@sallycostello8379 ... You need to take these videos with a pinch of salt. They are usually the result of very small surveys done in a magazine or newspaper of some type. Very misleading and definitely not a reliable way to find the best seaside towns around the UK.
@@frankparsons1629 I think it’s actually eleven thousand miles and the thirteen and a half inches. You’ve included that weevil on the left. Very silly.
We do have nice places up here in Scotland but i agree Cornwall is a beautiful place, my father in law lives in Penryn so we spend a lot of time down that end of the country, cant believe Scarborough made the list 😂
You could have a list of the top 500 seaside towns, and you'd still have a lot left over worth adding to it. From Marazion to Holyhead, Portstewart to Stornoway, Stonehaven to Whitby, Cromer to Eastbourne - there are literally hundreds of interesting coastal towns in the UK.
Hi Tyler, Some rambling answers to some of your questions: Anywhere in the UK is no more than 70 miles from the Sea/Ocean/Coast. The houses with plants growing on them, the effect of this is to cool the building in summer. Most of the Seaside towns in England (UK probably) were at some point for fishing, although may be more as trading ports (such as Rye) or Defensive, such as Dartmouth, but Rye also. It is difficult to show/picture a seaside town to its best as the views are either of the sea and shore or the town, unless your view point is from a boat or more recently a drone. Piers are basically a way of getting from the land to vessel on the water, they can also protect vessels from poor weather, and protect the shoreline/beach. Most large English cities are on water in some way, either the coast, a large (by UK standards) river or canals. Castles are not randomly placed near/in major cities, castles are at strategically important places, these places tend to grow into large towns and cities. Generally we preserve our important old buildings, other than Henry VIII, who did like to knock them about a bit, I think Cromwell also did some vandalism too.
On your last point a lot of castles were "slighted" during and after the Civil war so that they couldn't be used as fortresses for rebels again. Wales in particular was a largely Royalist region with dozens of the most formidable medieval fortresses ever built. Although medieval castles couldn't last long vs cannons and other 17th century siege tactics, the cost in time, money and manpower to root out any hostile occupiers made slighting these buildings the "prudent" option. I also think many of these castles are directly linked with the monarchy, nobility and (at a stretch) Catholicism so there may have been an ideological aspect to the Parliamentarians ruination of them.
There are many quiet coves with beautiful beaches, small villages with lovely beaches all around the UK. You have only just begun your journey. Enjoyed your reaction today. All the best to you.
Many Americans know Swanage in Dorset. Swanage is where many American soldiers lived and trained before they left Swanage by train and later for France and their the attack on Omaha Beach in Normandy on the morning of D-Day in 1944. Many of the American survivors of D-Day regularly come back with their families to visit Swanage. Some of my family live in Swanage and I have many a great time visiting them. Also, I have just returned from visiting Tenby on the Pembroke coast in Wales and it has a stunning Atlantic coast with seals, puffins, and castles.
I love St Ives, it's absolutely beautiful down there. Our most favourite seaside place in the whole of the UK. We try to go there for a few days away every other year if we can. I live in Wales, about 35 miles from Barry Island, 40 miles from Swansea, just over an hour from the Gower, roughly an hour & half from Tenby & not much more to Aberystwyth. So got a fair few picks of beautiful beaches/places to go but St Ives is still our favourite.
@@kathrynkelman5334 Holidayed on the Gower a few year ago - one of those must go and see again places - just stunning and out of season few crowds to boot.
Tenby is outstanding. One of the most underrated areas of UK is the coastal ways between Barmouth and Porthmadog. Lived in Towyn just below Barmouth as a kid when Dad was in the army in the 50's - wonderful playground for kids.
Hi Tyler, firstly I’m a huge fan of your’s & love all your posts regarding England etc ! I’m an ex South African privileged to have moved to England : I live in a rural small village in East Sussex yet am not more than an hour’s trip by public transport to various seaside towns ! I have only been to one of the places mentioned & that is Rye ! Steeped in history with magnificent old buildings, cobbled streets , fantastic local restaurants & pubs & intriguing stores ! And the locals are extra friendly & helpful ! 10 out of 10 in my opinion 🌟
Tyler, you need to do a video of beaches and towns solely in Cornwall, England, there are dozens of secluded beaches and beautiful little towns that are worth exploring.
Yep, Bamburgh is a sight to behold especially when followed by a trip a little inland to Durham. Our last holiday up there we stayed in Seahouses. Alnwick castle is lovely and Lindisfarne on one of those rare sunny days is just outstanding. Some of the best beaches in Europe up there.
The seaside holiday was invented in the 18th century Spa town of Scarborough on the Yorkshire Coast. There was a shortage of mineral water and so a lady tried soaking in seawater and felt better. Soon the first bathing machines arrived on the town’s beach. It’s not possible to get more than 80 miles from the sea in the U.K. and so we are very familiar with these and many other places around the coast for days out and holidays at home. My favourite is Whitby.
I live up the coast from Whitby. We always had many days out enjoying visiting it in our school summer holidays. We’ve now got a second home there and it’s so lovely to leave our busy town and head to Whitby for part of the week to relax. I also love Runswick Bay and Staithes which are much smaller prettier seaside destinations.
@@howardhales6325 we don't its just more specific infact the video didnt need to mention any of that stuff because it's a video in England and there's only 1 swanage in uk
There are bigger places not on this list which are probably much more popular as 'seaside resorts' - Blackpool, Brighton to name just two. These here are generally the quieter, lesser-known spots. There are many coastal towns in the South-West in particular that have boats, and the colourfully-painted houses, which were originally fishing villages.
I went to school in Rye (#6). It used to be an island 250 years ago, but the nearest beach is now over an hour walk from the town due to the opposite of coastal erosion, so calling it a seaside town is a bit rich! The town itself is very pretty though.
The reason the beaches are deserted and there's nobody in the water is because IT'S F*CKING FREEZING! As an Australian, I'm very comfortable wading out into the ocean. The only hurdle might be when it gets to crutch height and you need to brace yourself. I went to a Scottish beach in the middle of "Summer" and the moment my toes hit the North Sea I screamed like a baby!
@@liamkisbee8117 really good for avoiding it too. You should look into the benefits of giving yourself a foot massage as you prepare for bed each night. This is also very good for warding off illness.
Before British people were able to fly abroad for their summer holidays, they used to go places on the UK coast. These places had a resurgence in popularity over COVID19. I have always enjoyed my seaside holidays in the UK, most frequently to Pembrokeshire (where you will find St David’s)
My town has always been over populated any time the sun comes out, its a great annoyance having 10s of thousands of tourist flock to Bournemouth every summer.
St David’s my birth place smallest city in the UK with many beautiful beaches and countryside. I have now come back to live here after 40 years . I regard it as a huge privilege to be living here. We also have a beautiful cathedral which brings a huge number of tourists most of the year round.
My favourite beach is Harlech - which is in Gwynedd (North Wales). Walking through fabulous dunes to get to the flatter part is lovely, and, also Harlech Castle - if you can handle the steep trek : "a Grade I listed medieval fortification built onto a rocky knoll close to the Irish Sea. It was built by Edward I during his invasion of Wales between 1282 and 1289 at the relatively modest cost of £8,190."
Everytime Tyler reacts to a castle he shoves the adjective "random" in front of it. As someone pointed out here - and on a couple of other vids - there's nothing at all "random" about castles - they'll be on high places to overlook the land, or by rivers so they have fresh water, & in the middle of the towns that grew up around them. Our ancestors weren't daft: every castle was built for a specific reason and their positioning tells us a lot about the specific areas they are built in. As to comparing a british seaside town to Venice? There are indeed mountains & hills in the UK - but not in Venice. There are large swathes of beach in UK - not in Venice. The water comes up to the land in UK - not in Venice. Venice is composed of narrow canals winding in and out of an ancient city. While UK beach resorts are wide, open spaces. Perhaps a vid. about Venice would be useful, though?
Yes. This has little to do with England. It's all about how he "reacts" to it. The futility of the concept ensures that his "reactions" become ever more weird and ludicrous.
I'm an Old Person who was a child before it was common to go abroad for holidays. My childhood was full of days out in the countryside with a picnic, and going for weeks to various seaside resorts on the South Coast - Bexhill, Winchelsea, Eastbourne. I'm now thinking I might like to move to that area - living near water (my favourite being the River Thames - not the bit of it in London but further up!) is very good for us, I think. Even now I think people often spend odd days off, like Bank Holidays, going to resorts for the day. Sadly, a lot of our beaches aren't sandy but pebbly! And of course, our weather isn't really conducive to lots of lazy beach time - it's why people go to Spain and Greece for such things!
One aspect of the UK's architectural tradition is 'seaside architecture' which refers to quirky features on domestic buildings like towers, octagonal or hexagonal corner projections, balconies, ornamental garden features and walls.
I really wish you’d visit the UK. There’s so much to see here, not just London ! Beautiful little towns and villages all over the country. Think you’d love it 😊😊
I live in Southsea, Portsmouth. Which is an island city on the south coast, the south coast has many little islands that are only connected to the mainland by bridges. We don't have a castle but we do have a very large Navy base.
