England
Bournemouth Seaside Lodges, Dorset
It’s uncommon to discover a seashore hut that you would be able to sleep in in a single day, so these small however superbly designed lodges are understandably in demand. Positioned instantly overlooking the quieter finish of Bournemouth’s lengthy, sandy seashore, the miniature seaside boltholes mix white clapboard partitions and nautical stripes with mod cons equivalent to a kitchen, rest room, bathe room and wifi. Visitors may reap the benefits of free journey on the land prepare, which runs all the way down to the pier and aquarium.
Lodges sleep as much as 4 adults and two kids (aside from the accessible lodge, which accommodates as much as 4 adults and one youngster), from £500 for 3 nights, bournemouthbeachlodges.co.uk
No. 124, Brighton, East Sussex
Opened on the finish of 2024, No. 124 Brighton is the most recent boutique keep from GuestHouse Hotels. Set simply behind the seashore, this cool resort blends Regency and Victorian attraction with quirky touches and trendy luxurious. Its 32 individually designed rooms and suites characteristic classic furnishings, native artwork and report gamers, with a set of vinyl downstairs to select from.
Visitors can get pleasure from a cocktail within the luxurious lounge or e-book a therapy within the newly opened FieldTrip Spa. The stylish on-site restaurant, Pearly Cow, serves regionally sourced produce, together with 45-day salt-aged steaks cooked over an open flame, and oysters served on ice.
Doubles from £165 room-only, guesthousehotels.co.uk
Astondene, Southwold, Suffolk
With its historic lighthouse, quirky pier and vibrant seashore huts, Southwold is the quintessential seaside city. Ebook a keep at Astondene, a three-storey home a pebble’s throw from the lengthy sand and shingle seashore, and also you’ll be within the excellent location to reap the benefits of all that this nook of Suffolk has to provide.
Browse the unbiased outlets, deal with your self to supper on the Swan or have a pint on the Lord Nelson, and don’t miss Tim Hunkin’s Under the Pier Show, an eccentric assortment of interactive slot machines and curious innovations on Southwold Pier. Youngsters will love the basement bed room/den, with its personal couch and TV.
Sleeps eight in three bedrooms, from £1,075 per week, sykescottages.co.uk
Prince of Wales Terrace, Deal, Kent
Absorb the uninterrupted Channel views from this stylish two-bedroom house overlooking Deal’s lengthy pebble seashore – there’s nothing between you and France. With its Nineteen Fifties concrete pier, classic outlets and glorious eating places, Deal is a good place for a weekend by the ocean. Ebook a desk at Deal Pier Kitchen, take a yoga class on the Pelican Rooms and have a drink at boutique resort the Rose.
Sleeps 4, £540 for 3 nights, Fri-Mon or £611 for a four-night keep, Mon-Fri, coaste.co.uk
St Mark’s Bothy, Brownsea Island, Dorset
A chic setting on the shore of Brownsea Island greater than makes up for the shortage of mod cons at this easy stone bothy. Thought to have been constructed as a dovecot within the late 1800s, the constructing was just lately renovated by the Nationwide Belief to supply a peaceable self-catering retreat in this nationally vital nature reserve. Though there’s sizzling water, the one supply of heating is a wood-burning range and there’s restricted electrical energy.
Hold an eye fixed out for purple squirrels and sika deer within the forest and, after the boats and day guests have left, head to the seashore for some stargazing. Pack evenly as a result of the bothy is a 20-minute stroll from the place the ferry docks, and you’ll need to hold your individual baggage.
Sleeps 5 in two bedrooms, from £380 for 2 nights, nationaltrust.org.uk
The Albion, Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight
Go to sleep to the sound of the waves washing over the chalk pebbles of Freshwater Bay on the Albion, a newly refurbished Victorian resort in West Wight that reopened below new administration in 2024. A lot of the 40 bedrooms have sea views, with glass doorways opening on to balconies or shared waterfront terraces. The on-site restaurant, the Rock, is run by government chef Steve Harris, who beforehand labored on the Lords of the Manor resort within the Cotswolds. Harris focuses on native produce, with most of his components sourced from the island.
Double with balcony from £190 B&B, non-sea view room from £160, albionhotel.co.uk
Anchors Aweigh, Helford Passage, Cornwall
On the banks of the picturesque River Helford, this vacation cottage was as soon as a part of the Sixteenth-century Ferry Boat Inn. With French doorways that open on to a personal patio overlooking the seashore, it’s the proper location for a standard seaside vacation. You may rent kayaks and paddleboards and discover the estuary with out having to get into your automotive, and the pleasant Ferry Boat Inn, which serves native seafood, is simply subsequent door. Visitors have entry to a heated out of doors pool a brief stroll away (shared with different rental properties, open Could-September) and the native ferry takes you to Helford village, the place you’ll be able to discover Daphne du Maurier’s Frenchman’s Creek.
