by London is famous in a heat wave – the tubes suffocate, the parks are packed and the lidos are more difficult to get a ticket for Glastonbury. So if you don’t have a member club pass that is on a roof pool for a day for a day or are ready to blank in, there is only one thing: go to the coast.
Fortunately, we have the choice with picturesque sea stretches on the coast, only a few hours – or even faster train ride – from the capital. East Sussex and Kent hotspots such as deal and St. Leonards-on-Sea beat well over their weight for restaurants, pubs and chic accommodation. The seafood is fair, the ice is directed and the locals are as creative as they come.
So if you want to be a DFL this summer (in London), then our selection of the best beach breaks in the capital.
Deal, kent
The deal is probably the bouley coastal city and offers a award-winning high street, glorious pub gardens on the coast and many great restaurants that lure you away from London. His long pebble beach is flawless and the restored Art -deco -Pier has an impressive Jon Buck sculpture called Enacing the Sea.
The Rose (Therosierung.com) is now a numerous famous food scene from Deal. The chic B&B, restaurant and bar offers a modern British lunch and dinner, which you can enjoy in his happy garden, which offers impressive roses that correspond to the name. The owners also operate the Blue Pelican and the Pelican rooms along the coast. The former is a four -day restaurant with calm blue interiors and a mood inspired by Japanese Izakayas. The latter offers yoga class and prey for spa treatments.
Then there is the Zetland arms that are a 10-minute drive along the coast, where the fish is super fresh, the top of the beer top and there is a look over the white cliffs from Dover.
Although the hostpot will probably see all of Instagram this summer, a little inland in bed shock. Updown farmhouse is a wonderfully restored 19th century, the listed house in class 2 with rooms (stays from £ 190 with a shuttle car service, if desired, updownfarmhouse.com).
Two houses were converted at the end of last year to add private accommodations to the mix, while the rest of the eclectic rooms are in the main house. Colorful studio Lenca Artworks contrast to original beams and vintage furnishings.
The Conservatory Restaurant is approved by Michelin Guide and run by Oli Brown by Duck Duck Goose Fame and his partner Ruth Leigh. You serve seasonal plates with butter vegetables, perfectly cooked steak with french fries and lenient puddings.
Its wonderfully wild gardens in country style are an important part of the draw even in the warmer months. Forget all your worries while you step back to a clumsy white outdoor sofa with a book from your own library of the hotel.
Best stations that you can travel from: Stratford International or London St. Pancras International.
Mandatory, kent
With pastel beach huts, fresh as-the-come osters and buzzing, Whitstable has everything you want from a day by the sea, as well as enough accommodation opportunities to do it ideal.
The old Neptune is the place where you can find out at the drinks right on the beach (Theepubonthbeach.co.uk). And the Oyster café you saw everywhere on Instagram? This is Wheelers Oyster Bar – although the aptly named Whitstable Oyster Company (whitstableoystercompany.com) doesn’t disappoint either.
Book for something very special for a table in the athlete (thesportseaseasader.co.uk) in the age -a few miles outside the city -served the dishes like sole that are grilled in algae butter, mussel and bacon chow.
If you receive a booking, this Victorian cottage on the beach on Airbnb is one of the most authentic and charming overnight accommodation. You can also work out sundowners by the sea. It is the Dream Beachy Crash Pad over two floors with nautical-noddling interiors and full of seafarer antiquities.
Best stations that you can travel from: London Victoria or London St. Pancras International.
Hastings, Kent
Hastings is one of the best kept seaside secrets of Englands, but it won’t be long. If you rise a simple train ride from London from London, you practically climb into the sand. The curvy streets of the old town are the best place to start their day with a number of beautiful vintage and independent shops that sell everything from household goods to fashion.
AG Hendy is a magical upgrade in a Tudor house in the High Street (aghendy.com), while Roberts Rummage is a good old-fashioned BRIC-A-Crac business where you could lose an afternoon. For clothing, warp and shot are a wonderful boutique and a wonderfully well -kept boutique, and it is a waxed fighting emergency. While Bobby and Dandy have the best selection of vintage clothing (bobbyanddandy.co.uk).
