England’s Premier Seaside Destinations
Being an island, Great Britain has some of the most spectacular coastlines in the world. During the 1700s a fashion craze swept the country as people began going on seaside holidays to get away from the industrialized cities and relax on beaches in the relative calm of seaside towns, if only for a few days. Once the rail networks caught up in the mid to late 19th Century, the most popular seaside towns grew massively as a result of the influx in tourists. Although international air travel eventually became more accessible to the masses in the late 20th Century, seaside holidays in the UK still remain popular to this day.
What’s great about Britain’s seaside resorts is that they offer more than just beautiful coastlines and as such, can be great for all members of your family, with attractions for children and amenities for adults. The top three seaside destinations in the UK are detailed hereafter for your education.
Blackpool started off as a small hamlet by the sea, but once the fashion craze of seaside holidaying hit the UK around the middle of the 18th Century it slowly gained more and more inhabitants until the 1840s when a railway linking the town to the industrialized areas of northern England was built and the population skyrocketed. Blackpool enjoyed extreme popularity during the Victorian era and that popularity continued until the late 20th Century when air travel became more affordable and people began going on short trips abroad instead of staying in the UK. Although visitor numbers have reduced since their peak at over 15 million visitors per year, Blackpool still attracts around 9-10 million tourists to its sandy beaches, its magnificent Tower and Pleasure Beach theme park.
Cornwall is an amazingly beautiful area of the United Kingdom with some of the most magnificent vistas in the whole of the British Isles. One particularly attractive town is St. Ives, located just north of Penzance. The Guardian newspaper recently named St.Ives as their choice for the best seaside town in the UK due to its eclectic mix of landscape and natural geography, combined with its cultural offerings, promising new art talent that is displayed in the St. Ives Tate Gallery and the famous Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden.
After the jewel of Lancashire (Blackpool), and the diamond of Cornwall (St. Ives), the place to go in the south east of England for a seaside retreat can only be none other than Brighton. Brighton and Hove, to give it its full name, has been a popular getaway location for Londoners for well over 150 years and is still as popular today as it was back then. Brighton is a city with a lot to give, with some of the best restaurants, theatres, clubs, pubs and bars in the UK, coupled with being surrounded by some of the most breathtaking scenery, Brighton should be an easy contender for the latest round of the ‘UK’s best seaside town’ competition.
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