Southsea is very nice. Lots of little bars and eating places.Nice beach and a lovely pier. Only a thirty minute walk along the coastal path to Portsmouth or a five minute bus ride.
Seconded. Best (and only?) sandy beach along that stretch of coast. I’m also in the childhood trips to Broadstairs camp - so exciting when it was suggested in the morning or the night before that we might go there for a day out. One Sunday we even stayed overnight in a hotel and I was allowed to skip school on the Monday! Doesn’t get more exciting than that as a ten year old or whatever I was. Off to Pembrokeshire next week for half term - amazing beaches down there and not too crowded either.
If it's a beach then the good ones are rarely near a town.
Favourite seaside towns:
Bournemouth for a night out and an ok beach or the ferry over to Studland for stunning beaches and a couple of nice restaurants. Broadstairs when local for a wander around the town or the local beaches Croyde for a surf and a few beers in the party pubs (preferably out of season) Aggies for a surf and a quiet chill with great beaches nearby St Ives for great beaches and if i'm feeling cultured
if you want best beaches, i could write a guide to the UK's beaches!
I reeeeeally want to go there. Tim Hunkin's Novelty Automation project (which everyone should visit - it's in Holborn) has its own pier there, and there are so many wildlife reserves nearby
Tim Hunkin is an absolute genius. Some of the games on that pier are pierless. The Fly where you have to land on as much food as possible without being swatted. Crossing the a motorway with a Zimmer frame. Crankenstein, walking the dog and bathyscope. If anyone deserves a knighthood, he does.
The Zimmer frame training game is quality! I loved the little bit of animation that got played if you got run down: an ambulance arrived to remove the body and chalk lines were painted around the Zimmer frame instead of the body!
St Agnes is beautiful. Again did a lovely walk from our van in Perranporth to St Agnes. Stunning.
Also walked from Polperro to Fowey. Beautiful. We really do have some beautiful coastline. Just don't always get the weather.
And another vote for Studland... gorgeous. Though our walk slightly spoiled by the old fella rising up from the sand dunes wearing only his ruck sack with his "indicator" on!!
Southsea is very nice. Lots of little bars and eating places.Nice beach and a lovely pier. Only a thirty minute walk along the coastal path to Portsmouth or a five minute bus ride.
I stayed near there when we played Pompey last season. A very nice weekend even without the match!
Southsea is very nice. Lots of little bars and eating places.Nice beach and a lovely pier. Only a thirty minute walk along the coastal path to Portsmouth or a five minute bus ride.
I stayed near there when we played Pompey last season. A very nice weekend even without the match!
I was there this season when Pompey turned over Plymouth 3-0. Met some Plymouth supporters in Southsea after the match. Not a bad place to lick your wounds.
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Only a thirty minute walk along the coastal path to Portsmouth or a five minute bus ride.
If it's a beach then the good ones are rarely near a town.
Favourite seaside towns:
Bournemouth for a night out and an ok beach or the ferry over to Studland for stunning beaches and a couple of nice restaurants.
Broadstairs when local for a wander around the town or the local beaches
Croyde for a surf and a few beers in the party pubs (preferably out of season)
Aggies for a surf and a quiet chill with great beaches nearby
St Ives for great beaches and if i'm feeling cultured
if you want best beaches, i could write a guide to the UK's beaches!
Also walked from Polperro to Fowey. Beautiful. We really do have some beautiful coastline. Just don't always get the weather.
And another vote for Studland... gorgeous. Though our walk slightly spoiled by the old fella rising up from the sand dunes wearing only his ruck sack with his "indicator" on!!
The weather issue can be exaggerated too, most days in summer you'll get reasonable weather
Sounds like we have an abundance of great seaside towns.
Met some Plymouth supporters in Southsea after the match. Not a bad place to lick your wounds.
I love the Isle of Wight, had many good holidays as a child and my husband and I frequently visit it.