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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Seaside resort (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The seafront of Torquay, a seaside resort in Devon, England.
		The Seaside Postcard, often referred to as the saucy seaside postcard was a 19th and 20th century phenomenon of comedy postcards available in coastal resorts throughout the United Kingdom.
		Newcastle is another seaside resort in Northern Ireland and is located on the east coast at the foot of the Mourne Mountains.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Seaside-resort (3452 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Debates for 18 Nov 2002 (pt 1)
		The key to the plan will be to ensure that the regional development agencies, as well as the regional tourist boards, understand the importance of seaside resorts not only as places where people take their holidays but as the great drivers of economic success and of jobs within each of the regions.
		I think those representing seaside resorts understand that, and the Government certainly understand it; putting the two together is the key.
		I am grateful to the Minister for including Weymouth in his trip to English seaside towns earlier this year, but the single issue that tourism businesses in my constituency are raising with me is the proposal to reorganise the school year into six terms.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm200203/cmhansrd/vo021118/debtext/21118-01.htm (2379 words)

	Weston-super-Mare - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Weston-super-Mare is an English seaside resort town in North Somerset, population 65,000 (1991 estimate).
		It is situated on the Bristol Channel approximately 18 miles (28 km) south west of Bristol.
		Weston owes its growth and prosperity to the Victorian era boom in seaside holidays.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Weston-super-Mare (601 words)

	Southport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Southport is a seaside town in the north west of England.
		Southport grew quickly in the 19th Century as it gained a reputation for being a more refined seaside resort than its neighbour-up-the-coast Blackpool.
		As a seaside resort, its main attraction are the miles of apparently golden sand and recently restored seafront, a Victorian pier, Pleasureland fairground, six golf courses and the wide boulevard, Lord Street, in the town centre.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Southport (580 words)

	Weymouth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Weymouth is a town in Dorset, England, situated on a sheltered bay at the mouth of the River Wey on the English Channel coast.
		The town is one of the most popular British seaside resorts, and a cross-channel ferry terminal.
		The town is acknowledged as being amongst the first ever tourist destinations, after King George III made Weymouth his summer holiday residence on fourteen occasions between 1789 and 1805, sparking a trend of and health tourism.
	www.sterlingheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Weymouth,_Dorset (996 words)

	Seaside resort - Definition, explanation
		As the nineteenth century progressed, British working class day-trippers often travelled on organised trips such as railway excursions, or by steamer, for which were erected long piers so that the ships bringing the trade could berth.
		From the last quarter of the twentieth century, the popularity of the English seaside resort has declined for the same reason that it first flourished: advancements in transportation.
		Now, many symbols of the traditional British resort (holiday camps, end-of-the-pier shows and saucy postcards) are regarded by some as drab and outdated; the skies are imagined to be overcast and the beach windswept.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/s/se/seaside_resort.php (623 words)

	The English Seaside Holiday (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The traditional English seaside holiday (or vacation) was originally conceived as a cure for unpleasant mid 18th century diseases, at a time when orthodox medicine began to adopt standard sea bathing customs and prescribe formal therapeutic bathing regimes for patients.
		A great network of English seaside resorts were firmly established by 1914, catering for all classes and tastes, with enormous pleasure palaces and complex fairground technology.
		By the late 1970s many small English resorts were in decline, and the seaside holiday, threatened by pollution and modern holiday trends, was left in danger of extinction.
	englishculture.allinfoabout.com /features/seaside.html (351 words)

	Southend-on-Sea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It is bordered to the north by Rochford District Council and to the west by Castle Point District Council.
		Originally the south end of the village of Prittlewell, the town became a popular seaside resort for Londoners during the Victorian era.
		However, with the decline of traditional British sea-side resorts, from the 1960s onwards much of the centre of Southend was developed as a centre of commerce.
	www.sterlingheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Southend-on-Sea (1439 words)

	The English Seaside Holiday
		The traditional English seaside holiday (or vacation) was originally conceived as a cure for unpleasant mid 18th century diseases, at a time when orthodox medicine began to adopt standard sea bathing customs and prescribe formal therapeutic bathing regimes for patients.
		A great network of English seaside resorts were firmly established by 1914, catering for all classes and tastes, with enormous pleasure palaces and complex fairground technology.
		By the late 1970s many small English resorts were in decline, and the seaside holiday, threatened by pollution and modern holiday trends, was left in danger of extinction.
	www.allinfoaboutenglishculture.com /seaside.html (427 words)

	Folkestone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Folkestone is a coastal resort town in the Shepway district of Kent, England.
		Archeological finds from a 1st Century cemetery were discovered in 1948 at Cheriton, to the West of Folkestone, but the name of the town of Folkestone in Kent has its origin in the late 7th Century as 'Folcanstan', in all probablity referring to the ‘stone of Folca’, a common old English name.
		Folkestone Invicta Football Club (http://www.folkestoneinvicta.co.uk/) was formed in 1936 and played in the East Kent Amateur League (now the Kent County League), taking over the Cheriton Road ground in early 1991 after the demise of the old Folkestone club which had a long history in the Southern League.
	www.northmiami.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Folkestone (2146 words)

