THE SEA LIST

A post-lockdown rush for the seaside has seen a rise in house prices – but there are still affordable options. Lesley Gillilan picks a dozen towns where the coast won’t cost you a fortune

FOR…GORGEOUS VIEWS

Llandudno, Conwy

In a fabulous location close to the Snowdonia National Park, ‘the Queen of Welsh resorts’ is an elegant confection of Regency and Victorian Gothic architecture, a necklace of Marine Drive terraces wrapped around a crescent of North Shore beach and the longest pier in Wales. A vintage tramway trundles up to the Great Orme, the mountainous headland which looms over the town, providing a natural playground and views to die for. Llandudno boasts a railway station and Venue Cymru, the biggest theatre in North Wales. Yet property prices are temptingly low: an eight-bed Victorian semi at £269,950; a former miner’s cottage, £235,000.

• Average house price: £221,388