Sleeps six in three bedrooms, from £897 per week, toadhallcottages.co.uk
Penkenna Home, Crackington Haven, Cornwall
This good-looking stone and slate four-bedroom home, constructed within the 1800s, may hardly be nearer to the sea. On the slipway to fairly Crackington Haven seashore and hugged by cliffs both aspect, it blends into the dramatic panorama. Visitors usually have the bay to themselves and seals are continuously noticed, together with wealthy birdlife.
Inside, the home marries character and luxury, with uncovered stone partitions and beamed ceilings (the primary beam within the lounge is the repurposed mast of a Nineteenth-century ship wreck), and loads of unique paintings. There’s plenty of area with a big eating room, separate kitchen, comfortable with chaise longue, two loos, studio with surfboards and seashore toys, plus a big personal terrace and sizzling out of doors bathe. The sensible Coombe Barton Inn is seconds away for nice meals, too.
Sleeps eight, from £2,250 per week (three-night minimal Nov–June, seven-night minimal July-Oct), penkennahouse.com
The Wheelhouse B&B, St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly
It takes a little bit of effort to get to this gorgeous archipelago 28 miles off the coast of Cornwall, however it’s nicely value it for the white sandy seashores, turquoise waters and laid-back tempo of life. The islands might be costly, however this family-run B&B, which overlooks sandy Porthcressa seashore, is comparatively nicely priced (for Scilly a minimum of), even in summer season. From the coast path simply outdoors the B&B you’ll be able to discover the island on foot. You too can head to the ferry quay and hop on a ship to close by Tresco and the well-known Abbey Gardens. Or simply sit within the B&B’s beautiful sea backyard, which instantly overlooks the seashore, and, because the host suggests, let the stresses of the mainland fall away.
Doubles from £190 B&B, thewheelhousescilly.co.uk
Shoreside Huts, Alnmouth, Northumberland
These lovely tenting huts have panoramic views throughout Alnmouth’s lengthy, sandy seashore and out to sea. The St Oswald’s Manner coastal path runs proper previous your entrance door: head north to Craster, Bamburgh Citadel and Holy Island, and south for the seaside villages of Alnmouth, Warkworth and Amble.
Fully off-grid, the 4 huts (which might be rented collectively for bigger household teams) have a wood-burning range for warmth and photo voltaic panels for electrical energy. There’s a kitchenette, together with a bathroom and basin, and a shared bathe block. There’s no automobile entry or on-site parking, however the house owners can assist with baggage if organized upfront.
Huts sleep two adults plus two young children on a settee mattress, minimal two-night reserving, from £270 for 2 nights, alnmouthhuts.com
The Barnacle Goose, Bowness-on-Solway, Cumbria
This luxurious transformed Cumbrian stone barn with sea views is a good base for households eager to discover this quiet, wildlife-rich stretch of coast. Set alongside a personal lane, a brief stroll from the seashore, the property has three bedrooms – two doubles and a bunk room sleeping 4 – in addition to an out of doors eating space with a fireplace pit and barbecue, the place you’ll be able to get pleasure from spectacular sunsets over the Solway Firth. Hear out for the calls of nationally uncommon natterjack toads. Bordered by sand dunes and salt marshes, the closest seashore is brimming with birdlife, however quick tides imply it’s not appropriate for swimming, so take binoculars and discover on foot.
Hadrian’s Cycleway (Nationwide Cycle Route 72), which runs alongside the coast in direction of Glasson and Drumburgh, is on the doorstep, and Bowness-on-Solway is the beginning of the Hadrian’s Wall path.
Sleeps eight, from £1,295 per week, cottages.com
Scotland
The Pierhouse Resort, Port Appin, Argyll
Seafood is the star of the present at this intimate 12-bedroom resort on the shores of Loch Linnhe, although the views throughout to Lismore and Mull are not unhealthy both. Take pleasure in native langoustines, mussels and lobsters together with oysters harvested simply 10 minutes from the resort in its famend restaurant – head chef Michael Leathley simply picked up the Chef of the 12 months accolade on the Nationwide Lodges of the 12 months Scotland awards 2025.
You may take a guided wild swimming session across the quite a few seashores close by, or e-book a food-foraging tour with The Wild Cooke and feast on the gathered components.