	Surfin' England - Seaside resorts
		However, we want to present three seaside resorts, which are less well-known, but very popular and beautiful as well: the historic seaside town of Whitby, the idyllic harbour town Wells-next-the-sea and the quiet family beach Frinton-on-sea.
		Wells-next-the sea is a traditional seaside town, which offers everything the British love about a traditional seaside holiday: cockles, fish' n chips, seagulls and not to forget the inevitable amusement arcades, where children and adults can play games of chance on slot machines.
		The little seaside town is proud of the fact that there are no ice-cream kiosks around the beach area and for that reason no litter.
	www.wdr.de /tv/surfin-england/dyn/103718.phtml?SID=mOOddxMfbaGts1NlrE2QY4lnnZZyzduV (1081 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Reinventing the seaside
		While he would be wary of advising any resort to try to sell their "uniqueness" (Britons are too cynical to believe anything is truly unique, he says) the next tactic is to hone in on its PoD (Point of Difference).
		Many seaside towns are going back to their natural, historical and cultural roots to cater for new holiday tastes and trends.
		In the Victorian island resort of Rothesay, on the Isle of Bute, the community realised it had been ignoring the beauty and heritage of the island as a whole, while the resort town slowly faded into decline.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/4799097.stm (1075 words)

	seaside resorts countries
		From the rocky, craggy Cornish coastline, to the fabeled limestone cliffs of the Channel coast, to the flatlands of East Anglia, and the wild North Sea cliffs of East Yorkshire.
		Unfortuntly, the German seaside Baltic resorts are in the north, just the opposite of the French Mediteranean beach resorts located in the South.
		Beach resorts began to appear in the 1870s and by the 1880s, hundreds of beach resorts dotted the eastern seaboard.
	histclo.hispeed.com /act/out/sea/resort/res-sea.html (745 words)

	Best family beaches in England - North
		In the big seaside towns, there are arcades packed with attractions, evening entertainment, promenades with ice cream and candy floss sellers, trams and traditional piers, all of which add up to a very English day at the seaside.
		This slightly faded seaside resort has everything you would expect of a Spa town: grand architecture, a park with a boating lake, and lots of outdoor walks along the promenade.
		English Heritage has events through the summer, including celebrations to mark the 350th anniversary of Cromwell's appointment as Lord Protector and, on 24 August, a full scale 18th-century style Georgian Cricket Match.
	www.ivillage.co.uk /travel/inspiration/beach/articles/0,,563215_590840,00.html (582 words)

	seaside resorts: England
		Traveling to the seaside resorts in the 18th century was tpically by horse-drawn stage coach or what ever the British call it.
		This would have been mostly in America and probably France as Amercans didn't have seaside resorts in the 18th century and it was only the rich and well to do that "took the waters".
		It was in the 19th century that seaside vacations became a summer ritual.
	histclo.hispeed.com /act/out/sea/seacoeng.html (979 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 13 Mar 2001 (pt 18)
		The regeneration of traditional resorts was identified as one of the key action points in "Tomorrow's Tourism", the Government's tourism strategy--published in 1999.
		Resort regeneration has been extensively discussed at Ministerial Tourism Summits and the ETC have set up a Resorts Task Force, which has recently published its report "Sea Changes" which sets out a blueprint for seaside resort regeneration.
		English seaside resorts have also benefited from actions to improve bathing water quality, with 95 per cent.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm200001/cmhansrd/vo010313/text/10313w18.htm (1272 words)

	Articles - Seaside Resorts - Microsoft UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Like most other UK seaside resorts, its history as a major holiday destination dates back to the 19th century and the arrival of the railways.
		Brighton, on the English Channel coast, is both an attractive, historic city known for its many parks and handsome Regency-style squares and crescents, and a fun-seekers' paradise.
		Margate, in Kent, at the eastern end of the Thames estuary, has been a popular seaside resort since the mid-18th century and maintains more than its fair share of pubs, clubs and restaurants, as well as a lively funfair.
	www.microsoft.com /uk/homepc/articles/seaside_resorts.asp (941 words)

	Other Seaside Resorts on the Island: Baabe, Goehren, Glowe and Breege-Juliusruh
		Whereas Breege and its lovely harbour and thatched houses lie on the lagoon, the village of Juliusruh is built along the broad and long sandy beach of the Baltic Sea.
		Goehren is situated on a narrow promontory of land a few kilometres south of the neighbouring seaside resort of Baabe.
		These houses were built in the late 19th and early 20th century, when the former fishing village of Goehren started to turn into a flourishing seaside resort.
	www.ruegen-infoweb.de /english/other-seaside-resorts.htm (317 words)

