Lancashire areas named in UK’s best and worst seaside towns list

While one made it to the list’s top 20 and has been named as Lancashire's best seaside town, two others ranked lower in the list with one in the bottom 10.

More than 4,303 Which? Connect members reviewed their recent UK trips to seaside towns, villages and resorts.

Destinations were rated on their beaches, seafronts, attractions, value for money, peace and quiet, and scenery, among other categories. 

Of the nearly 100 destinations rated, 15 were awarded four or five stars for peace and quiet.

This will be especially valuable given that uncertainty over foreign trips in the past few years has seen a booking boom in domestic breaks.

According to the Which? survey, Lytham St Annes is in the top 20 seaside towns in the UK, with an overall destination score of 79 per cent.

Beach at St. Anne's-on-the-Sea (Credit: Geograph/ cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Malc McDonald - geograph.org.uk/p/6998193)

It is ranked 12th overall with the beaches being awarded a four star rating and their seafront/pier as well as food and drink being given a perfect score.

They were given five stars for value for money with the average hotel averaging at around £108.

While it only got a three star rating for tourist attractions, it did get a four star rating for ‘peace and quiet’.

St Anne's Pier, the fish and chips, huge beach and golfing heritage all proved a big hit with visitors.

On the other end of the scale, Morecambe was named as one of the worst seaside towns coming in at 65 out of 87 destinations, with a score of 64 per cent.

While the average hotel price is low, £90, food and drink, and shopping facilities earned a low customer score.

Blackpool was one of the worst ranking towns on the Which? list

Blackpool was named the 10th worst seaside town in the UK with a destination score of just 58 per cent.

Shopping facilities and ‘peace and quiet’ were both given one star by reviewers, only receiving a value for money rating of 2/5.

The beaches ranked slightly higher with 3/5 stars with tourist attractions receiving the same rating.

Bamburgh in Northumberland topped the Which? list with a score of 87 per cent, followed by Llandudno, St Andrew's and Dartmouth.

Skegness in Lincolnshire and Bognor Regis in West Sussez came bottom of the table with a score of just 49 per cent, followed by Southend-on-Sea in Essex.