South Coast Places??

lovestrat74

Looking to head down the coast for a day trip but where to go?? is the question...

I have a 10 and and 13 yo... so a promenade/area for skating along would be good

Not looking for the obvious; Brighton, Bournemouth etc. But something a bit different where the masses don't frequent every time the sun pops out...

DrCornelius

Southbourne is lovely and way quieter than Bournemouth, nice little high street for lunch too.

lovestrat74

DrCornelius said:

Southbourne is lovely and way quieter than Bournemouth, nice little high street for lunch too.

Is that east of Bournemouth?

lovestrat74

@DrCornelius ; - I should know afteral was going to move down that part of the world a few years ago 

DrCornelius

Me too funny enough, like most good things the kids put a stop to it.  Yes East of Bournemouth and walkable to Boscombe pier too.

lovestrat74

DrCornelius said:

Me too funny enough, like most good things the kids put a stop to it.  Yes East of Bournemouth and walkable to Boscombe pier too.

Coincidence!! Subsidence sunk our dream literally. Still think it worked out for the best, for now at least...

boogieman

If you want quiet then Goring is nice, we used to take our Chocolate Lab down there in the summer. Only trouble is there’s bugger all there to do for your kids, literally just a couple of cafes and the (stony) beach. You can walk for miles along the edge of the sea and it rarely gets crowded. 

Bride of Boogie and self want to buy down that way eventually, we love the Rye area in particular. BofB lived by the sea in her youth and is pining to go back there again, we’ve just got to wait till my ancient mother shuffles off the mortal coil. 

Moominpapa

If you choose Bournemouth, aim to arrive no later than 10am, and earlier is probably better. Wait any longer and you will be in be sitting in traffic queues for quite a while.

lovestrat74

boogieman said:

If you want quiet then Goring is nice, we used to take our Chocolate Lab down there in the summer. Only trouble is there’s bugger all there to do for your kids, literally just a couple of cafes and the (stony) beach. You can walk for miles along the edge of the sea and it rarely gets crowded. 

Bride of Boogie and self want to buy down that way eventually, we love the Rye area in particular. BofB lived by the sea in her youth and is pining to go back there again, we’ve just got to wait till my ancient mother shuffles off the mortal coil. 

Thanks man but Goring sounds boring  think Worthing might be better for kids  

lovestrat74

Moominpapa said:

If you choose Bournemouth, aim to arrive no later than 10am, and earlier is probably better. Wait any longer and you will be in be sitting in traffic queues for quite a while.

Yeah that and the 40 thousand that head there is the reason we won't be

rawk100

Bexhill is ok and has a pretty good prom

lovestrat74

rawk100 said:

Bexhill is ok and has a pretty good prom

Never been. I'll put it on the list we are enroute to Worthing..

munckee

You should have said you were hitting the south coast, you could have come to costa del lee on the solent, we could have taken the kayaks out, had a beach barbie.  Except I'm watching the world cup of course!

lovestrat74

munckee said:

You should have said you were hitting the south coast, you could have come to costa del lee on the solent, we could have taken the kayaks out, had a beach barbie.  Except I'm watching the world cup of course!

Right @munckee ; I'll hold you to that! What's the score?

munckee

2-2 as of three seconds ago!

sev112

Dymchurch - really old fashioned in some respects but massively long promenade / flood defence, and pubs, shops, cafes, but of a fair 

munckee

4-2 now!  You'd be welcome down my manor lovestrat, full disclosure our beach though lovely is shingle not sand.  We do have beach arcade and more tearooms than eastbourne though!

edit, 4-2 to france!

GSPBASSES

You could try God's waiting room, formerly known as Eastbourne,  if you have children who like in-line rollerblading, Eastbourne has all you need, to the east of the main promenade. There's also a BMX park which is also used by skateboarders and rollerbladers. Also down by these places is about a mile long dead flat prom put there specifically skateboarders and in-line bladers. Shopping is a bit crap, but down by the main prom near and on the peer there are really nice places to have tea and cake or coffee and doughnuts. One thing Eastbourne is not a bucket and spade resort. Very clean, very quiet, I think this time of the year at least 80 percent of the population are OAP's, but come down on the last Wednesday of the month through the summer of mine road up to the seafront and the shopping centre is taken over by bikers, especially Harley-Davidson riders. And of course, if you're interested in buying the neck and the body to build you can pop in and see me, I also make a great cappuccino.

lovestrat74

Haha brilliant @GSPBASSES You got there in the end! I do like a cappuccino

lovestrat74

munckee said:

4-2 now!  You'd be welcome down my manor lovestrat, full disclosure our beach though lovely is shingle not sand.  We do have beach arcade and more tearooms than eastbourne though!

edit, 4-2 to france!

 

lovestrat74

sev112 said:

Dymchurch - really old fashioned in some respects but massively long promenade / flood defence, and pubs, shops, cafes, but of a fair 

Sounds good defo look it up.