Sunny by the sea?published at 11:29 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
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As it happened: A day looking at life in England's seaside resorts
Sunny by the sea?published at 11:29 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
Media caption, Sunshine in Runswickpublished at 11:23 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
Weather Watcher Alastair took this stunning picture in Runswick on the Yorkshire coast this morning.
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Watch: Why visit Skegness?published at 11:20 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
Media caption, Laura Dawes from Leeds on why Skeg is the best
Take a look at Brighton's i360 in 360 degreespublished at 11:15 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
Claire CottinghamI'll be in Margate later, but in the meantime take a look inside - and outside - of Brighton's new i360 tower.
Below is a 360 degree video, just click and hold your cursor on the video to look around.
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End of youtube videoSurf's up in Scarboroughpublished at 11:12 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
Grace Parnell
BBC Local Live, ScarboroughScarborough's not just about the usual seaside staples of candy floss, donkeys, fish and chips and kiss-me-quick hats.
It might come as a surprise but it's a bit of a surfer's paradise - and they're out there right now:
Not sure how warm the water will be today, even though the sun is shining...
Seaside life in Southportpublished at 11:11 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
Bronwyn Jones
BBC NewsHello from not-so-sunny Southport where I'm hoping the winds that are blowing the end of the pier will chase the clouds away.
I'll be painting a picture of what our seasides are really like in 2016 for the Seaside Live page - and for here, of course - and right now I'm at the end of England's second longest pier on Southport beach.
I'm about to board the pier train - which the driver tells me is a tractor in disguise - for a tour of the front.
Hayling Island: Keeping the flag flyingpublished at 11:11 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
Marcus White
BBC NewsBeneath a battered union flag, the Beachlands snack bar opens for business on Hayling Island in Hampshire.
"In the '80s this place was heaving", said the owner who didn't want to give his name.
"This year just hasn't been right. I've seen it in June, scorching hot in the afternoon, but just one car in the car park."
Skegness home to first redcoatspublished at 11:09 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
Dave Wade
BBC Local LiveSkeggy, Skegvegas or plain old Skeg has been welcoming visitors for decades.
Just up the coast in Ingoldmells, the first ever Butlin's opened in the 1930s.
What's more quintessentially English seaside than the redcoats?
Image source, Butlins/Getty ImagesBrisk and breezy in Clacton-on-Seapublished at 11:05 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
Jack Warren
BBC Local LiveI've just arrived in Clacton-on-Sea, on the Essex coast, where I'll admit it's a little nippy as the wind blows in from the sea.
I'll be here for the rest of the day, joined by reporters on the coast around the country, to find out what people love (and possibly loathe) about our seaside resorts.
If you want to join in the conversation at any time you can get involved using #EnglishSeaside, external.
As you can see, the beach is a little quiet this morning as it's currently more jeans and a jacket type weather than shorts and flip flops.
Seaside Tsar plan to tackle 'tacky' resortspublished at 11:00 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
BBC News EnglandDoes England need a "Seaside Tsar" to regenerate seaside towns?
Image source, Getty ImagesA report by the British Hospitality Association, external earlier this month found people living in seaside towns are more likely to be poorly educated and unemployed.
The view from Weston-super-Marepublished at 10:51 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
Ian Parker
BBC NewsI'm spending the day in Weston-super-Mare where the sun is trying its best to pop out after two days of rain.
The North Somerset resort is about 90 minutes from Birmingham and three hours drive from London.
It's popular with day trippers as well as the staycationers, many of whom have been coming here for generations.
Weston has seen a bit of a revamp over the past decade and tourism bosses are confident it can hold its own against the more traditional English seaside resorts.
A day at the beach...published at 10:44 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
Lloyd Watson
BBC News OnlineGood Morning from Tynemouth.
I'm at the beach. I know - tough job, right?
I'm looking for your three words to describe our coastline around the North East of England.
Panoramic postcard view of Scarboroughpublished at 10:43 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
Grace Parnell
BBC Local Live, ScarboroughThis is my panoramic view of Scarborough this morning, from Oliver's Mount, looking north to south.
As an example of the real English seaside, it surely can't be beaten?
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End of twitter postMost popular seasidespublished at 10:42 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
BBC News EnglandEver wondered which seaside towns are attracting the most visitors?
Well, wonder no more.
Scarborough comes top - with numbers actually increasing year on year.
The other high-hitters are Blackpool and Skegness.
Sunny in Skegpublished at 10:29 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
Dave Wade
BBC Local LiveI'm in Skegness, Lincolnshire, this morning finding out what's on offer for holidaymakers.
It's nice and sunny so far but there's a strong breeze off the North Sea...
The 'surfing king of Newquay'published at 10:29 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
Claire Hawke
BBC Local LiveIn 1960s Britain, seaside towns were renowned for family holidays, buckets and spades, dodgy swimming costumes and ice creams, but then - legend has it - a group of Australians arrived in Newquay and started a small revolution.
Media caption, Surf-related tourism in Newquay took off in the 1960s
Those travellers are widely credited with bringing modern surfing to the country, having heard about the pounding Atlantic swell off Cornwall.
The late Doug Wilson (above) became known as the 'surfing king of Newquay' and was one of a small group who helped turn it into a Mecca for surfing.
How hot is it where you are?published at 10:20 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
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Image source, PAWish you were here: Sunshine and blue skies in Scarboroughpublished at 10:12 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
Grace Parnell
BBC Local Live, ScarboroughHello from sunny Scarborough on the north east coast of England - the country's first seaside resort.
I'm joining reporters from across the country to bring you a taster of seaside life in summer 2016.
Right now, I'm on top of Oliver's Mount - the highest point in Scarborough. This is what I can see:
From here, you can see as far as Ravenscar and Robin Hood's Bay in the north, southwards towards the Sea Life Centre (the white pyramids) at the North Bay, and round to the headland with Scarborough Castle and on to South Bay.
'Gove effect' blamed for six weeks of flat-out workpublished at 10:12 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
Claire Hawke
BBC Local Live
Seaside towns such as Newquay may be struggling to cope in the summer season because of what one business owner describes as 'the Gove effect'.
Efforts by former education secretary Michael Gove to reduce the amount of time pupils are absent from school means that the tourism sector often has trade concentrated in a six-week period.
Chris Lowe, who runs wildlife watching and fishing trips out of Newquay's working harbour, said: "When the children are off school, really and truly we're flat-out seven days a week. I can understand it, but it is difficult because I've been around a long time and I've seen the change over the years and it is definitely having an effect on us."
Thinnest tower: View from the toppublished at 10:10 British Summer Time 3 August 2016
BBC News EnglandThis is what you can see from the top of the world's thinnest tower, which opens on Brighton seafront.
Image source, glyn kirkIts owners promise the full splendour of 26 miles of Sussex coastline - assuming it's a bright, sunny day of course.
