If you live at the seaside, do you go to the beach often..?

[LieLikeALoungeroomLizard]

Or is it something after a while you take for granted?

I live a 10 minute walk from the beach. Can't remember the last time I went down there.

I go at least twice a month

Live about 20 mins away. Depends on weather & tides.

Also tend to go more in the off season when it's not as busy and dogs are allowed on the beach

Definitely take it for granted. And have really missed going during lockdowns

About 7 mins from door to sand. At our previous home it was the same distance, maybe only 5 mins. I went more regularly when my ds was small. I've always lived on the coast and love walking by the sea but last few years I have hardly been. I am definitely going to start walking there more regularly again. Every weekend I think I'm going for a walk along the front but then I don't seem to get round to it. Obviously I prefer to walk there on a nice day but the nicer the day the busier the beach. I have no issue with other people using the beach but I don't want to walk there when it's crowded. I guess living so near, I should choose quieter times to walk.

I don’t very often but DH and DS go every morning. I go more in winter when it’s less crowded.

@LieLikeALoungeroomLizard

Yes I am, I'm trying to think ehenwoulcbe the best time to make the move as one child year 9 and one year 2

Oldest child is looking likely to be going to uni, so I'm wondering when would be the best time to make the move

And a few people said, it won't be as special when you live there and you'll get bored of it etc

I have always lived by a coast and never get tired of being by the sea. I don't think I could ever move inland.

I go to the seafront a lot but not on the actual beach.

I live by the sea, and am about 20mins walk away from the beach. I go about 4 times a week. Swim all year round. Been here for 18 years and never take it for granted. Feel mega lucky.

We live a 15 min drive from the beach and go most weekends if the weather isn't vile.

We went today and it was beautiful

Same Homehaircuts. Couldn't live inland now. Need to be by water

We go about once a week in summer, less in winter. I've lived here 15 years and the novelty hasn't worn off. As well as paddling the we also take the children for walks along the beach, climb on rocks and hunt for fossils. The best going after work in a heat wave, the relief of cooling down in the sea is amazing.

However, we don't go to the main beach in town which is a 30 - 40 minute walk away very often, instead we usually go to a further one which is quieter and has parking.

I live across road from a beach and go walking there most days.

Most days.

I go pretty much every day. Paddling at the end of the day is my favourite. Lucky enough to be surrounded by beaches so tend to go somewhere slightly different each day. It's my favourite place and I hope I never have to live too far from it

The cliff is at the end of our road and then a 5 minute walk down. We go there quite a bit in the summer and go for walks along the pathway throughout the rest of the year. It used to be less busy but now we get people from miles away coming to our beach. We usually wait till later as DS is autistic and likes to just sit and listen to the sea so we wait till it’s quiet.

I grew up by the sea used to go more in the summer but not more than once a week. Usually go once at least on a weekend visit as now live in a landlocked city.
My friends that live in my hometown have been going much more over lockdown as not much else to do.

Nope, as kids we went a few times to the beach (essentially it was a couple of roads behind us and a few blocks along) but not a huge amount of times. We went to the Sunday Market more often probably - but that was generally a handful of times a year.

As an adult ... nah. I do have a pootle down the shopping street there but I don't go onto the beach/pier/sea front.

We very nearly moved to Cornwall a few years ago, to make sure we were doing the right thing we visited out of season a few times and it made me realise how much I hated wind and mist.

I do get badly affected by weather though so I'm in the minority.

The beach is basically at the end of our back garden. We use it daily. Swim, walk, beach bbq, sketching, reading, taking the paddle board out, whatever.

I much prefer it in winter. Or in the evening from about April to Sept. When there are no day trippers or holidaymakers about.

Been here a decade and love it more every single day.

If we weren’t outdoors people it would quickly get boring though I suppose.

@LieLikeALoungeroomLizard

Are the seagulls very noisy or bothersome ?

You do get used to them - after a while it's just either normal noise or noise you cut out.

The issue is nearer the front when they dive bomb for food.

My main issue when trying to get to anywhere near the beach (for doctors appts, cinema, , supermarket, care home etc) during the summer that the roads are so full of Comfort's (Come for t'day, stay for t'week) that if you choose one of the main roads towards the beach/caravan holiday parks etc you're in a traffic jam several miles long and it takes FOREVER to get through.

Luckily as a local, we know the back streets so it can be easier so once you learn your way around hopefully it'd be the same for you too.

I'm walking distance from several beaches - one v popular family sands with all the trimmings, 2 'locals' secret' sandy coves, 1 good for rockpool fans and best for serious swimmers.

OP, if you want to live near a beach I would advise that you live in walking distance. I can guarantee that if we had to load a car and think about the best times of day to park etc we wouldn't bother.

Living in walking distance makes spontaneity possible. I walk along the seafront, or on the cliffs, or to one of the other beaches daily. When it's hot enough, I swim. Dd2 (15) lives on one beach or other all summer. And it's always fabulous, on a bank holiday, to look at the mobbed beach and realise you can go there when it's less busy, any time. I recommend it - realised in my 20s that living away from the coast wasn't going to work for me, and will never regret it.

Walk the dog most days

Most weeks at least once . I don't live in walking distance but it is in my town.

We live 5 mins from the seafront, and I walk along the beach as often as possible, so 2 or 3 times a week. But 'going to the beach' with a picnic, etc, only when we have visitors.

I lived about 3-5 minutes walk away from the sea for about a year when i was much younger. I went down to the beach most days. Loved it.