The most expensive seaside resorts
The rising cost of buying a coastal home in one of the trendiest seaside resorts in Britain has been measured by Savills

House price rises in the top 14 most popular and expensive seaside resorts in Britain over the past 10 years. Research by Savills (first published in The Daily Telegraph)
1. Sandbanks, Dorset (pictured)
£812,968, +185%
2. Padstow/St Merryn, Cornwall
£548,977, +493%
£519,463, +367%
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£463,129, +356%
5. Branksome, Dorset
£459,159, +202% 6. Bigbury-on-Sea, Devon
£433,362, +356%
£414,193, +316%
£389,878, +191%
£382,671, +362%
10. Holt/Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk
£376,991, +231%
£360,015, +262% 12. Southwold, Suffolk
£359,040, +232%
£351,894, +258% 14. Wells-next-the-sea/Holkham, Norfolk
£316,945, +313%
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