SEASIDE towns have always been in competition with each other. But back in 1923 Southend was desperately trying to outdo Bournemouth as a rival resort - and a move to improve the seafront’s bathing ...

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I SHALL not go further into the sea today. I shall lie here, with my feet in the ocean and my elbows on shore, feeling aggrieved. This has nothing to do with advancing years. I still have the use of ...

Each summer, The National Trust rents out a row of huts at Llanbedrog Beach - alamy Looking to invest in property? How about an uninsulated one-room shack, vulnerable to the elements, with no running ...

Source: Photo by Joel Chester Fildes. Alien Drum Sensorium, by Alasdair Toozer, Gareth Hoskins Architects. The London gallery will be showing a series of miniature bathing hut models in the Bathing ...

When the British fell in love with the seaside, they invented a mobile building to convey them to the water. Kathryn Ferry tells the remarkable tale of the bathing machine. From his tall plinth on ...

When people think of beach huts in North Wales, Abersoch and Nefyn are normally the areas that spring to mind. The colourful wooden structures are much-prized in the area - and can go for as much as ...

A beach hut on one of Wales's top beaches has had a price cut. House prices in Wales have been on a downward trend over the last year - so it may be no surprise these coveted pieces of Welsh real ...

It has no washing facilities, no kitchen, no toilet and you're not allowed to sleep there - but a Welsh beach hut has gone on sale for a higher price than many family homes in Wales. Sea views in ...