A lot of us dream of moving to beautiful coastal resorts once we retire, but what exactly can your money get you by the seaside?

In Halifax's Seaside Town Review, the eight most expensive UK seaside resorts to live in have been revealed, with Sandbanks in Dorset being the most expensive thanks to the average house price being £665,000.

Salcome in Devon is second with the average home costing £539,950, followed by Padstow in Cornwall with house prices averaging £443,396.

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Sandbanks in Dorset is the most expensive UK seaside resort to live in.

The least expensive seaside resort is Port Bannatyne on Scotland's Isle of Bute, where you can snap up a house for around £77,132.

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UK's 10 most expensive seaside towns:

  • Sandbanks, Dorset, £664,655
  • Salcombe, Devon, £539,950
  • Padstow, Cornwall, £443,396
  • Aldeburgh, Suffolk, £439,379
  • Lymington, Hampshire, £426,112
  • Dartmouth, Devon, £401,361
  • Fowey, Cornwall, £379,003
  • St Mawes, Cornwall, £373,746
  • Wadebridge, Cornwall, £373,351
  • Budleigh Salterton, Devon, £360,984
Halifax used house price figures from the Land Registry and Registers of Scotland, and looked at 196 seaside towns altogether across Britain. The report found that the average property price in UK coastal towns has grown 32% from £166,565 in 2006 to £219,386 in 2016.

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Port Bannatyne is the cheapest seaside resort in the UK to live in

'Seaside towns are highly popular places to live, offering sought-after scenery, weather and lifestyle which no doubt come at a price,' says housing economist Martin Ellis according to the BBC. 'They also attract those looking for holiday properties, which add upward pressure on house prices.'

UK's 10 least expensive seaside towns:

  • Port Bannatyne, Isle of Bute, Argyll and Bute, £77,132
  • Newbiggin by the Sea, Northumberland, £81,259
  • Girvan, South Ayrshire, £91,912
  • Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute, £91,938
  • Saltcoats, North Ayrshire, £93,479
  • Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway, £96,476
  • Invergordon, Highland, £98,673
  • Millport, Isle of Cumbrae, North Ayrshire, £98,742
  • Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Argyll and Bute, £99,005
  • Thurso, Highland, £99,660
So if you're considering on moving down to be by the sea, if you haven't already, you might want to consider how much it's actually going to cost you...

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