The British have always been a sea faring nation, with our trade and navy ports throughout the coasts. It’s little wonder then that we have such historic and picturesque coastal towns
"Isn't St Andrews something to do with golf?" Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha giggles. St Andrews is considered the oldest and most revered golf course in the world, where golf was invented and the rules formulated. It is the spiritual home of the British Open. Just a bit to do with golf he he ;-)
Swanage is the name of the town, Dorset is the county. Other examples: Blackpool, Lancashire, England, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland, (*see note below) Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales Giant's Causeway, Antrim, Northern Ireland, etc. Like saying : Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Ocean City, Worcester, Maryland. (Note *Usually if the name of the place is the county town, we don't mention the county, e.g. we don't say Derby, Derbyshire as it goes without saying! So, everyone would know that Ayr is in Ayrshire.) The reason you haven't heard of Swanage is because we have so many resorts all along the coast of England, Scotland, Wales and N Ireland. Our seaside resorts used to be the main place everyone went for their holidays in the UK until about the 1960s and 1970s when people started going to the Mediterranean in order to be guaranteed good weather, for their main holiday. Consequently a lot of the UK resorts got very run down, However, the pandemic saw a renewed interest in some of our resorts and this has revived them. Everyone lives so close to the sea (no one lives more than 70 miles/110 km from the coast) in the UK that day trips to the seaside are popular as well as spending weekends there. Glad you are pronouncing Wales correctly, most other Americans on here seem to pronounce it wrongly by saying "Wells"!! The man doing the voice over pronounced Ceredigion wrongly!
Don't agree, Don't forget Cornwall. In Devon we have, Exmouth. Dawlish. Dawlish Warren, Teignmouth. Torquay. Paignton. Babacombe. + other small beaches. Lympstone near Exmouth Devonshire, Devon, is where the Royal Marine training camp is.
Royal Marines* the collective term “Royal Marine” has not been used to describe units of the Corps since 1923 and the amalgamation of the Royal Marine Light Infantry and the Royal Marine Artillery to become universally the Royal Marines.
It's a British tradition to have a seaside holiday. Nowadays, more people go abroad for holidays, but still favour beach holidays. I should explain that British people get several weeks paid holidays every year. The UK is surrounded by Islands such as the Scilly Isles, the Isle of Wight, Skye, Orkney and the Shetlands.
Tyler, I have mentioned this before but the max distance to the coast from anywhere in the UK is 72 miles in a straight line. It may be more to navigate round towns and bills but we are always within a modest drive or train or bus from the sea. Virtually all seaside towns will be "resorts" to one degree of another and day trips are entirely feasible for us. The coast line may be towering rocky cliffs, curving sandy beaches, small fishing boat harbours, big towns, small villages, low flat countryside and everything in between. Some will be peaceful and quiet others will have funfairs. Some like Southampton will have major cruise ship terminals. Others will be ferry ports such as Portsmouth and Dover for sea crossings to Europe. Some will be ferry ports to the Scottish islands, to the Channel Islands, to the Isle of Man, to Northern Ireland and to Ireland. Ferries to the almost-tropical Isle of Scilly off the coast of Cornwall. Others will have grown up around Elizabethan times of piracy and then smuggling. And all will have fish and chips of course.
9:50 they usually end up on the walls like that because how dam old they are and they burrow into the walls a bit. Alternatively you can use a trellis up against a wall to grow “climber” plants on
Americans coined the term "ivy league" to describe people attending their prestigious ivy covered universities. Yet Tyler acts as if he hasnn't see this in America it doesn't exist! 🤷♀️
St. Andrews is the official "home of golf". Every so often, the annual Open golf championship (the eldest of the 4 golf majors) is played there and it's where every golfer wants to play. Jack Nicklaus (best golfer in history), once said in 1970:- “If you're gonna be a player that's gonna be remembered, you must win at St Andrews. I can't think of a course I'd rather win at, and my wish has come true.”
Tynemouth is my neck of the woods. It has multiple beaches in several bays and coves. And if the forecast plays out, I'll be kite surfing at Longsands beach tomorrow. I've surfed some of the most beautiful places in the world and trust me, out on the water, lookimg to the beach with the sun setting on the Priory ruins at the south end of the beach (it sets behind the church which is to the north and bathes the priory in an orange glow), it is absolutely beautiful. Unless it's raining, two degrees and grey. In which case it's miserable, absolutely miserable! Tynemouth trivia: Stan Laurel of Laurel and Hardy lived near by as a child before moving to America. He came back later in life and rented a large house overlooking Longsands beach. Today it is called Laurel House and is an annexe for the rather grand Tynemouth Hotel.
Britain is a maritime nation, with many ports, like Liverpool, Bristol , Southampton, Glasgow, Newcastle, Hull etc which are all big cities. There are hundreds of charming seaside towns , with sandy beaches, big cliffs , etc which are also tourist resorts , for those living nearby, and visitors from all over. Some are important fishing harbours as well.
Hi Tyler. I live in Somerset in the middle of the South West leg of England. We have hundreds of great beaches, many with a sea side town. I am a 15 minute drive from the North coast and less than an hour from the south coast. I am literally able to look north and south and decide which coast looks the sunniest today. I have travelled the world, but I honestly never want to sell up and move house to anywhere else 🥰
Swanage is one of my favourite places to visit. It is small, and does get busy in summer with tourists, mostly from the rest of the UK (people like me!). The steam railway, beautiful clifftop walks, and nearby places like Brownsea Island and Corfe Castle make it extra nice 😊 It's perfect for kids, and has one of two remaining permanent Punch and Judy shows on the beach.
@@nathangamble125 Most were built by the Normans centuries after the Vikings, there aren't that many pre-Norman castles in the UK. And they built them to control the land they had conquered, so more for oppression than defence.
We had a really nice day yesterday in Scotland, so when my spouse finished work we grabbed a chippy and went down to our favourite beach which is only about 20 minutes from where we live. We sat by the sea eating our fish and basking in the sun, then went for a walk to the nearby castle and watched the sunset over the island of Arran. It was beautiful. St. Andrews is where golf was invented, so yes, it's a HUGE golfing destination. And yes, there are tournaments there occasionally.
As an island with more than 18, 640 miles of coastline, there are many beaches in the UK. The Beach Guide lists over 1500 beaches in the United Kingdom...
Dartmouth has the main Naval College in England, where officers are trained for the Royal Navy. There is also a Dartmouth in the US. This is just me one list, there are hundreds of towns to choose from. The oldest seaside resort in the UK, popular since the 17th century, is Scarborough, still ine of the best today, with it's own castle.
@@DiogeraldBigMac I have read your comments on your site and you are right. You are going out your way to wind people up but really you’re just common by the looks of it. Common and sad and I should know because I am too.
Dorset is a county. Not all English counties end in -shire. Swanage is located on the Jurassic Coast, one of the most beautiful stretches of coast in England. It has UNESCO Heritage status.
When showing the lovely town of Southwold, they never mentioned that the lighthouse is in the middle of the town! There is a wonderful amber shop there. As for Blackpool, it is a noisy, very crowded place, but is the home of the World Ballroom Dancing Championships, and this year's Illuminations look amazing, by famous designers, so maybe it is making a comeback!
Tyler , huge fan of yours: I Highly recommend that you research The Isles of Scilly! I just know it will completely blow your mind ! If you loved the seaside towns , you really need to experience all the various Island’s off the coast of UK ! Isles of Scilly probably the biggest surprise but then there’s Jersey, Guernsey , Isle of Wight & then all the incredible small Islands off Scotland !
When I lived in North Devon I loved to visit Lynton & Lynmouth regularly. I do miss the west country but missed my family here in Ireland and ultimately moved back with my devonian hubby when our daughter was 2, she's now almost 12. I spent 13 years in Devon.
A great watch. Some of the towns listed I agree with but there's so many others that I would put above those. I'd love you to feature the best beaches which would include a lot of Cornwall (as well as other counties) and also other seaside villages and towns; Polperro, Clovelly, Robin Hoods Bay, Portmeirion, Tenby, Cadgwith and Helford to name just a few. Another idea would be to cover our beautiful gardens found particularly in villages. You could do a whole show on the Cotswolds alone. The architecture and gardens there are stunning.
It was here that her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II first set eyes on her future husband Prince Philip. The prince was a naval cadet at the college at the time that she visited with her parents the late King George VI and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. She was 13 years of age.
Indeed, Britannia Royal Naval College has been in operation there since the late 19th century. Of course, the United States Navy’s analogue is the United States Naval College in Annapolis, Maryland.
I served as a police officer in Filey, North Yorkshire. It is a very small town and really peaceful. The beach is very broad and flat, making the tides move in and out very quickly. With the holiday sites in the area, the population explodes in the holiday season to many thousands, but it doesn't follow that they converge on the town all at once. Like the majority of seaside towns in the UK, rely almost entirely on tourism.
