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| Cleethorpes - it came eighth from bottom in the survey |
CLEETHORPES has come out poorly in a customer survey of British seaside resorts.
Out of a list of 100 towns and villages, the survey - produced for the Consumer Association's magazine, Which - put Cleethorpes eighth from last.
The only consolation is schadenfreude that its two competitor-resorts in Lincolnshire, Mablethorpe and Skegness, both finished lower as did Blackpool.
This is not to say visitors dislike Cleethorpes - just that other resorts are rated more highly.
Top of the list is St Mawes in Cornwall.
The survey was undertaken pre-coronavirus, with a total of 3,700 consultees.
Resorts were assessed under the following headings:
* Beach attractions
* Scenery
* Peace and Quiet
* Value for Money
Why has St Mawes come out tops?
Say the authors of the report: "There is no sand, but the pebbly beach is good for rock-pooling.
"There's no amusement arcade, either. Yet it's the lack of these things that make St Mawes special.
"It is a lived-in village rather than a tourist trap.
"St Mawes is all about quiet pleasures - strolling along the seafront, pasty in hand, past whitewashed cottages to St Mawes Castle for sparkling views of the Fal estuary.
"Take your time choosing fish from a van on the harbour or enjoy a pint of Cornish brewed Doom Bar while sitting a wooden benches outside the Victory Inn."
The full list is:
St Mawes, Cornwall
Dartmouth, Devon
Southwold, Suffolk
Aldeburgh, Suffolk
Bamburgh, Northumberland
Blakeney, Norfolk
St Andrews, Fife
Saint Davids, Pembrokeshire
Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear
Beer, Devon
Llandudno, Conwy
Mevagissey, Cornwall
Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire
St Ives, Cornwall
Tenby, Pembrokeshire
Conwy, Conwy
Dungeness, Kent
Sidmouth, Devon
Whitby, North Yorkshire
Frinton-on-Sea, Essex
Lyme Regis, Dorset
Portmeirion, Gwynedd
Rye, East Sussex
Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire
Bude, Cornwall
Aberdovey, Gwynedd
Brixham, Devon
Looe, Cornwall
Lytham St Annes,, Lancashire
North Berwick, East Lothian
Sheringham, Norfolk
Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk
Aberaeron, Ceredigion
Fowey, Cornwall
Teignmouth, Devon
Oban, Argyll and Bute
Criccieth, Gwynedd
Falmouth, Cornwall
Filey, North Yorkshire
Lymington, Hampshire
Swanage, Dorset
Whitstable, Kent
Deal, Kent
Porthmadog, Gwynedd
Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland
Salcombe, Devon
Eastbourne, East Sussex
Padstow, Cornwall
Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
Bournemouth, Dorset
Broadstairs, Kent
Cromer, Norfolk
Felixstowe, Suffolk
Lynmouth, Devon
Southsea, Hampshire
Swansea, Swansea
Weymouth, Dorset
Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
Plymouth, Devon
Poole, Dorset
Appledore, Devon
Barmouth, Gwynedd
Beaumaris, Anglesey
Exmouth, Devon
Grange-over-sands, Cumbria
Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Seahouses, Northumberland
Shanklin, Isle of Wight
Brighton, East Sussex
Dawlish, Devon
Torquay, Devon
Southport, Merseyside
Ventnor, Isle of Wight
Ayr, South Ayrshire
Minehead, Somerset
Ullapool, Ross and Cromarty
Worthing, West Sussex
Barton on Sea, Hampshire
Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire
Herne Bay, Kent
Hunstanton, Norfolk
Largs, North Ayrshire
Folkestone, Kent
Hastings, East Sussex
Lowestoft, Suffolk
Porthcawl, Bridgend
Colwyn Bay, Conwy
Ramsgate, Kent
Newquay, Cornwall
Ilfracombe, Devon
New Brighton, Merseyside
Penzance, Cornwall
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset
Margate, Kent
Morecambe, Lancashire
Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset
Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire
Littlehampton, West Sussex
Blackpool, Lancashire
Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire
Bognor Regis, West Sussex
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Skegness, Lincolnshire
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