Sundowners with a view, North Yorkshire Saltburn-by-the-Sea boasts a magnificent beach and plentiful ice-cream, coffee bars and a burgeoning arts scene. Among the highlights has to be a stroll along the Grade II-listed pier and hopefully a ride down the UK’s oldest water-balanced cliff tramway (still closed at time of writing after a fire in January , but being repaired). Head for lunch at the superb Seaview fish restaurant, which has views across the bay.
Walk off the meal as you wander through beautiful Valley Gardens for the flora and fauna and smuggling history from the 18th century. Later, perhaps visit the Ship Inn , an 18th-century pub right on the beach, for a sundowner with a view. David Cowling A genteel summer on Essex shores View image in fullscreen Beach huts line the Frinton seafront.
Photograph: Aerial Essex/Getty Images Frinton-on-Sea looks like the archetypal bucket and spade holiday resort, but look again and you’ll realise that the beach huts are mostly private, rather than hireable, there are no seafront vendors (take a picnic or walk up to Connaught Avenue for supplies and ice-cream) and the pier is at the adjacent town of Walton-on-the-Naze. That said, it has amazing golden sands, blue sea and genteel summer events. Visit Great Danes for quirky souvenirs, enjoy a beer in the Lock & Barrel (the only pub in town) and have a meal in one of the excellent bistro restaurants (or queue for fish and chips at Young’s Other Plaice ) before heading home.
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