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Lyme Regis, Dorset

‘An easterly is the most disagreeable wind in Lyme Bay,’ writes the town’s famous resident, the novelist John Fowles, ‘Lyme Bay being that largest bite from the underside of England’s outstretched...

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Cromer, Norfolk

Cromer is a magical place. Approaching it from the heights of Roughton Heath, you suddenly see the town way below against a backdrop of slate-blue sea – all red pantile roofs, cedar trees, pinnacle...

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Filey, Yorkshire

Beyond the ghost of a 1939 Butlin’s Holiday Camp, where only the huge, empty swimming pool and its tiered fountain survive among the scrubland, Filey retains an air of quiet, solid respectability. Past...

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Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria

Grange is on the mysterious Cartmel Peninsula, its low-lying edges often wreathed in mist. I came on a train from Carnforth beside the vast expanse of Morecambe Bay, and crossed the treacherous sands...

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Fowey, Cornwall

Fowey is all romance. The town’s face and its heroic history as one of Cornwall’s principal ports was, and is, its fortune. There are steep twisting streets of whitewashed cottages, their pattern...

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Skegness, Lincolnshire

Beyond low-lying potato fields and isolated farms down dog-leg fenland lanes, Skegness sits safe on its mild rise above the sea. The churned-up sand shows buff through the choppy waves and an offshore...

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Whitby, Yorkshire

Sitting in the cosy bustle of Elizabeth Botham and Sons’ tea rooms (established 1865) on Whitby’s West Side, beside towered plates of Yorkshire curd tarts, ginger cakes and lemon buns, I said to my...

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St Leonards, Sussex

St Leonards is majestic. The well-to-do from Bexhill may not venture here, but it is their loss. The resort has now merged imperceptibly with Hastings (there was once space and a grand gateway between...

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Llandudno, Caernarfonshire

High above the lush cream villas on the outskirts of Penrhyn Bay the road climbs up to the sheep-scattered heights of Little Orne’s Head – all pale grey rocky outcrops and seemingly sheer grassy...

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Broadstairs, Kent

On May 29th 1974 the Broadstairs and St Peter’s Mail reported on its front page that the charms of Broadstairs had at last reached the stars: ‘The actor Gregory Peck has promised to visit the town next...

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