Come to dinner, choose from perfect sourdough pizzas in Monellis (monellis.co.uk), African and Caribbean dishes in Carib de l’Afrique (caribdelafrique.com) or choose a good old coastal sugar in Maggies Fish and chips.
A beautifully converted and renovated church building called St. Clements is a wonderful place to maintain (from £ 350 for two nights; kateeandoms.com). It beats small groups or up to 14, depending on whether they set one or two apartments. The huge open kitchen and the dining area on the ground floor (with a huge table, the 16) and the lounge (complete with glitter ball and projector) is the starting traction. From Jes Salter
St. Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex
It could fly under the radar today as a beach break, but this city in East Sussex was Queen Victoria’s favorite destination by the sea. It offers raincy and art deco-terraces and squares as well as multicultural, diverse restaurants as well as an art and music scene that attracts first-class DJs. It even has its own banksy at the local Tesco.
Before dinner on the Goat Ledge (Goatledge.com)-a funny promenade bar-on the way to dinner in Bayte (Bayte.co.uk) on the King’s Road. With the daughter of the founders of Petersham Nurseries, the interiors have the mother ship and mixing industry with vintage. During the fare is modern British with a touch of Italian.
If you want to stay over, you can take first place for the Sunday Food Market in the Heist Street, then see the Knowle (The Knowleatstleonards.co.uk). It is a pretty piece of art and craft time B & B set on a hill, a faster 15-minute walk from the train station. Apart from the sources of the seagulls, it is incredibly peaceful. By Jo Fernandez
Best stations that you can travel from: London Charring Cross.
Read our complete guide to St. Leonards-on-Sea
Folkestone, Kent
Folkestone grabs serious art, culture and gourmets. It was the highlight of the cosmopolitan glamor in the early 20th century that moved the Glitterati on the way to France, and a Renaissance was passed in the past decade. The Creative Quarter is full of artist studios, independent shops and quirky bars as well as new luxury accommodation and taling agents who selected it as a spot for the first British winery in France has confirmed its cool factor.
Joch is the best place for brunch and coffee and the catch of the day, head to Rocksalt (Rocksaltfolkestone.co.uk). It may have lost his Michelin star, but the seafood is still sublime. The locals evaluate Seaside Shack Chummy’s (chummys.co.uk) for super fresh shrimps, oysters and crab sandwiches.
For Sleepovers, London & Paris (Landb-Restaurants.co.uk) now has a few rooms over it and the pig in the nearby village of Bridge a great starting point to explore this part of Kent. The impressive brick building comes from 1638, which means that it is full of impressive fireplaces, secret passages and wooden gifted. From Kate Wills
Best stations that you can travel from: St. Pancras.
Read our complete guide to Folkestone
Brighton, East Sussex
Brighton’s beach has been a hotspot for Day Tripper since the Victorian era. And while the pebbles can be painful under your feet, there is nothing better than pulling out a picnic ceiling and soaking after a bath in the canal in the British sun. The beach itself extends over the coast to Hove, which is caught by the colorful beach huts for which the area is famous, as well as an ever -expanded list of restaurants, bars and tiny art galleries. And let’s not forget the pier: a must if only to drank in the atmosphere.
This city has also made a name for its gourmet registration information. Go to the Burnt Orange (Burnn-orange.co.uk) in the streets for some really excellent cocktails and small plate von that many change with the seasons for the freshest flavors. Embers (Embersbrighton.co.uk) is the right place for those who are looking for something more extensive (or indeed, the Sunday roast of the dreams). Located in a tiny side street, this wooden kitchen restaurant serves some of the juicy meat that you will ever try, in addition to good wine and a fairly excellent jam for burned ends.
If you want to spend the weekend, you can not do the luxury of boutique style better than No. 124 (rooms from £ 170, guesthousehotels.co.uk). Color pop-soft furniture and statement walls sit next to the characteristics of the building, while the bedrooms are a study in the Seaside Chic: Old Timey Robert’s radios, restored floorboards and paintings by local artists. There is also a killer spa, an excursion for treatments after the beach. By Vicky Jessop
Best stations that you can travel from: Victoria or London St. Pancras International.
Read our complete guideline to Brighton here
