With affordable housing, investment in enterprise and new businesses, and an increasingly diverse cultural offer, the contemporary British Seaside is a great place to live, work and play...
Did you know...
- The British Seaside is home to more than 3.5 million people (marginally more than the population of Wales).
- You're never more than 73 miles from the Seaside in the UK.
- The UK coastline is more than 7700 miles in length, more than the coastlines of Italy, France and Spain.
- Seaside Towns are packed with affordable and architecturally beautiful Victorian seaside housing. For the price of a studio flat in London, you can buy a three bedroom townhouse with sea views on the Kent coast.
- Over the past three years, huge levels of investment has been made into improving public space in Seaside Towns.
- Many Seaside Towns are improving their broadband facilities, making it easy for businesses to operate efficiently from the coastline.
- Towns are improving the quality and diversity of cultural attractions, with projects such as the Turner Contemporary gallery in Margate, and the Jerwood Gallery in Hastings, set to attract new visitors.