Cliff-facing doubles from £225 B&B midweek, pierhousehotel.co.uk
Tahuna Bothies, Newburgh, Aberdeenshire
Get up to dawn over the ocean at these three picket bothies, designed by architect Stuart Davidson and set simply behind the gorgeous sand dunes on Newburgh seashore. The bothies are cosy and compact however the intelligent design permits for as much as 4 visitors – in a brilliant king-size mattress, which sits on a mezzanine bunk, and a double couch mattress. Every bothy additionally has a completely geared up kitchenette, bathe room and a personal out of doors seating space. It’s excellent for individuals who need a peaceable retreat the place they will reconnect with nature – there’s a seal colony simply alongside the seashore, together with nice biking and strolling routes.
Sleeps 4, from £122 an evening, two-night minimal Could-Oct, tahunabothies.co.uk
The Waterside Resort, West Kilbride, Ayrshire
The ocean-view rooms at this New England-style resort have uninterrupted vistas throughout the Firth of Clyde to the Isle of Arran. There’s recent, regionally caught seafood on the menu within the restaurant – when the climate is sweet, eating spills out into the waterfront backyard and terrace. Shielded from the wind, the sandy bay is nice for paddleboarding and kayaking. A revamped £3m seaside spa, which features a sauna, steam room and out of doors hydro pool, will open this summer season. When reserving, it’s value asking for a sea-view room to keep away from overlooking the automotive park at the rear.
Doubles from £125 B&B, watersideayrshire.com
Wales
The Previous Level Home, Angle, Pembrokeshire
The street to the Previous Level Home, a Sixteenth-century coastal inn on the south-western tip of Pembrokeshire, is submerged by the ocean a number of occasions a month, so that you’ll must test the tide occasions earlier than you journey. The wonderful restaurant serves oysters from East Angle Bay, which it overlooks, in addition to native lobster and crab, and champions seaweed as an ingredient. There are three easy, cosy rooms above the bar and a campsite in the adjoining personal meadow.
Doubles from £115 B&B, theoldpointhouse.wales
Aberafon Campsite, Gyrn Goch, Caernarfon
Positioned between the mountains and the ocean on the attractive Llŷn peninsula, this spacious campsite has its personal personal seashore and gorgeous views in all instructions. In addition to swimming and sandcastle constructing, you’ll discover area to launch a ship, good sea fishing and direct entry to coastal paths for strolling. There are forest areas to discover throughout the campsite and campers can gentle a fireplace on the seashore. The right place to go wild with the household.
£12 adults, £6 kids, no cost for under-threes, aberafon.co.uk
Caban, Pendine Sands, Carmarthenshire
Set on Pendine Sands – a seven-mile expanse famed for its record-breaking land velocity trials within the Twenties – Caban provides a great-value keep overlooking this breathtaking seashore. Opened in 2023, the resort was constructed to excessive environmental requirements, with photo voltaic panels, superior insulation and energy-saving LED lighting working collectively to cut back its carbon footprint. A part of a council-led initiative to enhance the world and welcome extra guests, there’s additionally a 500-metre promenade and an on-site restaurant.
Household rooms for 2 adults and two kids £130 room-only, cabanpendine.wales
The Cabin, Tenby, Pembrokeshire
This waterfront house is in a Grade II-listed turreted constructing the place Roald Dahl spent his Easter holidays as a baby. The home is constructed on to the ocean wall, with sea views from lots of the rooms. The balcony on the harbour aspect not solely catches the solar for many of the day however permits mother and father to peacefully get pleasure from a glass of wine whereas maintaining a tally of the youngsters taking part in on the seashore under.
Sleeps six in three bedrooms, £1,008 a week, coastalcottages.co.uk
Northern Eire
Manse on the Seaside, Cloughey, County Down
This boutique guesthouse overlooks two miles of sandy seashore within the fairly village of Cloughey, about an hour’s drive south-east of Belfast. The adult-only B&B additionally has its personal sauna and jacuzzi, which is housed in the communal gardens, and the house owners can organise bespoke yoga courses, therapeutic massage therapies or a personal chef who sources components from native suppliers.
Go to close by Citadel Ward and its historic farmyard, which was the placement of Winterfell within the filming of Recreation of Thrones. You too can head three miles down the coast to Portavogie and luxuriate in seafood recent from fishing boats.
Doubles with sea views from £110 B&B, manseonthebeach.com
Ballygally Citadel Resort, County Antrim
Having just lately accomplished a refurbishment of its sea-view suites, this iconic waterfront resort is a perfect place to begin a journey alongside the Causeway Coastal Route. The unique a part of the constructing dates again to the seventeenth century, and the rooms on this wing retain a number of the unique options. There are uninterrupted views of the Irish Sea and the golden sands of Ballygally Bay, the place you’ll be able to hire a paddleboard and discover the coast.
Doubles from £120 B&B, however it’s value spending a little bit extra (from £140) for a sea view, ballygallycastlehotel.com
Until in any other case acknowledged, the costs quoted are for Could 2025
