Holiday suggestions for the South Coast of England, please. Looking for a good seaside town that has nice restaurants or bars, please.

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We went to Westward Ho! recently & it had a nice, small seafront area with a few places to eat & have a drink. We are looking for something similar. We've also been to Tenby, Southwold, Whitstable & Wells-next-the-sea in recent times. Can you suggest anywhere nice? We've looked at St Ives, but it looks too expensive & quite cramped! Would prefer South coast. Thanks.

Lyme Regis

I’ve given up trying to beat westward Ho and keep going back for U.K. holiday.

seafields is such a decent price and you can park the car up and not use for a week

Ah yes, we have been to the lovely Lyme Regis and the area & restaurants near the Cobb are what we are looking for.
Yes, W Ho! would be tempting to go back to, but we're trying to find new places to explore.

Can anyone else suggest some nice coastal towns in England?
Are there any other places in Cornwall that you would suggest, apart from St Ives?
Thanks

I'd say the Isle of Wight is your best bet. OK, Newport is just a bog standard small town that could be anywhere, Cowes is for yachties and Shanklin is best avoided, but the rest of the island has just what you're looking for IMO.

Folkestone, Whitstable, Deal.

Hastings, Deal, Rye (very close to sea); Lewes (not that close to sea but nice).

Dartmouth is very nice.

Fowey?
Marazion?
Exmouth in Devon has an excellent beach and is the start of the Jurassic coast. I like Sidmouth.

Isle of Purbeck is a very nice area.

Deal is lovely as is Broadstairs both very pretty, the Sussex coast near Rye is lovely West Wittering etc.

I was also going to suggest Fowey, or Padstow.

Battle is lovely as well excellent pub/restaurant called the Abbey, the castle is worth a wander around.

In Kent would second Folkstone but also Broadstairs...

Also Padstow and Falmouth in Cornwall

Deal or Broadstairs

Second Dartmouth.

Looe is nice - less going on than St Ives but good range of places to eat and harbour and beach for a wander, as well as access to the SW Coastal Path (walk to Polperro and boat back).

We went to Devon recently and really liked Dartmouth.

You might like Rye, Deal, Broadstairs, and Sandwich.

Woolacombe/Croyde
Mumbles

This year have had a week in Looe Cornwall and one in Poole Dorset, both lovely, but lucky with weather both times.

Ventnor
Lyme Regis
Lymington (riverside but very close to the sea)

Ventnor is very lovely

West bay in Dorset is nice

I'm always banging on about this, but I really like Worthing. On the face of it, it's a bit rubbish, but in fact it's great for a weekend. The pebble beach is lovely and it has a sauna in a horse box that you can hire. The Crab Shack is second to none for seafood in a scruffy setting. The Whisky Rooms is a smashing cocktail bar and the Travelodge is perfectly adequate with sea views.

Padstow, Broadstairs and Rye

Thank you all.
Great suggestions & some I had just not thought of (IoW).