{"id":363868,"date":"2025-08-22T05:41:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T05:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/363868\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T05:41:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T05:41:14","slug":"the-cheapest-beach-day-from-birmingham-where-parking-dinner-and-ice-cream-total-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/363868\/","title":{"rendered":"The cheapest beach day from Birmingham where parking, dinner and ice cream total \u00a317"},"content":{"rendered":"

One seaside in Wales was found to be \u00a321 cheaper than Brighton for just the basic costs – and trains from Birmingham take less than three hours\"PhotoThis Welsh beach is said to be the cheapest to visit in the UK(Image: John Myers)<\/p>\n

There’s so much to take into account when budgeting for a day out at the beach – travel, food, parking, activities, souvenirs. It all adds up.<\/p>\n

New research has compared some of the most popular seaside destinations in the UK and one hotspot on the coast of Wales came out cheaper than the rest.<\/p>\n

A new UK Seaside Affordability Index has revealed huge price differences around the coast of Britain, with the cost of just the ‘basics’ ranging from \u00a316.71 up to \u00a338.20.<\/p>\n

Read more:<\/strong> I visited a 200-year-old Birmingham attraction and it’s so underrated<\/a><\/p>\n

NoDepositRewards.org compared the price of a classic day out at the beach, looking at the total cost of all-day parking (the current local council rates), the average cost of a ’99’ ice cream, a large fish and chips meal and deckchair hire for a full day.<\/p>\n

Brighton was found to be the most expensive seaside spot, as the Express<\/a> reports, with all-day parking costing \u00a318 and a classic ice cream averaging \u00a32.70.<\/p>\n

\"PhotoSwansea Bay(Image: WalesOnline\/Gayle Marsh)<\/p>\n

In comparison, the cheapest destination was found to be Swansea, with parking costing just \u00a33 for a full day and an ice cream priced at \u00a31.65.<\/p>\n

A large fish and chips in Brighton cost around \u00a311.50, according to the study, while hiring a deckchair set beach-goers back around \u00a36 for the day.<\/p>\n

St Ives was the second priciest, with people spending an average of \u00a325.30 a day on seaside essentials.<\/p>\n

In comparison, the four ‘basics’ totalled less than \u00a317 in Swansea, not to mention that a train journey from Birmingham<\/a> to Swansea costs just over \u00a330 when booked in advance and takes less than three hours. Alternatively, the drive takes around three and a half hours.<\/p>\n

Swansea has 19 beaches covering over 30 miles of coastline, with Swansea Bay being the easiest to reach from the city centre.<\/p>\n

One recent Google review of Swansea Bay Beach reads: “Lovely sandy beach clean and tidy, I went around 4pm and the tide was just coming back in which made for a very pleasant walk along the beach.”<\/p>\n

And someone else said: “Clean and quiet beach, ideal for dog walks, plenty of easy parking nearby with a lovely caf\u00e9 along the seafront. Whether it’s sunny or cloudy, this beach is stunning.”<\/p>\n

Mason Jones, data expert at NoDepositRewards.org, said: “Families are budgeting harder than ever for summer 2025.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur Seaside Index shows you can triple the number of beach days simply by choosing a different stretch of coast.<\/p>\n

“With parking now topping local cost charts, the North and Wales clearly win on value.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One seaside in Wales was found to be \u00a321 cheaper than Brighton for just the basic costs –…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363869,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[21470,855,73043,748,12232,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-363868","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-beaches","9":"tag-birmingham","10":"tag-birmingham-trains","11":"tag-britain","12":"tag-days-out","13":"tag-england","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115070821310364197","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363868","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=363868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}