Hi Tyler. This video shows the most popular seaside towns for people to LIVE - it has nothing to do with the top best beaches - that's an entirely separate list, and a lot of the most spectacular are 'far from the madding crowd' (as you would expect). But as far as LIVING is concerned, I agree with most of the selection in your video, but I know plenty of other beautiful places where you can live by the sea and have your own boat moored outside.
Oh Tyler you absolutely need to come over to the UK and have someone show you around! There are so many quaint and beautiful little towns and I think you’d love them all.
Castles may happen to be there fairly often, but none of them were put there 'randomly'! Also, it seems their 'best yardstick' for picking the top seaside towns is missing pretty much all the actual best seaside locations. I can think of probably more than a hundred, but certainly 30+ locations that I've visited that would come higher on the list than any of those actually listed.
Hi Tyler from the UK👋😊. I really enjoy watching your UA-cam channel. I come from the south of England and because it is generally much warmer you find the beaches around the south are more of a holiday destination such as Croyde Bay, Camber Sands, or the Witterings. There are beautiful towns and beaches all around the UK from north to south, east and west, all with their own unique character and charm. One really lovely place to look at, if you have time, is the Isle of Wight just off the Dorset coast, that is a very popular place to holiday. The old houses you’ve seen and mentioned are lived in but are ‘listed’ buildings so you have rules about what you can do to them but many are modernised inside and are amazing. Have a lovely week 😊
Prince William went to University in St Andrews it is also where he met his future wife Princess Catherine, these ten are good beaches but there are so many more, the county of Dorset is the jurassic coast where fossils are still found mostly ammonite's.
Swanage is right on the coast overlooking the English Channel, it was a tiny fishing village but quickly grew when the Victorians 'discovered' the 'seaside' and especially when the railways arrived. Its on the Dorset coast, or if thee be a really old local the County name is spoken as Darzit. By the time of the First War the "shire" suffix was for some reason often dropped, but it was always Dorsetshire. To show how things change, names of towns change, on old documents back in the 18th century and beyond it is correctly noted as Swanwich, the wich suffix being a typical Old English ending (often pronounced 'itch') but perhaps the people there tended to speak it as 'age' - it stuck when the Ordnance Survey map makers were trudging wearily around Darzit back in 18 nothing they asked a white bearded ancient old local feller a sittin' down with his quart of ale outside the Pig & Whistle pub, "What is this place?" and he mumbled gruffly, thoroughly disinterested in these "vurriners" a disturbing his peace and so through his beer replied, "Swanidge" - and so Swanage appeared on the maps and there it was, misspelt, and never been corrected!
Hey mate do a video on the RNLI we have lifeboats which are a charity which have state of the art boats which rescue people it’s incredible just look at it
The East Neuk of Fife is bonny. Culross, on the Firth of Forth is beautiful, although maybe not far enough downriver to be coastal. . I like the North East coastline as well - Thurso is a nice wee town, as are Montrose, Golspie and Helmsdale. The Silver Sands at Aberdour in Fife is lovely. Nairn has a lovely beach. Macrihanish beach is beautiful too, although you hàve to watch out for golfers in the wild.😂 One of the nicest beaches I have ever been to is just outside of North Berwick. It's at the end of the Forth Estuary ( Firth of Forth) which is why you can see the county of Fife on the other side of the estuary. I live at the very top of the estuary. It's a very important seabird habitat. I'm off to Dumfries and Galloway next week, I'll let you know what I think of the coastline there😂. Tyler, our towns and villages have names, as do the counties they are located in.
Firstly these lists are just selected almost at random and you could probably pick a hundred towns at least. I'm guessing Geography was not Tyler's strong point. Towns can be surrounded on three sides by sea because they're on a piece of land sticking out into the sea. Beaches can stretch for many miles. There are lots of seaside towns because the UK is made up of two main islands with a couple of hundred additional populated islands and a coastline that's about 12 thousand miles long (depending on the scale you measure it at). Communities develop on the coast (look at the Eastern and Western seaboards of the US) which means you have a huge number of towns to choose from.
Swanage is in the county of Dorset, which is on the South Coast between Devon to the west and Hampshire to the east. It's in a lovely area and contains what is known as the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage site rich in fossils.
There's one thing you need to understand about seaside resorts in the UK. The sea is rather cold, no matter the season. Imagine a beach in New England or Maine. On a hot summer's day it's great, the rest of the year you need to be hardy to go in the water. A whole different ball game than somewhere like California or Florida. So, these resorts became popular internally in the UK in the early railway era, but not necessarily something I'd recommend to the casual US tourist who wants to swim/surf.
Seaside resorts are warm in the summer but like you say in autumn and winter it’s not as warm and much colder than Florida or California. That being said the UK’s climate is getting warmer because our winters are milder compared to before and autumn can be warm as well, certainly in September and early October. We have had heat waves this year which is increasing as the climate warms, so the U.K. isn’t always raining as it’s perceived by tourists from abroad, but we do have prolong periods at times when we see a lot of persistent rain which is why we have a lot of greenery compared to many other countries in the world. Cornwall is the hottest part of the U.K. including the Isles of Scilly where you will see palm trees growing there due to the mild climate that allows rich plant cover because it has sub-tropical conditions in summer. Whereas in the north of England and in Scotland it tends to be colder and rains a lot at times.
Love from Southwold!!! ❤ Just came back from a swim at the beach! Was going to get mad if I didn’t see it on the list. I think Southwold dunes is one of the nicest areas of beach in the U.K. I liked it so much I ditched London to be here ❤❤❤
We do indeed go to these places for holidays, the weather can never be predicted but I love visiting our coastal towns for a staycation. I actually just got back from Filey after spending a week there; it was incredibly windy, especially up on the cliffs, and the sea was really chilly but it definitely deserves it's spot on this list. It was a 2 hour drive from my home in West Yorkshire and the most wonderful week.
You're never more than 71 miles from the sea in the UK, Tyler - and that's at the widest point. It's more typically around 30 - 40 miles, and yes, we do indeed head towards it in very large numbers, whenever the opportunity arises! This is quite an interesting list as it mainly includes smaller seaside resorts, which probably are the most popular destinations nowadays - possibly because the larger resorts - to which may of us would make an annual pilgrimage and stay for a week or two before foreign package holidays became popular in the early 1970s; are now very run-down... St Andrews bills itself as "The Home of Golf," and is indeed the most famous golfing resort in the world. For a town whose resident population is only about 12,000*, it supports no fewer than five golf courses including the Royal & Ancient, where Mary, Queen of Scots and other famous people were known to have played, around 1542..! In addition, there are another fifty or so courses within an hours' drive, within the local authority area of Fife, alone. * St Andrews is also home to Scotland's oldest university, which was founded in 1411 and is now favoured by the Royal Family as King Charles III's eldest son and daughter-in-law both went and also met each other there. The King's neice, Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor is also studying there at present, and there has been and are, many other royal and aristocratic relations and members of foreign royal families, among many others from all walks of life! Needless to say therefore, the population of the town nearly doubles during term-time! What you commented on being a castle at 14.15 is actually the ruins of what was once the largest cathedral in Scotland - that castle been shown at 15:17 !! Although St Andrews is on the (eastern), North Sea coast, the land in the far background of this view is the County of Angus, perhaps about 15 miles to the north; while North Berwick overlooks Fife, just at the point that the Firth of Forth merges with the North Sea. The land that can be seen in the distance there is barely 12 miles to the south of St Andrews! Within Scotland alone there are perhaps 125 seaside resorts ranging from the cities of Aberdeen and Dundee, through numerous large and small towns and villages!
Dartmouth has no university but it does have the Naval College, where the young Princess Elizabeth met her husband to be Phillip. Also famous for the Mayflower making it's last but one stop before setting off for America. Another fun fact is the steam rail trains that come into the town on the other side of the estuary, and then you need to take the ferry to cross to the main town. All sorts of architecture from very old timber framed houses to Victorian to super modern. I remember going there as a child when they were hosting a stage of the Tall Ships Race with huge sailing ships clogging up the harbour, a magnificent sight.
Very true. These videos are very misleading. They are usually results from surveys done of very small amounts of people done in a magazine or newspaper of some kind. Very misleading and certainly unreliable.
Pembrokeshire is my favourite place in the UK I live in Nottingham, which is about as far as you can get from the sea (70 miles from Skegness) 😂 Ps he said Ceredigion wrong!
According to the CIA Facebook Britain has over, 12000km of coastline varying between rugged cliffs, sandy beaches and small tows. The coastline is one of the most fractal in the world, so has many coves and harbours, many with small, picturesque fishing villages of great interest. The village I live in is in the southern part of the English Midlands and is almost exactly in the centre between the east and west coasts of the UK. It takes just around 3.5 hrs to get to either one, but you have to remember that many of our roads are not straight, and I have to pass through many small towns and villages to reach either side.
In St Andrews, the large tower you mentioned is part of the ancient Cathedral. There is also a Castle which was shown also. The sands are particularly fine. Golf was first played there. Mary, Queen of Scots was a keen golfer. It is in the County of Fife which is easy to find on a map as it has the River Tay to the north, the River Forth to the south and the North Sea on the east. Fife is easy to find as it is shaped like a Scottie Dog.
