Move over, Sandbanks: now Salcombe, Devon is Britain’s most expensive seaside town

Here are the UK’s most expensive locations to buy a seaside home out of the 209 locations analysed, according to Halifax, with the average house price (based on figures for the 12 months to December 2022):

1. Salcombe, Devon, South West, £1,244,025

2. Sandbanks, Dorset, South West, £952,692

3. Aldeburgh, Suffolk, East England, £794,492

4. Padstow, Cornwall, South West, £790,847

5. Lymington, Hampshire, South East, £663,474

6. Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, South East, £611,816

7. Dartmouth, Devon, South West, £567,985

8. Kingsbridge, Devon, South West, £556,659

9. Wadebridge, Cornwall, South West, £548,669

10. Budleigh Salterton, Devon, South West, £537,681

Here are the UK’s cheapest locations to buy a seaside home out of the 209 locations analysed, according to Halifax, with the average house price (based on figures for the 12 months to December 2022):

1. Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland, £97,608

2. Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland, £105,410

3. Millport, Ayrshire, Scotland, £111,381

4. Invergordon, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland £114,962

5. Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland, £116,414

6. Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland, north-east, £117,663

7. Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, £117,884

8. Wick, Caithness, Scotland, £124,857

9. Thurso, Caithness, Scotland, £126,716

10. Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, £129,348

And here are the locations with the biggest house price increases between 2012 and 2022, according to Halifax, with the average house price in 2022 followed by the percentage increase:

1. Salcombe, Devon, South West, £1,244,025, 123%

2. Margate, Kent, South East, £305,191, 109%

3. Westgate-on-Sea, Kent, South East, £308,764, 100%

=4. Birchington, Kent, South East, £386,040, 98%

=4. Aldeburgh, Suffolk, East England, £794,492, 98%

=6. Deal, Kent, South East, £391,325, 97%

=6. Ramsgate, Kent, South East, £307,737, 97%

=6. Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, South East, £611,816, 97%

9. Whitstable, Kent, South East, £483,692, 95%

=10. Padstow, Cornwall, South West, £790,847, 94%

=10. Burnham-On-Crouch, Essex, East England, £418,609, 94%