If you moved to the coast, do you actually use the beach/swim?

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My mum & dad moved to their holiday home full time during retirement, it’s on the Dorset Coast. She goes swimming almost every single morning in the sea & always goes to sit on the sand.

My dad has honestly walked on the beach maybe twice in five years. He loves swimming in the pool but hates the sea.

We have the chance to move to the coast but dh thinks we will be like my dad and not use the beach. So he thinks we should save £200k and skip the sea view and live inland.

Not everywhere - some still have blue flags.

https://www.sas.org.uk/water-quality/sewage-pollution-alerts/

@BloodyHellKenAgain You can check your local coast here- far too many places with pollution alerts but still lots of places with clean water.

Yay. My bit of the South coast is doing well currently for clean water (I’m somewhere near the middle of those green ticks). I might go for a swim at the weekend!

I grew up minutes from the beach, I remember the 'old ladies' swimming year round with their jobs made changing towels and flowery caps. They were probably born in the 1910s. They did it without GoPros, Dry Robes and egos!

I swim in the sea year round - Scotland, no wetsuit. ☺️

I live by the sea and admit I don't go to the beach as often as I would like, I absolutely love it when I do though. I wouldn't live anywhere else. I used to swim in the sea with my daughter and we loved it but we stopped when I found out how much sh*t Southern Water pump in to it just offshore 😥

I used to work for a water company and that's put me off open water swimming for life 🤢

I don't have a sea view but I do live by the sea in a seaside town. I swim about 5 times a week, year round.

I love being on the beach and moving to the seaside was the best move I could possibly have made.

It it the sound of the sea, and the space of the ocean!

so much more therapy than just the sand and the swim.

plus. Saves you having a second home one day, or a move later. If it only 200 I’d go in a heartbeat! What are you gonna save that money for? Will it be a dedicated savings?

Nope, don’t like the sea it scares me. And sand is a nightmare even though I do like to walk barefoot - I then get paranoid about standing on glass. / needles etc. I do like the sea views I have from my window but must admit my views in land were nicer and the weather was much nicer too inland. Here’s it’s brutal right off the sea. (Scarborough) I agree with your husband 😂

I wouldn't swim in the sea in the height of summer let alone any other time and i get bored of walking around the same places every day. Living by the coast was wasted on me when I was growing up and I don't miss it at all. I have to go to Thailand or Mexico to find a sea warm enough for me!

I’m lucky to have grown up on the Cumbrian coast and have 4 beaches on my door with the Lake District a mere 30 mins away. We are very lucky. Our beaches are tidal and being aware of our surroundings is very important as the tides and currents change so quickly. We have paddles quite often but walk an awful lot. Plenty to do and adventures to be had. The sound of the waves, walking barefoot on the sand and the wind in your face is something else. Clears the mind.

Quick thought: can you rent? See if you like it?

Bit different for us as my husband grew up by the sea (Cornwall), and we lived there together before we were married, then moved back there after working abroad, when our children were very tiny. So yes we all swim or surf almost every day (rarely visit the beach without going in the water tbh), but we are all complete water babies and the kids have grown up at the local surf club. I think a lot of people who live in similar locations don’t go in the sea anywhere near as much as us. When we were buying our house, coming back from overseas there is no way we would have considered n inland location without nearby surf. Do you love swimming and the sea? If so you will probably make the most of it when you move, if not, then maybe it’s not worth it and your husband is right?

I thought I would start swimming when we moved here but I haven't! The sewage discharge warnings have been quite off putting

I live 5 mins drive from the beach so it's in walk/ run distance. The coast path is fabulous. We walk on the beach most days.

Lived by the sea all my life and love it. Haven’t swum in it since the 1980s and haven’t walked on the beach in years. Still love it though

Moved to the seaside over 20 years ago. I doubt I'm in double figures for beach visits. Not been in the sea in this country since I was a teenager.
It's a lot of money to spend on the off chance you'll use it.

Never swim in the sea and hardly ever go to the beach but love living by the sea so much and would never go back to living more than a 5 minute walk. The views are amazing, it just smells nicer and well I love it even if we aren't beach people

I moved to the coast and I swim in the sea all summer (couldn’t hack doing it in winter) . I’m in a rural area and it’s one of the only things I absolutely love about it .

On the beach term time at least twice a week for walks - would be more if I didn't work full time. School holidays the kids and I swim whenever it's warm and go down the beach several times a week. There's nothing like walking by the sea to clear your head and calm your soul.

I lived on by the sea for my first 30 years. I could probably count on one hand the amount of times I went in the sea.

We live about 300 metres away from the beach and hardly used it (unless to walk the dog) until 2 years ago when we got a paddle board and a kayak. Now we use it a lot from April - October. If I had the money I'd probably move inland to get a bigger house and garden though.

Seeing the sea soothes me. I live right on the coast and get restless whenever I’m away from the sea for too long.

I rarely, if ever go in it, but that’s not why I feel the need to live on the coast!

My kids go in it occasionally. Husband never, but for us that’s not the whole point of living by the coast.

I live in Whitstable - never swim in the sea. And still wouldn’t even if it wasn’t full of shit. I do walk on the seafront regularly though.

I agree @Dillydally13. It’s a wonderful tonic just to look at it. To be able to ‘see the edge’!

I don’t like being too far inland because it means I can’t get my bearings. Popping up from a tube station in London and taking a while to work out which way is south is frustrating for me!