All ways remember as a child going to Weymouth beach in the 1950s ,watching Punch and Judy and Donkey rides and not forgetting buckets and spades and building sand castles great memories
Same, my parents took me there in the sixties. The fun-fair, the train running through the sea front and going out on a small boat mackerel fishing too.
I’ve been living in Weymouth for the past 5 years and will absolutely never leave! I just love it here sooooo much! ❤ especially in the summer when it’s got it’s glad rags on and is the most seasidey place in the world! Donkeys, Punch and Judy, helta skelta, arcades, sandy beaches, pebbly beaches, beautiful swimming beaches, views, countryside, ice creams, buckets and spades…I just love it!!!
I went to Weymouth when I was young too, though I don't remember what I did there. How the hell was Weymouth left out of this video? It is a bit "touristy", but it's iconic. There's a beach that I've had recurring dreams about for years. I didn't even know why, or remember which beach it was, but when I looked up "weymouth" the beach looks almost exactly the same, so I apparently have some sort of memory of it even though I wasn't consciously aware of it.
Tyler, check out the fishing village 'Clovelly' in Devon. Clovelly is a privately owned harbour village in the Torridge district of Devon, England. The settlement and surrounding land belongs to John Rous who inherited it from his mother in 1983. He belongs to the Hamlyn family who have managed the village since 1738. Also: The best beach in the UK. Durness in the Highlands of Scotland, on the north coast. Miles of sandy coastline sheltered by worn limestone cliffs and mountains jutting up in the distance.
Swanage is a town, Dorset is the County. I am very well aware of Swanage, my parents wouldn't go anywhere else for holidays. I lived here for a while and currently live 12 miles down the road in Wareham Forest.
These videos are always biased towards England 🏴 we in the uk knows all the beaches are polluted & not safe . Be safer visiting Wales or Scotland 🏴
Yes it is but Boston is a city in the USA, Braintree is a town in the USA and there are many more town name after British towns, so what point are you making?
Who made this list? Apparently anywhere in England you are only 77 miles from the sea. Scarborough, Whitby, Clacton on Sea, Blackpool, St Ives, Mousehole, Barmouth, Llandudno are a few I would recommend. From Yorkshire
These videos are usually the results from some small survey done by a magazine or newspaper. Certainly not a reliable method to find the UKs most popular resorts.
I once worked for a British Tour Company called Saga International Holidays here in the United States. In the UK it’s called Saga Holidays. Its world headquarters was in Folkestone, Kent, England in Great Britain. When we list the three names you should think “city, town, or village, followed by state, then country. Example: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America (USA) or Montréal, Provence Québec, Canada. It’s quite easy once you’ve gotten used to it! 😺
Wales is ok I would not rush to go to Wales again though. I found them rude and looked down their noses at people. I came from Northern Ireland 24 years ago for 2 weeks. And it had lovely scenery, towns were no better than Northern Ireland but the people were ignorant. I then went back 7 years later. And vowed never to enter Wales ever. The attitude of people was disgusting. And the best thing I found about Wales was all the roads and vehicles leaving the country.
@@Noneyabusinessok I have heard people being equally as critical of hospital staff, bin-men, council staff doctor's receptionists, the list goes on, but I have not heard any Welsh person be rude, unkind or offensive, so as I can only add that I have had _only three nurses_ (in the same ward in the same hospital in 2023) _ever be rude to me_ ...and I am 71 now... However, I have had pleasant interactions with all others upon my list above, and more besides. I have heard others be rude or unkind, or offensive to people though, so have come to the conclusion over many years, that if kind and pleasant to others, the majority of them will be equally kind and pleasant back in their dealings with those who are _not_ offensive to them. Speak as you find by all means, but be kind, and maybe if you are kind to them, they will reciprocate and give you no cause for complaint. Yours is the very first complaint on those lines I have _ever_ heard said of _any_ Welsh people, and thus your complaints fall in deaf ears here (to me) and I cannot understand how you came by your conclusion from one (?) visit... _Who did you upset and how_ ?!! 🤔🥺😳😦
I live on an island off the west coast of Scotland. Thanks to the Gulf Stream we have palm trees, basking sharks, seals. If you want to see a truly beautiful beach I suggest you look at the silver sands of Morar. By the way, St Andrews is, indeed, the home of golf.
Bearer of bad news here (Retired Environment Agency Officer). Billions of tons of fresh water ice melt are currently flowing into the Arctic ocean, this cannot 'mix with the salt water current and the Gulf Stream is slowing. It is is expected to collapse in a few years time. Google A.M.O.C. There's a Guardian article on this. I expect there are also a few videos about this. 😞
I can't believe none of the beaches in Cornwall were featured 😔
oh my goodness im offended
do a video on CORNWALL @Tyler Rumple
it has alot of culture
@sallycostello8379 ... You need to take these videos with a pinch of salt. They are usually the result of very small surveys done in a magazine or newspaper of some type. Very misleading and definitely not a reliable way to find the best seaside towns around the UK.
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Cornwall is my fav part of uk so with you there 😊
Being an island, we have beaches and sea views all the way round!!!
Evidently some 11 thousand miles of coastline (I made it 11thousand miles and fourteen inches, honest, trust me, I could be an idiot!!).
@@frankparsons1629 I think it’s actually eleven thousand miles and the thirteen and a half inches. You’ve included that weevil on the left. Very silly.
who’d ave thought it 😮
@@frankparsons1629 depends on how closely you zoom in. Could be virtually infinite.
And iirc everywhere in the UK is less than 100 miles from the sea.
The whole of the uk is surrounded by beautiful beaches it is an island after all !! Cornwall and Devon are amazing
But Scotland is better - beautiful sands, glorious mountains and no crowds 😀
We do have nice places up here in Scotland but i agree Cornwall is a beautiful place, my father in law lives in Penryn so we spend a lot of time down that end of the country, cant believe Scarborough made the list 😂
dorset aswell
Some of it is
You could have a list of the top 500 seaside towns, and you'd still have a lot left over worth adding to it. From Marazion to Holyhead, Portstewart to Stornoway, Stonehaven to Whitby, Cromer to Eastbourne - there are literally hundreds of interesting coastal towns in the UK.
Hi Tyler,
Some rambling answers to some of your questions:
Anywhere in the UK is no more than 70 miles from the Sea/Ocean/Coast.
The houses with plants growing on them, the effect of this is to cool the building in summer.
Most of the Seaside towns in England (UK probably) were at some point for fishing, although may be more as trading ports (such as Rye) or Defensive, such as Dartmouth, but Rye also.
It is difficult to show/picture a seaside town to its best as the views are either of the sea and shore or the town, unless your view point is from a boat or more recently a drone.
Piers are basically a way of getting from the land to vessel on the water, they can also protect vessels from poor weather, and protect the shoreline/beach.
Most large English cities are on water in some way, either the coast, a large (by UK standards) river or canals.
Castles are not randomly placed near/in major cities, castles are at strategically important places, these places tend to grow into large towns and cities.
Generally we preserve our important old buildings, other than Henry VIII, who did like to knock them about a bit, I think Cromwell also did some vandalism too.
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On your last point a lot of castles were "slighted" during and after the Civil war so that they couldn't be used as fortresses for rebels again. Wales in particular was a largely Royalist region with dozens of the most formidable medieval fortresses ever built. Although medieval castles couldn't last long vs cannons and other 17th century siege tactics, the cost in time, money and manpower to root out any hostile occupiers made slighting these buildings the "prudent" option.
I also think many of these castles are directly linked with the monarchy, nobility and (at a stretch) Catholicism so there may have been an ideological aspect to the Parliamentarians ruination of them.
Dartmouth is famous for the Royal Navel College training Navy Officers and is built by the River Dart.
@@DiogeraldBigMac leave it now, put your ego to bed. There, there now. That's better.
That furthest from the sea point is just below Church Flatts farm, Derbyshire. Though, to be fair, it's only 45 miles from the nearest tidal river 😉
There are many quiet coves with beautiful beaches, small villages with lovely beaches all around the UK. You have only just begun your journey. Enjoyed your reaction today. All the best to you.
Many Americans know Swanage in Dorset. Swanage is where many American soldiers lived and trained before they left Swanage by train and later for France and their the attack on Omaha Beach in Normandy on the morning of D-Day in 1944.
Many of the American survivors of D-Day regularly come back with their families to visit Swanage. Some of my family live in Swanage and I have many a great time visiting them.
Also, I have just returned from visiting Tenby on the Pembroke coast in Wales and it has a stunning Atlantic coast with seals, puffins, and castles.
Torquay in Devon, The English Riviera. I live in London and often go there for a short break. Absolutely beautiful place to have a vacation.
Nah, Dartmouth > Torquay (although I’ll give you that Dartmouth doesn’t really have a beach!)
Good god. Most of Torquay is a dive! Theres far better coastal towns (even in Devon)
tenby in South Wales should definitely be on the list, also St Ives in Cornwall, can't beat that and pasties as well!!
