02-07-2025
Sandbanks keeps crown as UK's most expensive seaside town
Sandbanks in Dorset has retained its crown as the UK's most expensive coastal area to buy a house, with an average asking price of £1.28 million.
While properties in the Poole neighbourhood, dubbed 'Britain's Palm Beach', have fallen 3 per cent year-on-year, asking prices in the area are still over three times more expensive than the national average of £378,240, according to analysis by Rightmove.
Research by the online property portal showed that Sandbanks is now the only coastal area in Britain with average asking prices above the £1 million mark.
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Sandbanks, which has been home to many millionaires, including Harry Redknapp, the football manager, and Sir Geoffrey Boycott, the cricketer, has topped the list for a number of years.
Canford Cliffs, also in Poole, came in second place despite average asking prices in the area down 9 per cent year-on-year. Buyers looking for a house in the area can expect to pay an average of £974,635. It was followed by Milford-on-Sea in Hampshire, which had an average asking price of £728,460.
Saltcoats in Ayrshire, Scotland, was again named the cheapest coastal area despite seeing a 13 per cent jump in average asking price to £122,208. Peterlee, in Country Durham, saw a 6 per cent increase in its average asking price to £122,246, but was ranked the second cheapest coastal area in the UK.
Other cheap coastal areas on Rightmove's list included Ashington and Blyth, both in Northumberland, Bootle in Merseyside, and Grimsby in Lincolnshire.
