My favourite seasick spot has to be my home patch, the Jurassic Coast, especially the stretch from Ringstead Bay in Dorset to Branscombe Beach in Devon. My connection to Ringstead goes back to when I was around five years old and my parents took us t

There was a time, in the not-so-distant past, when the words ‘eco home’ were uttered in the same breath as tree-hugging and compost toilets. They conjured images of futuristic houses built for housing expos. And as most of these pioneering homes were

Forest is designer Vanessa Arbuthnott’s 20th fabric collection inspired by nature. Here, set against wooden panelling in Hicks Blue by Little Greene, the armchairs are covered in Sow & Scatter fabric in Soft Cornflower and the footstool in Marigold (

Llandudno, Conwy In a fabulous location close to the Snowdonia National Park, ‘the Queen of Welsh resorts’ is an elegant confection of Regency and Victorian Gothic architecture, a necklace of Marine Drive terraces wrapped around a crescent of North S

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The British seaside on a good day – there is nowhere better. I was brought up near Canterbury in Kent so we used to go to Kingsdown Beach, where a family member had a beach hut, and we’d go shrimping and cook the shrimps for tea – fantastic fun. We s

Jim Watkins and Ruth Milligan’s plans for a new life in Cornwall started with a chat over dinner way back in November 2015. They were living in Oxfordshire, where Jim was working as an IT programme manager in e-commerce and Ruth was head of the Afric

For the keen sailor, there is perhaps no better place to live than on a marina. This is life on the ocean wave, or as near as you can get without setting out to sea – a boaty home with a home for your boat right on the doorstep. Think gleaming white

There’s almost something not British about Woolacombe. If it wasn’t for the tea rooms, the dry stone walls and the occasional thatched cottage, you might think the entire place has blown in from Australia. Aside from a long stretch of Bondi-style bea

With the recent rush to buy a forever home by the sea, Cornwall has seen a meteoric rise in property values over the last two years (nearly 25% in some areas). According to Rightmove, Cornwall even replaced London as the nation’s most searched-for de

Along with the Kent seaside hotspots of Deal and Broadstairs, Ramsgate is becoming increasingly popular with relocators and beachside bolthole-buyers who love its chichi Royal Harbour. If you’re on the property hunt, The Sail – a collection of 22 lux

Framed by evergreen pines and dark wooden balustrades, the view from the deck of Miranda Gardiner’s South Devon boathouse changes as the tide ebbs and flows. A private path leads down to the shingly foreshore of Bowcombe Creek, part of an AONB that’s

Hannah May and Richard Doggett’s natural skincare company in Cornwall began with a chance meeting with a stranger who was collecting seaweed from their local beach. They asked what he was doing, and he told them that his wife liked to bathe in seawee

Keep your ear to the ground if you want to relocate to Orkney – properties get snapped up quickly by people wanting to live the wonderful Orcadian way of life. Choose the mainland for your new family home or look to rural areas and the islands for cr

Set against the amazing backdrop of Edinburgh’s famous Three Bridges and the Firth of Forth, Scotts offers all-day food and drink in easygoing surroundings. On the menu, dishes such as traditional fish and chips, dry-aged steaks and freshly landed se

This colourful scene may look like it took place on the other side of the world, but in fact this is Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. With aerialists, acrobats, musicians, rope walkers, dancers and puppeteers, Circus Raj entertained crowds at the Festival

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I was born in London, but my family moved to Hove when I was 10. We used to have a beach hut, and I remember my dad pulling me along the seafront in a little car. It got so hot down there that the tarmac used to melt. Today I live in Worthing (pictur

Quiet and safe from predators, the beaches and sandbanks of Blakeney Point in North Norfolk have become a haven for grey seals, and the National Trust nature reserve now boasts the largest colony in England. The first grey seal pup was spotted in the

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Despite looking like a regular wave, this photo features a wave created by a machine, Wavegarden technology, in a 180m lake just outside of Bristol. Nine years in the making, the health project opened in late 2019. So why create a fake wave? Don’t we

This stunning image was taken by Walter Baxter while on a ‘seafari’ with Berwick Boat Trips (berwickboattrips.co.uk), which operates its small passenger boat, Border Rose, from Berwick-upon-Tweed. Passengers frequently spot seals, dolphins, gannets a

Some of my happiest childhood memories are of going to Budleigh Salterton in South Devon with my family. The beach (pictured) is pebbly and very steeply shelving. I would swim and sometimes go out in a dingy, and snorkel where the River Otter joins t

The River Corrib, which races through Galway city en route from Lough Corrib to Ireland’s Atlantic coast, is among the shortest rivers in Europe; it’s also one of the fastest-flowing. And for me this noisy leap of water sums up the spirit of this tow

WHAT’S THE BUZZ? Set within four miles of the surfy town of Newquay, The Fir Hill Estate offers luxury glamping for anyone who wants to enjoy both the Cornish countryside and the coast. This secluded site has several Mongolian-style yurts all nestled