Trouble with St. Ives is that any good weather & there a million people in the place, so you have to arrive before 9am
I love St Ives, it's absolutely beautiful down there. Our most favourite seaside place in the whole of the UK. We try to go there for a few days away every other year if we can.
I live in Wales, about 35 miles from Barry Island, 40 miles from Swansea, just over an hour from the Gower, roughly an hour & half from Tenby & not much more to Aberystwyth. So got a fair few picks of beautiful beaches/places to go but St Ives is still our favourite.
Or Salcombe
@@kathrynkelman5334 Holidayed on the Gower a few year ago - one of those must go and see again places - just stunning and out of season few crowds to boot.
Tenby is outstanding. One of the most underrated areas of UK is the coastal ways between Barmouth and Porthmadog. Lived in Towyn just below Barmouth as a kid when Dad was in the army in the 50's - wonderful playground for kids.
Hi Tyler, firstly I’m a huge fan of your’s & love all your posts regarding England etc ! I’m an ex South African privileged to have moved to England : I live in a rural small village in East Sussex yet am not more than an hour’s trip by public transport to various seaside towns ! I have only been to one of the places mentioned & that is Rye ! Steeped in history with magnificent old buildings, cobbled streets , fantastic local restaurants & pubs & intriguing stores ! And the locals are extra friendly & helpful ! 10 out of 10 in my opinion 🌟
Tyler, you need to do a video of beaches and towns solely in Cornwall, England, there are dozens of secluded beaches and beautiful little towns that are worth exploring.
I agree, I would love to see your reaction Tyler to a video of Cornwall.
Beautiful Bamburgh on the Northumberland coast and Alnmouth as well as Seahouses.
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Yep, Bamburgh is a sight to behold especially when followed by a trip a little inland to Durham. Our last holiday up there we stayed in Seahouses. Alnwick castle is lovely and Lindisfarne on one of those rare sunny days is just outstanding. Some of the best beaches in Europe up there.
Sssh. Don’t tell anybody.
@@Scaleyback317 don’t tell people.
The seaside holiday was invented in the 18th century Spa town of Scarborough on the Yorkshire Coast. There was a shortage of mineral water and so a lady tried soaking in seawater and felt better. Soon the first bathing machines arrived on the town’s beach. It’s not possible to get more than 80 miles from the sea in the U.K. and so we are very familiar with these and many other places around the coast for days out and holidays at home. My favourite is Whitby.
I live up the coast from Whitby. We always had many days out enjoying visiting it in our school summer holidays. We’ve now got a second home there and it’s so lovely to leave our busy town and head to Whitby for part of the week to relax. I also love Runswick Bay and Staithes which are much smaller prettier seaside destinations.
the town of Swanage in the County of Dorset in the country of England.🙂
I'm saying "land of England" nowadays. Saves confusion.
Swanage is lovely.Studland beach is gorgeous..
He never reads or learns.
Kind of like Chicago, Illinois, USA. Why do YOU use three names?
@@howardhales6325 we don't its just more specific infact the video didnt need to mention any of that stuff because it's a video in England and there's only 1 swanage in uk
There are bigger places not on this list which are probably much more popular as 'seaside resorts' - Blackpool, Brighton to name just two. These here are generally the quieter, lesser-known spots. There are many coastal towns in the South-West in particular that have boats, and the colourfully-painted houses, which were originally fishing villages.
I went to school in Rye (#6). It used to be an island 250 years ago, but the nearest beach is now over an hour walk from the town due to the opposite of coastal erosion, so calling it a seaside town is a bit rich! The town itself is very pretty though.
The reason the beaches are deserted and there's nobody in the water is because IT'S F*CKING FREEZING! As an Australian, I'm very comfortable wading out into the ocean. The only hurdle might be when it gets to crutch height and you need to brace yourself. I went to a Scottish beach in the middle of "Summer" and the moment my toes hit the North Sea I screamed like a baby!
🤣 welcome to the UK
You just jump in after a few seconds your body adapts and you actually feel warm as odd as that sounds lol
@@liamkisbee8117 body hair traps a fine layer that it warms up and uses as a shield 😏
@FC-PeakVersatility yeah man, honestly it ain't that bad once you get used to it, I take cold baths sometimes really good at curing sickness
@@liamkisbee8117 really good for avoiding it too. You should look into the benefits of giving yourself a foot massage as you prepare for bed each night. This is also very good for warding off illness.
Colwyn bay is absolutely gorgeous. On a sunny day it looks like the Mediterranean
Before British people were able to fly abroad for their summer holidays, they used to go places on the UK coast. These places had a resurgence in popularity over COVID19. I have always enjoyed my seaside holidays in the UK, most frequently to Pembrokeshire (where you will find St David’s)
My town has always been over populated any time the sun comes out, its a great annoyance having 10s of thousands of tourist flock to Bournemouth every summer.
St David’s my birth place smallest city in the UK with many beautiful beaches and countryside. I have now come back to live here after 40 years . I regard it as a huge privilege to be living here. We also have a beautiful cathedral which brings a huge number of tourists most of the year round.
My favourite beach is Harlech - which is in Gwynedd (North Wales). Walking through fabulous dunes to get to the flatter part is lovely, and, also Harlech Castle - if you can handle the steep trek : "a Grade I listed medieval fortification built onto a rocky knoll close to the Irish Sea. It was built by Edward I during his invasion of Wales between 1282 and 1289 at the relatively modest cost of £8,190."
Everytime Tyler reacts to a castle he shoves the adjective "random" in front of it. As someone pointed out here - and on a couple of other vids - there's nothing at all "random" about castles - they'll be on high places to overlook the land, or by rivers so they have fresh water, & in the middle of the towns that grew up around them. Our ancestors weren't daft: every castle was built for a specific reason and their positioning tells us a lot about the specific areas they are built in.
As to comparing a british seaside town to Venice? There are indeed mountains & hills in the UK - but not in Venice. There are large swathes of beach in UK - not in Venice. The water comes up to the land in UK - not in Venice. Venice is composed of narrow canals winding in and out of an ancient city. While UK beach resorts are wide, open spaces. Perhaps a vid. about Venice would be useful, though?
Yes. This has little to do with England. It's all about how he "reacts" to it. The futility of the concept ensures that his "reactions" become ever more weird and ludicrous.
He just likes the word "random." I'm not sure if he knows what it means.
It would be a struggle to find a hill in Venice! Water dies not travel very well uphill.😮
These are all seaside towns, but the Uk also has wonderful seaside villages, for ex. Clovelly in Devon, England and Portmeirion in Gwynedd, Wales.
I'm an Old Person who was a child before it was common to go abroad for holidays. My childhood was full of days out in the countryside with a picnic, and going for weeks to various seaside resorts on the South Coast - Bexhill, Winchelsea, Eastbourne. I'm now thinking I might like to move to that area - living near water (my favourite being the River Thames - not the bit of it in London but further up!) is very good for us, I think. Even now I think people often spend odd days off, like Bank Holidays, going to resorts for the day. Sadly, a lot of our beaches aren't sandy but pebbly! And of course, our weather isn't really conducive to lots of lazy beach time - it's why people go to Spain and Greece for such things!
I moved to Eastbourne in 2001 from London, never regretted it
One aspect of the UK's architectural tradition is 'seaside architecture' which refers to quirky features on domestic buildings like towers, octagonal or hexagonal corner projections, balconies, ornamental garden features and walls.
What about beach huts? The only place I have seen them outside of the UK is here in South Africa.
I really wish you’d visit the UK. There’s so much to see here, not just London ! Beautiful little towns and villages all over the country. Think you’d love it 😊😊
I live in Southsea, Portsmouth. Which is an island city on the south coast, the south coast has many little islands that are only connected to the mainland by bridges. We don't have a castle but we do have a very large Navy base.
As a pompey girl myself, it's a lovely place to live
The British have always been a sea faring nation, with our trade and navy ports throughout the coasts. It’s little wonder then that we have such historic and picturesque coastal towns
"Isn't St Andrews something to do with golf?" Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha giggles. St Andrews is considered the oldest and most revered golf course in the world, where golf was invented and the rules formulated. It is the spiritual home of the British Open. Just a bit to do with golf he he ;-)
Swanage is the name of the town, Dorset is the county.
Other examples:
Blackpool, Lancashire, England,
Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland, (*see note below)
Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales
Giant's Causeway, Antrim, Northern Ireland, etc.
Like saying :
Chicago, Cook, Illinois,
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
Ocean City, Worcester, Maryland.
(Note *Usually if the name of the place is the county town, we don't mention the county, e.g. we don't say Derby, Derbyshire as it goes without saying! So, everyone would know that Ayr is in Ayrshire.)
The reason you haven't heard of Swanage is because we have so many resorts all along the coast of England, Scotland, Wales and N Ireland.
Our seaside resorts used to be the main place everyone went for their holidays in the UK until about the 1960s and 1970s when people started going to the Mediterranean in order to be guaranteed good weather, for their main holiday. Consequently a lot of the UK resorts got very run down, However, the pandemic saw a renewed interest in some of our resorts and this has revived them.
