's all about opinions. What I would say is that there are loads of restaurants in Salcombe itself (they're literally on your doorstep as it's a one-road town) and the Victoria Inn in particular does outstanding pub food.

Only stayed at South Sands once and it's very similar in terms of view/dining as the Harbour Hotel but it's quite isolated and there is nothing in South Sands at all to do - it's the hotel and nothing else.

Mrs Gin and I did a day-trip down to Exmouth yesterday.

I thought it was a nice little place and not very busy and it only cost £3 to park right on the seafront for four hours.

It’s still a typical seaside town but as mentioned previously no litter and not too many people. I must say though that it seemed that every second person was obese – what is that all about?

We also went to the aforementioned Krispies fish and chip shop for lunch – it was a bit out of the way but well worth the time – very nice.

Sidmouth,I take my mum.I am in my fifties and i am sure that
on occasions i am the youngest person there!!!!!!!!

Sidmouth,I take my mum.I am in my fifties and i am sure that
on occasions i am the youngest person there!!!!!!!!

Why did i post that twice???

Minnis Bay in kent, love it there

Redcar,Ayr,Yarmouth ,laytown

I'm not saying it's the best but Brighton is so easy for me to get to and with the racecourse there, Hove dogs, Fontwell, Plumpton and Goodwood all within reach it's pretty much the only seaside place I go to these days for a few days away.

I agree, Slippy Blue, about Brighton.

I lived there for two years and if you were youngish then it is the place to be.  Like you I went to Hove dogs, Brighton racecourse, etc.  I left because I just felt out of place.  I lived in the centre and everywhere I went to have a coffee etc the place was filled with twenty something middle class people.  #

The beach is fantastic for young people with loads going on.

Posted this about Brighton, on the 'Favourite UK seaside resort' thread a couple of years ago:


I lived there 1979-81, 1982-4, 1986-8 and 1989-91. Basically, whenever life went arse over tip back when I was in my twenties, I just ended up returning there. Absolutely loved the place. You could be hopelessly skint and under-achieving, but all you had to do was wander among the streets, pubs and people there and you felt you were something again.

And when you went back there, things happened and opportunities arose. It's that kind of place. And it explains why I kept moving on.

But when I've popped down there since, to see friends or go racing, it feels like a smug, privileged, overcrowded quarter of Kingston-Upon-Thames.

Besides, the days of paying £6/week to live there (summer 1981 - half-share in a £12/week bedsit in Kemp Town) have long gone. I'd be struggling to afford to live there now. But as my mate, with whom I shared that bedsit and who still lives in the town, says: would I actually want to? He'd love to get out of the place, but is stuck with a wife who rejects every alternative, because her friends would classify it as a sign of social failure.

Annie ,the Beach itself is full of Stones infact it is Stones

Full of rich gay people who pay over the top for property etc .

When i go to Brighton, the promenade always has roads closed due to roadworks all over the place, and i've never seen so many homeless people, one in every doorway. well overated imo

1-10

Swanage
Salcombe ( lived there for a time  as a child before it was truly gentrified )
Whitby
Southwold 
Brighton
Bournemouth
St Ives
Southend
Felixstowe (my local)
Lynton

Poole

lulworth cove

we stay at brownsea castle twice a year its very quiet, and can hop over to sandbanks.

yes lulworth cove, durdle door, sandbanks, corfe castle fabulous, fancied staying in the knoll house hotel studland bay. Callisto, didnt know that brownsea castle was an hotel to be honest!

yes john lewis own it, I love lulworth and the kids have fun there too.

Don't stay at Knoll House, it's for pensioners. Instead, go to the Pig on the Beach just around the corner (not that they ever have many rooms available as it's been voted Hotel of the Year).

cheers johnny

No problem mate. Knoll House is ghastly, truly horrible whereas The Pig is wonderful and does fabulous food.

Once was a kitchen porter at Knoll House hotel.

Johnny--I know many share your opinion about the hotel.

It has been taken over recently so maybe things have improved or will improve in the near future.

You can't fault its location JML and it would be good if there was a decent alternative to The Pig as it's virtually impossible to get a room there.

Some great seaside places on the North Norfolk coastline,also Alan on the radio

Mrs was looking at hiring a cottage in Beckfoot near Silloth in Cumbria. Anyone been there?

been to silloth  quite dreary mecca , that was about 45 yrs ago

Yes, I've just been looking at it. She wants a break and we have 2 dogs so that cuts down the options quite a bit. This cottage looks like it's in the middle of nowhere. But as long as there's a boozer nearby, I'll be happy.
She's booked it anyway

I told her to look for Devon, Cornwall, Somerset. After a while she asked me if Cumbria was near there.   

We live in the Midlands so I ain't fussed. If the dogs are happy...she's happy... If she's happy... I'm happy

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Mrs was looking at hiring a cottage in Beckfoot near Silloth in Cumbria. Anyone been there?

send her foe a trial stay on her own!!

Not a bad idea C-M

But I reckon somehow... It would end up costing me a fkin fortune