The UK seaside town where you can buy a flat for less than £200k

Torquay Seafront and Town (Image: Getty)

A beauteous seaside municipality boasts stunning coastal paths and caller aerial - and flats determination tin beryllium snapped up for little than £200k.

Properties successful Torquay, connected the English Channel successful Devon, had an wide mean terms of £267,105 implicit the past year, according to online spot portal Rightmove.

But the bulk of income implicit that play were flats, which sold for £182,086 connected average.

Meanwhile terraced properties went for an mean terms of £227,488, and semi-detached for £311,799.

Prices were 8% down wide compared to the erstwhile year, 1% down connected the 2021 highest erstwhile the wide mean terms was £270,060, arsenic per the website.

The country is known for its gorgeous scenery, which includes the South West Coast Path, and is besides a hive for wildlife enthusiasts during autumn, owed to the beingness of migratory birds and affluent section fauna.

Torquay Devon (Image: Getty)

A caller survey besides recovered it to beryllium 1 of astir affordable play vacation town. The study by recognition paper marque Aqua analysed assorted factors specified arsenic accommodation costs, hunt interest, and clime conditions - and ranked Torquay apical up of Blackpool and Portsmouth.

The probe recovered that a play getaway successful the coastal municipality costs conscionable £74 for 2 people.

However, reviews of the country are mixed, with the municipality handed the dubious honour of being named among the worst seaside towns successful Britain, according to a caller database complied by The Telegraph.

The paper looked astatine 20 classical seaside resorts and "studied however they person adapted – oregon not – implicit the past 3 decades," and gave Torquay a standing of conscionable 33 retired of 100 successful its usher to Britain’s 20 champion and worst seaside towns.

Summer prima shines implicit the Big Wheel successful Torquay (Image: Getty)

But intelligibly not everyone agrees, as the municipality remains a fashionable destination for British holidaymakers, acknowledgment to its invigorating oversea air, coastal charm and accepted fare - including delicious beverage and scones.

Highlights see Ansteys Cove, with its rugged shingle formation which is large for paddleboarding, and assorted different well-regarded beaches including Corbyn Head and Hollicombe Beach - smaller beaches frequented by locals - and Oddicombe Beach which is said to beryllium a large spot to get immoderate bid and quiescent distant from the crowds.

Torquay besides has a affluent taste country to bask successful the colder months, including Torquay Museum which explores the town's affluent Victorian history.

Visitors to the Blue Walnut Cafe tin besides bask scrumptious bites, poesy slams and unrecorded tunes oregon bask its ain creation assemblage and cinema.

You tin besides bask a portion successful the area's assorted beloved pubs, including the historical Hole successful the Wall which is stakes a assertion arsenic the oldest successful the area.