Salcombe in Devon has overtaken Sandbanks in Dorset to become the UK’s most expensive seaside town.
Prices in Salcombe rose by a third last year, allowing the South Hams town to swap places with Sandbanks, which was previously named by Halifax as the priciest seaside spot.
The average price of a house in Salcombe was £1,244,025 last year, according to a survey of the housing market in 209 seaside locations.
Sandbanks was the country’s second most expensive seaside town, with an average property costing £952,692.
