{"id":991544,"date":"2026-05-29T04:48:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T04:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/991544\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T04:48:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T04:48:22","slug":"britains-seaside-hotspots-where-house-prices-are-growing-fastest-revealed-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/991544\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain\u2019s seaside hotspots where house prices are growing fastest revealed \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seaside towns in Merseyside and Wales have been named as the coastal hotspots where house prices are rising the fastest, outpacing the wider UK market, new analysis shows.<\/p>\n

Bootle in Merseyside tops the list with average asking prices up 11% compared with last year, property website Rightmove found.<\/p>\n

Prices in the seaside town on the outskirts of Liverpool nonetheless remain well below the national average at \u00a3141,680.<\/p>\n

\"HousesHouses in the Bootle area (Alamy Stock Photo) <\/p>\n

Crosby, another Merseyside hotspot, was identified as the second fastest-growing with house prices up by 9% year-on-year to fetch an average of \u00a3330,900.<\/p>\n

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Several towns in Wales have seen some of the biggest jumps in house prices of UK seaside locations, including Llantwit Major in South Glamorgan, up by 9%, and Llanelli, in Carmarthenshire, up by 7%.<\/p>\n

House prices in Penarth, a Welsh town near to the capital Cardiff, were up by 8% to an average of \u00a3433,091 \u2013 the highest of the top 10 fastest-growing spots and the only one to sit above the national average.<\/p>\n

\"PropertiesProperties on the seafront in Penarth (Alamy Stock Photo) <\/p>\n

The UK average price of a property coming to the market in May was \u00a3378,304, according to Rightmove.<\/p>\n

Average asking prices are currently 0.3% lower in Britain compared with last year, showing how some seaside locations are defying the dip and outpacing the nationwide market.<\/p>\n

Despite this, Rightmove said\u00a0coastal living remains relatively affordable compared with other parts of the country.<\/p>\n

Of the roughly 100 seaside areas analysed, where at least 20 new homes were coming to the market, around 80% had an average asking price below the national figure.<\/p>\n

Sandbanks in Poole remains Britain\u2019s most expensive seaside hotspot with an average price tag of \u00a31.12 million for a home.<\/p>\n

\"LuxuryLuxury waterfront houses in Sandbanks, Poole, Dorset (Alamy Stock Photo) <\/p>\n

Colleen Babcock, Rightmove\u2019s property expert, said: \u201cThe fastest-growing seaside markets this year show that demand for coastal homes remains resilient, even as overall price growth across the UK stays more modest.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile some locations are seeing strong price increases, there are still many areas where living by the sea is more affordable, giving buyers a wider range of options depending on their budget.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re also seeing that homes priced realistically continue to attract interest, particularly in locations where price growth is being supported by buyer demand.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here are the 10 seaside locations with the highest year-on-year house price growth, according to Rightmove, and the average asking price:<\/p>\n

1. Bootle, Merseyside, up 11% to \u00a3141,680<\/p>\n

2. Crosby, Merseyside, up 9% to \u00a3330,900<\/p>\n

3. Penarth, South Glamorgan, Wales, up 8% to \u00a3433,081<\/p>\n

4. Llantwit Major, South Glamorgan, Wales, up 8% to \u00a3340,033<\/p>\n

5. Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales, up 7% to \u00a3201,570<\/p>\n

6. Wallasey, Merseyside, up 7% to \u00a3200,753<\/p>\n

7. Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales, up 7% to \u00a3220,622<\/p>\n

8. Porthcawl, South Glamorgan, Wales, up 6% to \u00a3359,412<\/p>\n

9. Barrow-In-Furness, Cumbria, up 6% to \u00a3185,169<\/p>\n

10. Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, up 6% to \u00a3247,953<\/p>\n

Here are the top 10 most expensive seaside towns in Britain in Rightmove\u2019s report, with the average asking price:<\/p>\n

1. Sandbanks, Dorset, \u00a31,119,945<\/p>\n

2. Canford Cliffs, Dorset, \u00a31,045,533<\/p>\n

3. Lymington, Hampshire, \u00a3545,926<\/p>\n

4. Barton on Sea, Hampshire, \u00a3496,143<\/p>\n

5. Lyme Regis, Dorset, \u00a3474,417<\/p>\n

6. St Ives, Cornwall, \u00a3461,959<\/p>\n

7. Shoreham-By-Sea, West Sussex, \u00a3455,939<\/p>\n

8. Swanage, Dorset, \u00a3455,347<\/p>\n

9. Sidmouth, Devon, \u00a3450,971<\/p>\n

10. Saltdean, East Sussex, \u00a3449,007<\/p>\n

And here are the top 10 cheapest seaside towns in Britain, with the average asking price:<\/p>\n

1. Peterlee, County Durham, \u00a3120,657<\/p>\n

2. Grimsby, Lincolnshire, \u00a3133,706<\/p>\n

3. Ashington, Northumberland, \u00a3133,775<\/p>\n

4. Bootle, Merseyside, \u00a3141,680<\/p>\n

5. Blackpool, Lancashire, \u00a3142,277<\/p>\n

6. Fleetwood, Lancashire, \u00a3147,910<\/p>\n

7. Birkenhead, Merseyside, \u00a3148,942<\/p>\n

8. Workington, Cumbria, \u00a3155,013<\/p>\n

9. Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland, \u00a3157,754<\/p>\n

10. Seaham, County Durham, \u00a3157,994<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seaside towns in Merseyside and Wales have been named as the coastal hotspots where house prices are rising…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":991545,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8815],"tags":[2648,748,2737,393,4884,1269,179,2615,1232,25382,2516,35258,90885,16,15,1764],"class_list":["post-991544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-liverpool","tag-bootle","tag-britain","tag-city","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-house-prices","tag-liverpool","tag-merseyside","tag-money","tag-north-west","tag-property","tag-rightmove","tag-seaside","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-wales"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116656060190821614","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991544","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=991544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/991545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=991544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=991544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=991544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}