Seaside holiday home within 3 hrs of London

[LittleFrieda]

Where would you go?

depends on budget, age of children, what you like doing when there and what else you're after ie rental potential, resale, capital growth....

Personally with 2 young children and looking for potential for capital growth - Broadstairs, Poole, Lyme Regis

Whitstable
Rye/Camber Sands
West Wittering

Which side of London are you? If north I would look at Suffolk/Norfolk. If south, Deal/Sandwich/Rye depending on budget and what kind of area you want.

Frinton-on-Sea might be worth considering? Or Walton on the Naze?