Everyone lives so close to the sea (no one lives more than 70 miles/110 km from the coast) in the UK that day trips to the seaside are popular as well as spending weekends there.
Glad you are pronouncing Wales correctly, most other Americans on here seem to pronounce it wrongly by saying "Wells"!!
The man doing the voice over pronounced Ceredigion wrongly!
Don't agree, Don't forget Cornwall.
In Devon we have, Exmouth. Dawlish. Dawlish Warren, Teignmouth. Torquay. Paignton. Babacombe. + other small beaches.
Lympstone near Exmouth Devonshire, Devon, is where the Royal Marine training camp is.
Royal Marines* the collective term “Royal Marine” has not been used to describe units of the Corps since 1923 and the amalgamation of the Royal Marine Light Infantry and the Royal Marine Artillery to become universally the Royal Marines.
Nice to see Swanage featured, I was at Durlston NP, Swanage from dawn till midday today. Beautiful location
Tyler, I enjoyed this probably the most of any of your videos I've seen. You seem very relaxed and soft and warm today!
It's a British tradition to have a seaside holiday. Nowadays, more people go abroad for holidays, but still favour beach holidays. I should explain that British people get several weeks paid holidays every year. The UK is surrounded by Islands such as the Scilly Isles, the Isle of Wight, Skye, Orkney and the Shetlands.
Tyler, I have mentioned this before but the max distance to the coast from anywhere in the UK is 72 miles in a straight line. It may be more to navigate round towns and bills but we are always within a modest drive or train or bus from the sea. Virtually all seaside towns will be "resorts" to one degree of another and day trips are entirely feasible for us. The coast line may be towering rocky cliffs, curving sandy beaches, small fishing boat harbours, big towns, small villages, low flat countryside and everything in between. Some will be peaceful and quiet others will have funfairs. Some like Southampton will have major cruise ship terminals. Others will be ferry ports such as Portsmouth and Dover for sea crossings to Europe. Some will be ferry ports to the Scottish islands, to the Channel Islands, to the Isle of Man, to Northern Ireland and to Ireland. Ferries to the almost-tropical Isle of Scilly off the coast of Cornwall. Others will have grown up around Elizabethan times of piracy and then smuggling. And all will have fish and chips of course.
Please do a vid on Wales, research the history, countryside etc, you'll be amazed
9:50 they usually end up on the walls like that because how dam old they are and they burrow into the walls a bit. Alternatively you can use a trellis up against a wall to grow “climber” plants on
The foliage you see growing on the houses at 9:44 is called Ivy.
Americans coined the term "ivy league" to describe people attending their prestigious ivy covered universities. Yet Tyler acts as if he hasnn't see this in America it doesn't exist! 🤷♀️
He does that, occasionally.
He's being paid to react, but he still comes across as a decent bloke and it's part of the playbook.
St. Andrews is the official "home of golf". Every so often, the annual Open golf championship (the eldest of the 4 golf majors) is played there and it's where every golfer wants to play. Jack Nicklaus (best golfer in history), once said in 1970:- “If you're gonna be a player that's gonna be remembered, you must win at St Andrews. I can't think of a course I'd rather win at, and my wish has come true.”
Surely golf's greatest player is Kim Jong Un who shot a round of 38 under par including 11 holes in one. Admittedly he did not do this at St. Andrews
Do not tell Trump, he will call this fake golf
Yes - I think it was Lee Trevino, with great reverence for the Old Course, who said "Playing at St, Andrew's is like playing in church".
@@rattywoof5259 He was told he was very lucky after holing out from a bunker. he replied "The more I practice the luckier I get"
St Andrews has a Medieval Castle (13th century) and a Medieval Cathedral. It also has its world famous University which dates back to 1413.
Tynemouth is my neck of the woods. It has multiple beaches in several bays and coves. And if the forecast plays out, I'll be kite surfing at Longsands beach tomorrow.
I've surfed some of the most beautiful places in the world and trust me, out on the water, lookimg to the beach with the sun setting on the Priory ruins at the south end of the beach (it sets behind the church which is to the north and bathes the priory in an orange glow), it is absolutely beautiful.
Unless it's raining, two degrees and grey. In which case it's miserable, absolutely miserable!
Tynemouth trivia: Stan Laurel of Laurel and Hardy lived near by as a child before moving to America. He came back later in life and rented a large house overlooking Longsands beach. Today it is called Laurel House and is an annexe for the rather grand Tynemouth Hotel.
My neck of the woods almost lol. i am from Newcastle but currently across the Tyne in Hebburn :)
My neck of the woods too!
Me too! Seaton Delaval here! Northumberland coast is amazing. Do you know what they are doing to St Marys lighthouse at the moment?
Britain is a maritime nation, with many ports, like Liverpool, Bristol , Southampton, Glasgow, Newcastle, Hull etc which are all big cities.
There are hundreds of charming seaside towns , with sandy beaches, big cliffs , etc which are also tourist resorts , for those living nearby, and visitors from all over.
Some are important fishing harbours as well.
Hi Tyler. I live in Somerset in the middle of the South West leg of England. We have hundreds of great beaches, many with a sea side town. I am a 15 minute drive from the North coast and less than an hour from the south coast. I am literally able to look north and south and decide which coast looks the sunniest today. I have travelled the world, but I honestly never want to sell up and move house to anywhere else 🥰
Swanage is one of my favourite places to visit. It is small, and does get busy in summer with tourists, mostly from the rest of the UK (people like me!). The steam railway, beautiful clifftop walks, and nearby places like Brownsea Island and Corfe Castle make it extra nice 😊
It's perfect for kids, and has one of two remaining permanent Punch and Judy shows on the beach.
The reason many older British towns have castles is that the people built the towns around the castles, to protect themselves.
Yep. Blame the Vikings!
@@nathangamble125 Most were built by the Normans centuries after the Vikings, there aren't that many pre-Norman castles in the UK. And they built them to control the land they had conquered, so more for oppression than defence.
I live in Pembrokeshire, Wales and can Confirm Saint Davids is absolutely Beautiful!
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Can you believe that the clip did not show the cathedral?
I live a few miles from Swanage, it's great for a day out. However I was born in Cornwall and their beaches and heritage sites are fantastic.
I lived in Cornwall for several years and when this video had no Cornish towns in it I felt visceral pain.
I live in Dorset and travel through Swanage on a weekly basis, yes it is a tourist hotspot and get extremely busy during the summer months.
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We had a really nice day yesterday in Scotland, so when my spouse finished work we grabbed a chippy and went down to our favourite beach which is only about 20 minutes from where we live. We sat by the sea eating our fish and basking in the sun, then went for a walk to the nearby castle and watched the sunset over the island of Arran. It was beautiful. St. Andrews is where golf was invented, so yes, it's a HUGE golfing destination. And yes, there are tournaments there occasionally.
St Andrews, Scotland is known as the "home of golf" because the sport was first played there in the early 15th century.
It's also known for having the biggest sand bunker
It's also where William and Catherine, the Prince and Princess of Wales, first met as undergraduates.
As an island with more than 18, 640 miles of coastline, there are many beaches in the UK. The Beach Guide lists over 1500 beaches in the United Kingdom...
Dartmouth has the main Naval College in England, where officers are trained for the Royal Navy. There is also a Dartmouth in the US. This is just me one list, there are hundreds of towns to choose from. The oldest seaside resort in the UK, popular since the 17th century, is Scarborough, still ine of the best today, with it's own castle.
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@@DiogeraldBigMac I have read your comments on your site and you are right. You are going out your way to wind people up but really you’re just common by the looks of it. Common and sad and I should know because I am too.
Just along the coast Whitby and Robin Hood's Bay - used to go there as a teenager when on leave from the Army.
Dorset is a county. Not all English counties end in -shire. Swanage is located on the Jurassic Coast, one of the most beautiful stretches of coast in England. It has UNESCO Heritage status.
When showing the lovely town of Southwold, they never mentioned that the lighthouse is in the middle of the town! There is a wonderful amber shop there. As for Blackpool, it is a noisy, very crowded place, but is the home of the World Ballroom Dancing Championships, and this year's Illuminations look amazing, by famous designers, so maybe it is making a comeback!
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Tyler , huge fan of yours: I Highly recommend that you research The Isles of Scilly! I just know it will completely blow your mind ! If you loved the seaside towns , you really need to experience all the various Island’s off the coast of UK ! Isles of Scilly probably the biggest surprise but then there’s Jersey, Guernsey , Isle of Wight & then all the incredible small Islands off Scotland !
Quite surprised Lynton & Lynmouth wasn't mentioned, or Padstow, or Kynance Cove!
Tenby, Polperro, Pembroke, Three cliffs the list is endless for towns and villages along the coast of the UK.
When I lived in North Devon I loved to visit Lynton & Lynmouth regularly. I do miss the west country but missed my family here in Ireland and ultimately moved back with my devonian hubby when our daughter was 2, she's now almost 12. I spent 13 years in Devon.
