long w/e for me and the kids, seaside, 3hrs max from London?

[bossykate]

hello everyone

the title says it all really! i would be grateful for ideas for a long w/e for myself and the kids and possibly a friend with child(ren) in June. i would like to be walking distance from a sandy beach and maximum 3hrs travel time from London. open mind as to hotel or self catering - but if hotel must have interconnecting rooms and babysitting.

thanks in advance

It's a tough job Enid but someone's got to do it sorry for hijack bk!

nice if you like pottery dragons

like this pensive one? omg, I really must have too much time on my hands this morning, right, off out now!

ooh very terse message on that link www

Oh yes, so there is enid, I didn't notice it before. Like we really wanted to look at their stupid dragon anyway! It was crap, believe me

I bet it was

just shows you what dragon collectors are like

god I really do apologise bossykate.

Anyway, I was in Poole today and it was very nice, I can recommend Bournemouth/Poole, well the whole Dorset coast actually.

Why has no-one else suggested weston super mare? Hello? Are you all thinking straight? Or failing that Southend on Sea is a wonderful place to go for fine British cuisine....(out of a plastic tray anyway!)

Hmm, now WSM. Hmm, I wonder why I didn't suggest it Flossam?

Sorry, WWW, was it supposed to be your secret little hideaway?!

bk, presume you know about Moonfleet Manor?

Or Babington House - no seaside but frankly who cares

this looked nice when we drove past, and camber sands is lovely in a very basic sort of bucket-and-spade-and-freeze-your-nuts-off way

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Come to Bournemouth! There's loads to do if it isn't beach weather. And if you visit Boscombe beach dh and I will be your personal lifeguards.

Weymouth - we go there quite a lot - kids love it and so does DH

thank you all very much.

www that place in lulworth cove looks really nice.

any more ideas for specific hotels or cottages?

tia

just a little sunday night bump...

Oi bakedpotato don't tell everyone about Camber Sands, that's mine and Dannie's beach that is

Camber Sands????!! OK, The Place is OK for Sunday lunch but.... Compared with Southwold etc it's not so hot.

Second Whitstable, I think the hotel owned by the Oyster Co is The Grand. Beach at Whitstable is better for beach-combing and pebble-spotting, it's a rather scrubby mix of stones and sand. Don't know of any extra special hotels in Broadstairs but it is lovely there, a proper old-fashioned, spotless English family beach.
On the island, the nicest family hotels are believed to be the Priory Court and the Seaview. Cheaper but still family-friendly are the Farringford Lodge and Sandpipers, both in slightly quieter West Wight. But as you know bk House of Marina are such a pack of tightwads that we have only ever done nose to pane inspection of these nice premises. Now, if you are looking for self-catering with meters and Barton-Fink-type decor, I know just the place

I know I'm always saying the same thing on these threads, but Lyme Regis is very nice, and has lots to do. Most of the beach is small pebbles, but there's a large sandy area near the Cobb. \link{http://www.lymebayholidays.co.uk/property-details.asp?PropertyCode=c4351&CodeSearch.x=13&CodeSearch.y=6This cottage} is lovely with a fantastic terrace looking right over the bay, but it's not that cheap and may only be available for weekly bookings. The same website has loads of choices though, and all the ones we've stayed in have been good.

Gawd, we'll try that link again, shall we? Here .

How about Sandyballs in the New Forest, short drive from Bournemouth. www.sandy-balls.co.uk
. Great place.

Will try and do a link - I'm hopeless at these.