MANY of us have fond memories of our UK seaside summer holidays growing up. Fish and chips, building sandcastles, braving the ...

THE UK is home to some breath-takingly beautiful seaside towns. So its no surprise that each summer, hoards of holidaymakers ...

As heatwaves continue to sweep across the UK, prompting a mass exodus from sweltering urban centres, the allure of a cooling sea breeze becomes irresistible. With over 7,000 miles of coastline, the ...

It was a hub of lead mining and shipbuilding. It boomed again thanks to genteel Victorians taking the seaside air. And, more recently, it provided the backdrop to a genre-defying Welsh noir. The ...

Once synonymous with decline and despair, the UK’s seaside towns are getting a welcome cash injection. Ambitious regeneration projects are breathing new life into a number of the country’s coastal ...

In 1936 an enterprising businessman lit upon a way to make the British seaside even more of an endurance test. To icy seas, leaden skies and average annual temperatures of 10°C, Billy Butlin added low ...

While a British summer is never a guarantee of hot weather, there’s one thing you can be sure of: Brits will be going to the beach. For centuries, and in all kinds of weather, the British have licked ...

Sooner or later, everywhere has its moment. A poll for Which? magazine in 2020 named Cleethorpes as one of the worst seaside destinations in the UK; the survey’s respondents were resolutely unmoved by ...

This often overlooked seaside resort boasts 15 miles of continuous golden sandy beaches, one of the longest stretches of sand along Britain's coastlines. It passes dunes, seaside amusements, donkey ...