WHICH Magazine ranks UK seaside towns

[Glyn1]

WHICH Magazine carried out a survey ranking 100 British seaside towns, and Swansea did well.

First was Bamburgh, Northumberland
Fifth was Aberaeron, Ceredigion as the top Welsh town. The fact that it is more difficult to get to than others in that area apparently was a good thing (?).
34th was Swansea with the following ratings: Beach 3 out of 5 / Attractions 4 out of 5 / Scenery 4 out of 5 / Peace & Quiet 4 out of 5 / Value for money 4 / 5.
99th was Weston-super-Mare
100th was Skegness: Rated 3 out of 5 for the beach, and 1 out of 5 for all the others.

This article will be in their June edition.

 

[dickythorpe]

I went to Skegness about 4 years. I found it depressing and totally overhyped.
We don't realise what we have here in Pembs and Gower.

 

[Best_loser]

Not sure what the big deal is with aberaeron , its a nice place but nothing special

 

[JackSomething]

Not sure what the big deal is with aberaeron , its a nice place but nothing special

Agreed. Had some lovely trips to the Harbourmaster there with the missus and will probably do so again in the future, but if you're there for 2-3 hours, you've seen everything it has to offer.

 

[Lifelong]

Just got back from St David’s, it’s very busy down there. Aberaeron is nice but doesn’t come near to the St David’s area imho.

 

[Swanjaxs]

Just got back from St David’s, it’s very busy down there. Aberaeron is nice but doesn’t come near to the St David’s area imho.

Used to stay in St David's regularly with work, had some great nights in the Farmers

 

[Sherpa]

Rated our beach 3 out of 5.

I take it they didn't visit Caswell, let alone Pobbles or Oxwich.

They rated Skegness beach 3 ffs. It's on the North sea. Aberavon beach is better than skegness

 

[Lifelong]

Just got back from St David’s, it’s very busy down there. Aberaeron is nice but doesn’t come near to the St David’s area imho.

Used to stay in St David's regularly with work, had some great nights in the Farmers

Been going down there for over 25 years...a special place.

 

[Scotia]

I met Simon Calder (tv travel journo) in the Marina earlier today. He was down writing a piece on Swansea for his podcast.

He was a nice guy and very complimentary about the area . It would be good if we could get something out of staycations this year, Swansea bay is underrated as a tourist destination.

 

[ThurrockJack]

I met Simon Calder (tv travel journo) in the Marina earlier today. He was down writing a piece on Swansea for his podcast.

He was a nice guy and very complimentary about the area . It would be good if we could get something out of staycations this year, Swansea bay is underrated as a tourist destination.

Absolutely, think it falls out of favour as it is not as geared towards tourism as some of the more fashionable places are and people in the wider UK still snobbishly see it as a post industrial hellhole.

If the job market in Swansea was a little better it would be up there with the best places to live in the UK imo, great mix of city and nature. It's the only reason I no longer live there.

 

[Swanseafan]

How did Cardiff Bay do in the survey with it's mudflats?