“Seredigion” in Wales 🤣🤣🤣 that’s the funniest mispronunciation I’ve heard in a while 🤦🏼♀️🤣
Ceredigion (Welsh) / Cardigan (English)
Yes, no soft c in Welsh.
Dartmouth...naval college etc.etc.
A great watch. Some of the towns listed I agree with but there's so many others that I would put above those. I'd love you to feature the best beaches which would include a lot of Cornwall (as well as other counties) and also other seaside villages and towns; Polperro, Clovelly, Robin Hoods Bay, Portmeirion, Tenby, Cadgwith and Helford to name just a few. Another idea would be to cover our beautiful gardens found particularly in villages. You could do a whole show on the Cotswolds alone. The architecture and gardens there are stunning.
Dartmouth is the home of the Royal Naval College where Royal Navy officers are trained.
It was here that her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II first set eyes on her future husband Prince Philip. The prince was a naval cadet at the college at the time that she visited with her parents the late King George VI and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. She was 13 years of age.
Indeed, Britannia Royal Naval College has been in operation there since the late 19th century. Of course, the United States Navy’s analogue is the United States Naval College in Annapolis, Maryland.
I served as a police officer in Filey, North Yorkshire. It is a very small town and really peaceful. The beach is very broad and flat, making the tides move in and out very quickly. With the holiday sites in the area, the population explodes in the holiday season to many thousands, but it doesn't follow that they converge on the town all at once. Like the majority of seaside towns in the UK, rely almost entirely on tourism.
Hi Tyler.
This video shows the most popular seaside towns for people to LIVE -
it has nothing to do with the top best beaches - that's an entirely separate list, and a lot of the most spectacular are 'far from the madding crowd' (as you would expect).
But as far as LIVING is concerned, I agree with most of the selection in your video, but I know plenty of other beautiful places where you can live by the sea and have your own boat moored outside.
Oh Tyler you absolutely need to come over to the UK and have someone show you around!
There are so many quaint and beautiful little towns and I think you’d love them all.
Wow, I'm going to the Swanage Folk Festival next weekend! I have been going to Swanage since the 90s.
Swanage is beautiful. Haven't been for a few years... might have to go back again soon :)
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@@MarkKnightSHG You have to revisit, there is just something wonderful about the place, that keeps me coming back.
You'll get there eventually 😂
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I love Swanage, spent many a summer there as a child. Just up the road is Corfe Castle. It’s very Enid Blyton-y
Castles may happen to be there fairly often, but none of them were put there 'randomly'! Also, it seems their 'best yardstick' for picking the top seaside towns is missing pretty much all the actual best seaside locations. I can think of probably more than a hundred, but certainly 30+ locations that I've visited that would come higher on the list than any of those actually listed.
Hi Tyler from the UK👋😊. I really enjoy watching your UA-cam channel. I come from the south of England and because it is generally much warmer you find the beaches around the south are more of a holiday destination such as Croyde Bay, Camber Sands, or the Witterings. There are beautiful towns and beaches all around the UK from north to south, east and west, all with their own unique character and charm. One really lovely place to look at, if you have time, is the Isle of Wight just off the Dorset coast, that is a very popular place to holiday.
The old houses you’ve seen and mentioned are lived in but are ‘listed’ buildings so you have rules about what you can do to them but many are modernised inside and are amazing. Have a lovely week 😊
Prince William went to University in St Andrews it is also where he met his future wife Princess Catherine, these ten are good beaches but there are so many more, the county of Dorset is the jurassic coast where fossils are still found mostly ammonite's.
Swanage is right on the coast overlooking the English Channel, it was a tiny fishing village but quickly grew when the Victorians 'discovered' the 'seaside' and especially when the railways arrived. Its on the Dorset coast, or if thee be a really old local the County name is spoken as Darzit. By the time of the First War the "shire" suffix was for some reason often dropped, but it was always Dorsetshire. To show how things change, names of towns change, on old documents back in the 18th century and beyond it is correctly noted as Swanwich, the wich suffix being a typical Old English ending (often pronounced 'itch') but perhaps the people there tended to speak it as 'age' - it stuck when the Ordnance Survey map makers were trudging wearily around Darzit back in 18 nothing they asked a white bearded ancient old local feller a sittin' down with his quart of ale outside the Pig & Whistle pub, "What is this place?" and he mumbled gruffly, thoroughly disinterested in these "vurriners" a disturbing his peace and so through his beer replied, "Swanidge" - and so Swanage appeared on the maps and there it was, misspelt, and never been corrected!
Hey mate do a video on the RNLI we have lifeboats which are a charity which have state of the art boats which rescue people it’s incredible just look at it
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A very worthy cause , would make excellent video. Yes Tyler take that on board.
Swanage, dorset town, county. went there on a school trip at 13. beautiful, lots of history
Tenby should be on this list, it’s recently been voted the best seaside town in the UK,
The East Neuk of Fife is bonny. Culross, on the Firth of Forth is beautiful, although maybe not far enough downriver to be coastal. . I like the North East coastline as well - Thurso is a nice wee town, as are Montrose, Golspie and Helmsdale. The Silver Sands at Aberdour in Fife is lovely. Nairn has a lovely beach. Macrihanish beach is beautiful too, although you hàve to watch out for golfers in the wild.😂
One of the nicest beaches I have ever been to is just outside of North Berwick. It's at the end of the Forth Estuary ( Firth of Forth) which is why you can see the county of Fife on the other side of the estuary. I live at the very top of the estuary. It's a very important seabird habitat.
I'm off to Dumfries and Galloway next week, I'll let you know what I think of the coastline there😂.
Tyler, our towns and villages have names, as do the counties they are located in.
I love Rye, living only an hour's drive from Brighton, if you don't get held up on the dreaded A27 or A252
Rye hasn't been a seaside town for hundreds of years. Land reclamation over the centuries means that it's currently two miles inland.
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The dreaded Brighton. The beach is pebbles, rocks and more pebbles and rocks. No thanks not for me. 😂
Shoutout to Scarborough just north of Filey, it was considered the most prestigious seaside resort throughout the 18th century.
Firstly these lists are just selected almost at random and you could probably pick a hundred towns at least.
I'm guessing Geography was not Tyler's strong point.
Towns can be surrounded on three sides by sea because they're on a piece of land sticking out into the sea. Beaches can stretch for many miles.
There are lots of seaside towns because the UK is made up of two main islands with a couple of hundred additional populated islands and a coastline that's about 12 thousand miles long (depending on the scale you measure it at).
Communities develop on the coast (look at the Eastern and Western seaboards of the US) which means you have a huge number of towns to choose from.
Swanage is in the county of Dorset, which is on the South Coast between Devon to the west and Hampshire to the east. It's in a lovely area and contains what is known as the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage site rich in fossils.
There's one thing you need to understand about seaside resorts in the UK. The sea is rather cold, no matter the season. Imagine a beach in New England or Maine. On a hot summer's day it's great, the rest of the year you need to be hardy to go in the water. A whole different ball game than somewhere like California or Florida. So, these resorts became popular internally in the UK in the early railway era, but not necessarily something I'd recommend to the casual US tourist who wants to swim/surf.
September is the warmest time to swim in the sea in the UK. the sand and rocks have had all summer to warm up.
Seaside resorts are warm in the summer but like you say in autumn and winter it’s not as warm and much colder than Florida or California. That being said the UK’s climate is getting warmer because our winters are milder compared to before and autumn can be warm as well, certainly in September and early October. We have had heat waves this year which is increasing as the climate warms, so the U.K. isn’t always raining as it’s perceived by tourists from abroad, but we do have prolong periods at times when we see a lot of persistent rain which is why we have a lot of greenery compared to many other countries in the world. Cornwall is the hottest part of the U.K. including the Isles of Scilly where you will see palm trees growing there due to the mild climate that allows rich plant cover because it has sub-tropical conditions in summer. Whereas in the north of England and in Scotland it tends to be colder and rains a lot at times.
Love from Southwold!!! ❤ Just came back from a swim at the beach! Was going to get mad if I didn’t see it on the list. I think Southwold dunes is one of the nicest areas of beach in the U.K. I liked it so much I ditched London to be here ❤❤❤
You need to go on Google earth, zoom in on uk and follow the coast all the way around. Awesome street views
We do indeed go to these places for holidays, the weather can never be predicted but I love visiting our coastal towns for a staycation. I actually just got back from Filey after spending a week there; it was incredibly windy, especially up on the cliffs, and the sea was really chilly but it definitely deserves it's spot on this list. It was a 2 hour drive from my home in West Yorkshire and the most wonderful week.
I love Filey and have many happy memories of day trips from my home in West Yorkshire, climbing along the Brigg with my dad.
