A Victorian pier, stretching 2,305ft, is the oldest still standing in the UK, and its railway line is still used today with ...

It was once known as being one of the UK's worst seaside towns - but now it's been compared to a beach in California ...

DRY January is here and for many it will be a month to put the booze to one side and recover from the merry overindulgences of the festive period ...

MANY of us have fond memories of our UK seaside summer holidays growing up. Fish and chips, building sandcastles, braving the ...

As Brightline’s self-proclaimed No. 1 fan, I’ve been waiting impatiently for its Orlando extension. Being a travel writer and central Florida native living in West Palm Beach, I feel like this modern ...

Southend will host two free New Year’s Eve fireworks shows on Wednesday, 31 December 2025 along the seafront by the pier.

13:58, Wed, Dec 24, 2025 Updated: 13:58, Wed, Dec 24, 2025 A UK seaside town has been dealt a major blow as the world’s oldest pier train is to remain shut for months. Opened in 1881, the Hythe Pier ...

Repairs on the pier are concluded but show no signs of reopening THE future of a historic pier and its record-holding railway remain in doubt as repairs and ownership questions drag out. Hythe Pier in ...

Council leader Daniel Cowan said the poppies were a "fitting tribute" for Remembrance Day A poignant display of more than 110,000 poppies helped to raise almost £20,000 for the Royal British Legion ...

A poignant display of more than 110,000 poppies helped to raise almost £20,000 for the Royal British Legion (RBL), a council said. The crocheted flowers ran the entire 1.33-mile (2.14km) length of ...