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02 Jun 2016

UK’s Most Expensive Seaside Towns

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A new report by Halifax has revealed some of the UK’s most expensive and least expensive seaside towns. Halifax used sold prices from the Land Registry and Registers of Scotland for the report which included 196 UK seaside towns.

Here is a summary of the list, we have included the average house price for you too:

UK’s Most Expensive Seaside Towns

  1. Sandbanks, Dorset = £664,655
  2. Salcombe, Devon = £539,950
  3. Padstow, Cornwall = £443,396
  4. Aldeburgh, Suffolk = £439,379
  5. Lymington, Hampshire = £426,112
  6. Dartmouth, Devon = £401,361
  7. Fowey, Cornwall = £379,003
  8. St Mawes, Cornwall = £373,746
  9. Wadebridge, Cornwall = £373,351
  10. Budleigh Salterton, Devon = £360,984

UK’s Least Expensive Seaside Towns

  1. Port Bannatyne, Isle of Bute, Argyll and Bute, Scotland = £77,132
  2. Newbiggin by the Sea, Northumberland = £81,259
  3. Girvan, South Ayrshire, Scotland = £91,912
  4. Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute, Scotland = £91,938
  5. Saltcoats, North Ayrshire, Scotland = £93,479
  6. Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland = £96,476
  7. Invergordon, Scottish Highlands = £98,673
  8. Millport, Isle of Cumbrae, North Ayrshire, Scotland = £98,742
  9. Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Argyll and Bute, Scotland = £99,005
  10. Thurso, Scottish Highlands = £99,660

Average house prices in seaside town have increased by over 32% in the last 10 years, from £166,565 in 2006, to £219,386 in 2016. This is due to the desirable seaside lifestyle and scenery on offer, as well as property investors looking for attractive holiday lets.

Stewart Property Buyers Team

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