{"id":204603,"date":"2025-06-22T07:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T07:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/204603\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T07:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T07:49:09","slug":"one-of-britains-best-seaside-towns-is-just-over-one-hour-from-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/204603\/","title":{"rendered":"One of Britain\u2019s Best Seaside Towns is Just Over One Hour From London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>London is a marvellous place in sunshine, but even the most die-hard lovers of the capital struggle to resist the call of the sea in balmy summer months. And there\u00a0is no shortage of beaches near London \u2013 here at Time Out we\u2019ve even made a list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/things-to-do\/twenty-brilliant-beaches-near-london\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">all the sandy, rocky and shingly stretches of coast within easy reach of the city<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re looking to narrow down your options and visit a tip-top seaside town, consumer advice site Which? has just published a list of the best coastal settlements in the UK \u2013 and one of them is pretty near London. To get its list Which? surveyed 5,000 of its members, who fed back on stuff like trip satisfaction and whether they\u2019d recommend a destination to other holidaymakers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Which?\u2019s list is packed with classic British seaside places, with towns in Devon, Dorset and north Wales all making the cut. Top spot was taken by Bamburgh in Northumberland (for the fourth year in a row, no less), and you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/uk\/news\/the-best-seaside-town-in-the-uk-to-visit-this-summer-061825\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read more about that here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So, what about Which?-acclaimed towns that are near London? The highest-scoring (and nearest) of the lot was <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/rye\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rye<\/a><\/strong>. The East Sussex town placed seventh overall and received a \u2018destination score\u2019 of 79 percent, with four-star ratings for its food and drink, tourist attractions, scenery, accommodation and value for money.<\/p>\n<p>And best of all, Rye is just over an hour from London by train (one hour and six minutes, if you get the fastest trains). If you\u2019re driving, it\u2019ll typically take around two hours.<\/p>\n<p>Rye was the highest placed sort-of-near-London town in Which?\u2019s list, but there were others in similarly prestigious positions. If you narrow the ranking down to just the towns with five-star beaches (besides, Rye doesn\u2019t have a beach and sits a few kilometres from the sea), <strong>Frinton-on-Sea<\/strong> in Essex is just an hour and a half away by train (and around two hours by car).<\/p>\n<p>You can find Which?\u2019s article in full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.which.co.uk\/reviews\/uk-destinations\/article\/uks-best-seaside-towns-alhlx7E2uw1a#how-the-scores-are-calculated-for-the-best-and-worst-seaside-towns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Get the latest and greatest from the Big Smoke \u2013 from news and reviews to events and trends. Just\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VabxG0jK0IBqoptkHH3i\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">follow our Time Out London WhatsApp channel<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stay in the loop: sign up to our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/newsletter?cid=uk~editorial~acquisition~newsletter~contentlink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free Time Out London newsletter<\/a>\u00a0for the best of the city, straight to your inbox.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"London is a marvellous place in sunshine, but even the most die-hard lovers of the capital struggle to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,6419,393,4884,257,6420,6417,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-204603","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-categories-things-to-do","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-london","13":"tag-news-city-life","14":"tag-things-to-do","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114725923306261020","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}