“By the sea, Mr. Todd, ooh, I know you'd love it…”

Lockdown 3.0 has got us sounding (and looking) like Helena Bonham Carter in Sweeney Todd.

We’ve rounded up 10 of our fave coastal stays in the UK for summer 2021 so that you can stroll on pebbly beaches, realign your chakras to the tide, or strip down to your Speedo and divebomb a wave.

BUT these places are selling like Mr Whippy’s finest - so be speedy and nab one quicktime… 🍦

This 19th-century manor house is giving us The Crown vibes. The plush rooms are fit for royalty and the location is a Lake District classic - close to the sea and rolling hills.

• £190 per room per night
• Three-course dinner incl
• Pre-dinner glass of prosecco and canapes incl
• Full English breakfast incl
• Spa with heated pool, Jacuzzi and steam room
• Grange-over-Sands location

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*** 100% refundable up to 8 days before travel ***

These are cutesy cabins a stone’s throw from the best bits of The Devon Coast. We’re talking rocky inlets, glasses of vino on your private deck and an onsite hot tub.

• £114 per night (sleeps up to 4)
• Luxe glamping cabin
• Onsite hot tub
• TV, kitchenette, and bathroom
• Bideford location

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*** Can’t travel due to Covid restrictions? you’ll get a full refund ***

This is our alt-coast pick on Southport’s bustling promenade. Our fave bit is the waterfront setting and the moody bar with wood panelling, squishy seating, and speakeasy-style. Rooms are modern and fresh.

• £119 per room per night
• Full English breakfast incl
• Three-course dinner incl
• Bar and rooftop garden
• Southport location

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*** 100% refundable up to 8 days before travel ***

Polperro sounds like the kind of place where your drinking buds will be mermaids and the crabs have formed an a capella group... Kinda is. You’re staying in a swanky pad which would fit right in on Arch Digest - we’re talking outdoor tub.

• £257 per night (sleeps 2)
• Close to Cornwall’s beaches
• Outdoor bathtub
• Looe harbour town location

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*** Can’t travel due to Covid restrictions? you’ll get a full refund ***

You’ll be living out your period drama fantasies in a Tudor building that used to be a smugglers inn. The restaurant has got two AA rosettes and the rooms have plush four-poster beds. You’ll be staying in Rye, a postcard-perfect town a short distance from Camber Sands.

• £160 per night per room
• Four-poster room
• Full English breakfast incl
• Bottle of Gusbourne English Sparkling wine per room
• 15% off voucher for a vineyard tour of Gusbourne’s per person
• Rye town location

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*** 100% refundable up to 8 days before travel ***

Whitby is more English than a bulldog sipping tea whilst complaining about queuing. Mooch about rainbow beach huts, watch the boats bobbing in the harbour, and abuse flapping-fresh fish and chip shops.

• £244 per night (sleeps 2)
• Sleek, modern apartment
• Full kitchen and stylish bathroom
• Central Whitby town location

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*** Can’t travel due to Covid restrictions? you’ll get a full refund ***

"Hayling Island? Sounds glamorous, where is it?”

“… err near Portsmouth”

Ignore the haters. this chilled-out hotel is sitting pretty on the waterfront and is packed with amenities and mod cons. There’s a leisure club, beauty treatments, and restaurants championing seasonal eats.

• £89 per room per night
• Full English breakfast incl
• Swimming pool, Jacuzzi and steam room
• Waterside restaurant
• Hayling Island location

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*** 100% refundable up to 8 days before travel ***

It’s a Deal. NOT SORRY. This Kentish town has a castle, a pier, and a beach. The holy trifecta. You’re staying in a warm, sunny home just across the road from the beach with sea views.

• £155 per night (sleeps 2)
• Short walk to the beach
• Sea views
• Modern kitchen and roll-top bath tub
• Deal town location

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*** Can’t travel due to Covid restrictions? you’ll get a full refund ***

To get to this family-owned island you have to climb down from the island and cross a rickety floating footbridge. BUT when you get there it’s like stepping into Middle Earth… if Frodo had a wood fired hot tub, private shower, and twinkly fairy lights.

• £150 per night (sleeps 2)
• Secluded Scottish island
• Wood fired hot tub
• Fishing trips and sea safaris available
• Badachro location

You’ll be shacking up inside The Shepherd’s Secret, which is a luxe hut a mile from the sea in an areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. If you’ve got a car it’s a short drive to classic coastal towns, Lyme Regis and Sidmouth.

• £95 per night (Sleep 2)
• Set in private grounds
• Sunny front terrace with furniture
• Axmouth location