House price rises in the top 14 most popular and expensive seaside resorts in Britain over the past 10 years. Research by Savills (first published in The Daily Telegraph)
1. Sandbanks, Dorset (pictured)
£812,968, +185%
2. Padstow/St Merryn, Cornwall
£548,977, +493%
£519,463, +367%
£463,129, +356%
5. Branksome, Dorset
£459,159, +202% 6. Bigbury-on-Sea, Devon
£433,362, +356%
£414,193, +316%
£389,878, +191%
£382,671, +362%
10. Holt/Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk
£376,991, +231%
£360,015, +262% 12. Southwold, Suffolk
£359,040, +232%
£351,894, +258% 14. Wells-next-the-sea/Holkham, Norfolk
£316,945, +313%
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