The UK's 'best' seaside village missed by tourists on their way to the Lake District

The Cumbrian Village of Arnside is being overlooked for the adjacent Lakes. (Image: Andy Commins/Express)

A stunning UK seaside village is being overlooked arsenic radical tally for a tourer honeypot which is conscionable a stone’s propulsion away.

The Lake District is satellite celebrated for its quality which has inspired poets, literate giants and songwriters alike passim history.

But arsenic radical scramble to get to the area’s much celebrated hotspots specified arsenic Lake Windermere, Kendal oregon Keswick this tiny but gorgeous seaside village, named 1 of the champion coastal places to unrecorded successful the state by the Times, is being ignored by galore tourists.

The seaside colony of Arnside is an unthinkable premix of rolling green, agrarian landscapes with pheasants arsenic communal arsenic seagulls flying adjacent the achromatic sands.

Jackie Ellis, 69, lives Penrith, successful the Eden Valley, besides successful Cumbria, which is astir a 50 infinitesimal thrust away. She is visiting Arnside for a holiday.

Trevor Brown, 72, has lived successful Arnside for 12 years aft relocating from East Sussex. (Image: Andy Commins/Express)

Arnside is simply a beauteous colony conscionable a abbreviated region from the Lake District. (Image: Andy Commins/Express)

She said: “I similar to beryllium beside the sea. It’s adjacent for maine and it’s precise charming. It’s an oasis of bid and it’s beautiful.”

However she said that the tourer committee is truthful fixated connected the Lake District that the likes of Arnside remains nether the radar.

Writer Jackie said: “Cumbria Tourist Board is obsessed with the Lakes and don’t instrumentality an involvement successful us! Who connected world wants to spell to Beatrix Potter [a celebrated Lakes’ museum] if you tin travel here! What’s the point? You person beauteous countryside connected your doorstep.

“People travel and enactment present arsenic it’s possibly that spot cheaper than Ambleside and usage it arsenic a jumping disconnected point.”

But she added that locals inactive get to bask comparative bid and quiescent compared to the much good known Cumbrian destinations.

She added: “But if I lived present I would beryllium precise grateful to beryllium overlooked.”

Leonie Punter, 53, runs a concern called She Sells connected the seafront. (Image: Andy Commins/Express)

Arnside is celebrated for its tidal bore, a uncommon tidal question that occurs erstwhile the incoming tide meets absorption from the bay's sands and channels. A bizarre assertion to fame is that it is allegedly besides wherever the Yorkshire Ripper’s ashes are scattered, with Peter Sutcliffe's niece having revealed the location.

Trevor Brown, 72, has lived successful Arnside for 12 years aft relocating determination from East Sussex. He explains erstwhile helium archetypal visited the cocoa container colony it wholly captured his heart. The retired concern chemist is present a scenery lensman and spends his clip taking beauteous photographs of the spot helium adores.

He said: “Somebody said to maine ‘go and spot Arnside’ arsenic the sunsets are the champion successful the world. The archetypal clip I came present the rainfall was hitting maine horizontally but I came backmost erstwhile it was sunny. I fell successful emotion with the place.”

Although it’s astir escaped of tourists the time we visit, helium says that it’s gaining popularity.

He said: “If you travel present successful the summertime it is precise engaged - you won’t get a parking spot arsenic it’s similar Brighton!”

Leonie Punter, 53, runs a concern called She Sells connected the seafront which she has tally for 15 years. She is primitively from Manchester and present lives successful Lancaster, which is 25 minutes distant by car. 

She said: “On a sunny time it attracts tons of radical but it’s overlooked arsenic tons of radical spell to the Lake District. Only radical successful the cognize travel here. It’s a hidden gem.”

Tracey Leigh, 59, runs Homeleigh Vintage and has lived successful Arnside for 4 years. (Image: Andy Commins/Express)

Tracey Leigh, 59, runs Homeleigh Vintage and has lived successful Arnside for 4 years. She is primitively from Skipton and bought a spot successful the colony to renovate “from scratch”.

She said: “I fell successful emotion with the spot and evidently the views.”

Tracey said that arsenic good arsenic the gorgeous landscapes the concern proprietor says that different cardinal entreaty is the location’s accessibility.

She added: “The bid links are bully and you tin get to Manchester Airport successful 1 and a fractional hours and arsenic we’re lone 15 minutes from the M6 we are besides precise accessible.”

Property prices are supra the UK mean of £305,879, with an wide mean terms of £398,366 implicit the past twelvemonth according to Rightmove. Although this is not uncommon for a beauteous seaside spot, the prices are becoming an contented for the younger procreation looking to bargain a location wherever they grew up. 

A pistillate pub worker, 21, from Arside, who didn’t privation to beryllium named said: “Most young radical would conflict getting a location here. It does panic maine that location ownership is inactive rather acold retired of reach. Most of my friends are successful the aforesaid concern arsenic maine adjacent though they are acceptable to determination out.”

She added: “Several friends with kids are inactive jammed successful with their parents.”

Her colleague, a barroom manager Tom, 31, said “I’ve grown up here” and that location prices person “rocketed”.