You're never more than 71 miles from the sea in the UK, Tyler - and that's at the widest point. It's more typically around 30 - 40 miles, and yes, we do indeed head towards it in very large numbers, whenever the opportunity arises! This is quite an interesting list as it mainly includes smaller seaside resorts, which probably are the most popular destinations nowadays - possibly because the larger resorts - to which may of us would make an annual pilgrimage and stay for a week or two before foreign package holidays became popular in the early 1970s; are now very run-down... St Andrews bills itself as "The Home of Golf," and is indeed the most famous golfing resort in the world. For a town whose resident population is only about 12,000*, it supports no fewer than five golf courses including the Royal & Ancient, where Mary, Queen of Scots and other famous people were known to have played, around 1542..! In addition, there are another fifty or so courses within an hours' drive, within the local authority area of Fife, alone. * St Andrews is also home to Scotland's oldest university, which was founded in 1411 and is now favoured by the Royal Family as King Charles III's eldest son and daughter-in-law both went and also met each other there. The King's neice, Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor is also studying there at present, and there has been and are, many other royal and aristocratic relations and members of foreign royal families, among many others from all walks of life! Needless to say therefore, the population of the town nearly doubles during term-time! What you commented on being a castle at 14.15 is actually the ruins of what was once the largest cathedral in Scotland - that castle been shown at 15:17 !! Although St Andrews is on the (eastern), North Sea coast, the land in the far background of this view is the County of Angus, perhaps about 15 miles to the north; while North Berwick overlooks Fife, just at the point that the Firth of Forth merges with the North Sea. The land that can be seen in the distance there is barely 12 miles to the south of St Andrews! Within Scotland alone there are perhaps 125 seaside resorts ranging from the cities of Aberdeen and Dundee, through numerous large and small towns and villages!
Dartmouth has no university but it does have the Naval College, where the young Princess Elizabeth met her husband to be Phillip. Also famous for the Mayflower making it's last but one stop before setting off for America. Another fun fact is the steam rail trains that come into the town on the other side of the estuary, and then you need to take the ferry to cross to the main town. All sorts of architecture from very old timber framed houses to Victorian to super modern.
I remember going there as a child when they were hosting a stage of the Tall Ships Race with huge sailing ships clogging up the harbour, a magnificent sight.
I live in the Uk and I would have put a lot more different sea side towns or villages on this list. You have so many more and a lot more popular.
Very true. These videos are very misleading. They are usually results from surveys done of very small amounts of people done in a magazine or newspaper of some kind. Very misleading and certainly unreliable.
I love your reactions Tyler, you are very engaging!
Pembrokeshire is my favourite place in the UK
I live in Nottingham, which is about as far as you can get from the sea (70 miles from Skegness) 😂
Ps he said Ceredigion wrong!
Just came back from a two week holiday in Rye, Camber Sands, absolutely beautiful.
According to the CIA Facebook Britain has over, 12000km of coastline varying between rugged cliffs, sandy beaches and small tows. The coastline is one of the most fractal in the world, so has many coves and harbours, many with small, picturesque fishing villages of great interest. The village I live in is in the southern part of the English Midlands and is almost exactly in the centre between the east and west coasts of the UK. It takes just around 3.5 hrs to get to either one, but you have to remember that many of our roads are not straight, and I have to pass through many small towns and villages to reach either side.
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In St Andrews, the large tower you mentioned is part of the ancient Cathedral. There is also a Castle which was shown also. The sands are particularly fine. Golf was first played there. Mary, Queen of Scots was a keen golfer. It is in the County of Fife which is easy to find on a map as it has the River Tay to the north, the River Forth to the south and the North Sea on the east. Fife is easy to find as it is shaped like a Scottie Dog.
I live in Pembrokeshire 8 minutes from the beach!
All ways remember as a child going to Weymouth beach in the 1950s ,watching Punch and Judy and Donkey rides and not forgetting buckets and spades and building sand castles great memories
Same, my parents took me there in the sixties. The fun-fair, the train running through the sea front and going out on a small boat mackerel fishing too.
@@johnp8131 memories that we will never forget
I’ve been living in Weymouth for the past 5 years and will absolutely never leave! I just love it here sooooo much! ❤ especially in the summer when it’s got it’s glad rags on and is the most seasidey place in the world! Donkeys, Punch and Judy, helta skelta, arcades, sandy beaches, pebbly beaches, beautiful swimming beaches, views, countryside, ice creams, buckets and spades…I just love it!!!
I went to Weymouth when I was young too, though I don't remember what I did there.
How the hell was Weymouth left out of this video? It is a bit "touristy", but it's iconic.
There's a beach that I've had recurring dreams about for years. I didn't even know why, or remember which beach it was, but when I looked up "weymouth" the beach looks almost exactly the same, so I apparently have some sort of memory of it even though I wasn't consciously aware of it.
@@nathangamble125 It was a fantastic beach with so much to do the sea just trickle in no big waves wonderful times
Tyler, check out the fishing village 'Clovelly' in Devon.
Clovelly is a privately owned harbour village in the Torridge district of Devon, England. The settlement and surrounding land belongs to John Rous who inherited it from his mother in 1983. He belongs to the Hamlyn family who have managed the village since 1738.
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The best beach in the UK. Durness in the Highlands of Scotland, on the north coast. Miles of sandy coastline sheltered by worn limestone cliffs and mountains jutting up in the distance.
What a strange list. No Bournemouth, Brighton, Newquay, Scarborough, Blackpool and then the Welsh resorts.
Bournemouth beach is overrated and far too busy, better off going to Branksome chine or Alum chine if you get the chance.
No Whitby Alnmouth Bamburgh Seahouses.
Bournemouth, Brighton, Scarborough, Blackpool are tourist traps and not particularly beautiful
Swanage is a town, Dorset is the County. I am very well aware of Swanage, my parents wouldn't go anywhere else for holidays. I lived here for a while and currently live 12 miles down the road in Wareham Forest.
have a google for weymouth in dorset its one of the loveliest seaside towns to visit, you should come over and do a massive trip to some of them!
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Hear, hear! Tyler would LOVE the UK.
Great reaction 😊Billy Joel recently came to Cardiff - Cymru (Wales) for his only european concert date - he knows you know !
These videos are always biased towards England 🏴 we in the uk knows all the beaches are polluted & not safe . Be safer visiting Wales or Scotland 🏴
@@Parker_Douglas Well that's BS.
Darthmouth is a college in the USA (New Hampshire) btw.
Did Mr Vader study there.
Yes it is but Boston is a city in the USA, Braintree is a town in the USA and there are many more town name after British towns, so what point are you making?
@@Rob-t4z7x He said "isn't Darthmouth a university".
I went to Dartmouth for the first time earlier this summer, it's so beautiful in person and the pictures are definitely not an illusion!
Who made this list? Apparently anywhere in England you are only 77 miles from the sea. Scarborough, Whitby, Clacton on Sea, Blackpool, St Ives, Mousehole, Barmouth, Llandudno are a few I would recommend. From Yorkshire
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These videos are usually the results from some small survey done by a magazine or newspaper. Certainly not a reliable method to find the UKs most popular resorts.
I once worked for a British Tour Company called Saga International Holidays here in the United States. In the UK it’s called Saga Holidays. Its world headquarters was in Folkestone, Kent, England in Great Britain. When we list the three names you should think “city, town, or village, followed by state, then country.
Example: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America (USA) or Montréal, Provence Québec, Canada. It’s quite easy once you’ve gotten used to it! 😺
Wales is a beautiful place, with a rich history.
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Wales is ok I would not rush to go to Wales again though. I found them rude and looked down their noses at people. I came from Northern Ireland 24 years ago for 2 weeks. And it had lovely scenery, towns were no better than Northern Ireland but the people were ignorant. I then went back 7 years later. And vowed never to enter Wales ever. The attitude of people was disgusting. And the best thing I found about Wales was all the roads and vehicles leaving the country.
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I have heard people being equally as critical of hospital staff, bin-men, council staff doctor's receptionists, the list goes on, but I have not heard any Welsh person be rude, unkind or offensive, so as I can only add that I have had _only three nurses_ (in the same ward in the same hospital in 2023) _ever be rude to me_ ...and I am 71 now... However,
I have had pleasant interactions with all others upon my list above, and more besides. I have heard others be rude or unkind, or offensive to people though, so have come to the conclusion over many years, that if kind and pleasant to others, the majority of them will be equally kind and pleasant back in their dealings with those who are _not_ offensive to them.
Speak as you find by all means, but be kind, and maybe if you are kind to them, they will reciprocate and give you no cause for complaint.
Yours is the very first complaint on those lines I have _ever_ heard said of _any_ Welsh people, and thus your complaints fall in deaf ears here (to me) and I cannot understand how you came by your conclusion from one (?) visit...
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I live on an island off the west coast of Scotland.
Thanks to the Gulf Stream we have palm trees, basking sharks, seals. If you want to see a truly beautiful beach I suggest you look at the silver sands of Morar.
By the way, St Andrews is, indeed, the home of golf.
Bearer of bad news here (Retired Environment Agency Officer). Billions of tons of fresh water ice melt are currently flowing into the Arctic ocean, this cannot 'mix with the salt water current and the Gulf Stream is slowing. It is is expected to collapse in a few years time. Google A.M.O.C. There's a Guardian article on this. I expect there are also a few videos about this. 😞