	Cromer - InformationBlast
		Cromer is a seaside town on the very northern coast of Norfolk, England, with a Victorian pier.
		A popular resort in the late 19th and early 20th century, it boasted two railway stations, Cromer High and Cromer Beach, of which the latter still remains.
		Although remote from London, Cromer was a celebrated resort, including such visitors as the future King Edward VII.
	www.informationblast.com /Cromer.html (127 words)

	FT.com - Special Reports / UK Tourism - Open for Business 2001
		In a report on the state of British seaside towns, the English Tourism Council held Bournemouth up as a model for regeneration.
		The report, entitled Sea Changes, said that while seaside resorts still generate £4.5bn of spending a year, they are fighting a losing battle to attract visitors after the number of Britons holidaying abroad has grown 108 per cent in the last 10 years.
		"Some resorts will have to look at themselves and come to the conclusion that there is no future for them as tourist destinations," said Mary Lynch, the ETC's chief executive, when she released the report earlier this year.
	specials.ft.com /uktourism2001/FT3QJFL7ROC.html (761 words)

	English Seaside Resort Hotels
		The fortunes of Brighton, which has neither holiday camps nor end-of-the-pier shows, have grown considerably, and, because of this, the resort is repeatedly held up as the model of a modern resort.
		The Isle of Thanet, with its 24 mile coastal path, sandy coves and bucket-and-spade seaside towns is like the land that time forgot.
		seaside resorts bridlington brighton charlestown falmouth hayle lyme regis seaton
	www.simplyvisitor.info /english-seaside-resorts.asp (347 words)

	Halkidiki Hotels Greece Halkidiki Hotels (Chalkidiki) Accommodation, Apartments, Car Rentals, Information, Map of ...
		At the entrance of Mt. Athos are the seaside resorts of Tripiti and Ouranoupolis, where visitors can find a good selection of Halkidiki hotels, a variety of bars, clubs, tavernas and restaurants, and lovely beaches.
		Seaside resorts in Halkidiki (Chalkidiki) offer visitors splendid views of the shimmering blue waters of the Toronaios and the Sigitikos Gulfs, and sandy beaches lined with lush, green trees.
		Further south is the seaside resort of Neos Marmaras and its beaches, as well as the beaches of Diaporti and Azapiko.
	www.united-hellas.com /tourism/halkidiki (2034 words)

	Travel books - Telegraph
		She said I was on the point of embarking on a long and dangerous journey, and that I needed some protection.
		The English seaside has lately been enjoying something of a renaissance.
		From the kitsch appeal of nonchalant-looking donkeys, candy-striped beach huts and colourful Punch-and-Judy stands, to the faded glamour of majestic piers and once-grand hotels, Williams has recorded in fabulous detail all that is eccentric and endearing about English seaside life.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /travel/main.jhtml?xml=/travel/2006/08/22/etbooks21.xml (505 words)

	White's World - Luxury Golf Vacations In Spain, England, Ireland, France & Italy - Golfing Region
		Samuel Ryder holidayed here at Weymouth, one of the earliest English seaside resorts and played golf most days at Came Down, an inland course with majestic views over the Dorset country side.
		It was here that he was inspired by the local professional to arrange a challenge match between the US and Great Britain later to be known as the Ryder Cup.
		The popular resort town of Bournemouth is within easy reach of all the courses and has excellent shopping and theatre in season.
	whitesworld.com /regionpage.asp?id=Dorset (268 words)

	Remote Viewing Target 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Lyme Regis itself is one of those quaint English seaside resorts, a popular waterhole in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
		It is on the English south coast, the Channel coast, in the county Dorset by the Devon border, so in the southwest.
		It lies on what is called the Jurassic Coast, and one of the popular pastimes for visitors to its beaches (and to those of the neighbouring town Charmouth) is to go fossil hunting.
	www.psizygy.com /rv4/rvtarget4.htm (868 words)

	Witamy na oficjanym portalu turystycznym Francji (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Take a break at a French coastal resort; recharge your batteries and relax in the sun.
		From the Channel to the Atlantic and the Mediterranean: museums, architectural testimonials and authentic period ships evoke the saga of the great sailing era.
		36 resorts are ready to welcome you for a break which is full of surprises...
	pl.franceguide.com /thematiques/accueil.asp?idth=8&z1=ioJHFUhQ (139 words)

	Fictionwise eBooks: Agatha Raisin and the Witch of Wyckhadden by M. C. Beaton
		There is nothing more depressing for a middle-aged lovelorn woman with bald patches on her head than to find herself in an English seaside resort out of season.
		Not wishing the love of her life, James Lacey, to return from his travels and find her in such a mess, Agatha had fled from Carsely to this seaside resort of Wyckhadden to wait for her hair to grow.
		So on this windy day, two days after her arrival, she was charging along a deserted promenade, head down against the wind, wondering how soon she could find a sheltered spot to enjoy a cigarette and get some of the excess of oxygen out of her lungs.
	www.fictionwise.com /ebooks/ebook5592.htm (824 words)

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