Salcombe has been crowned the most expensive place in Britain to buy a seaside home on a list dominated by south coast locations.

Salcombe has been named the most expensive seaside town in Britain to buy a home. Swapping places with Sandbanks in Dorset for the top spot, the average house price in the Devon resort town was just over £1.2 million in 2022 according to an analysis by Halifax.

Analysing house price data for 12 months leading up to December 2022, Halifax looked at 209 coastal locations in total. All but one town on the top 10 is located on the south coast, with Aldeburgh in Suffolk being the one exception coming in at number 3.

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