'Worst UK seaside resort' has amazing sandy beach and is defended by fans

South Shields successful the North East was listed arsenic the 2nd worst seaside municipality successful the UK but it has an astonishing formation and fans person rushed to support the resort's quality

South Shields, a seaside municipality successful the North of England, was erstwhile labelled arsenic the 2nd worst formation spot successful the country.

The Telegraph newspaper's 'seaside gentrification index' rated assorted formation resorts retired of 100 based connected factors specified arsenic housing, precocious streets, renovation and conservation. The rankings besides considered however antithetic destinations had "adapted – oregon not – implicit the past 3 decades".

South Shields recovered itself astatine the bottommost of the list, lone up of Rhyl successful northbound Wales, with a people of conscionable 11/100. However, determination are galore who spot South Shields successful a antithetic light.

In 2022, 1 of its beaches - Sandhaven - was named arsenic 1 of the UK's apical 50 beaches. With its aureate sands, bluish sea, and the melodramatic backdrop of Trow Rocks and the Leas to the south, it's casual to spot why.

The historical architecture of Tynemouth to the North adds a cinematic consciousness to the beach. Sandhaven Beach, which antecedently bagged a Blue Flag grant for its cleanliness and top-notch facilities, has been receiving rave reviews connected TripAdvisor.

A visitant from Birmingham gushed: "It's a bully cleanable beach, kids facilities with there's an amusements park, vessel rides opposites the amusements, and Ocean Road for each your food. Can't responsibility it the slightest, not adjacent the three-hour thrust up north, its good worthy it."

Another added: "I had ne'er heard of this formation until talking to locals successful a adjacent pub. What a pleasant surprise! I judge this is astir apt the cleanest and astir beauteous formation country successful the UK. Miles of clean, sandy 'proper' beach. Everything was truthful good maintained, yet not excessively busy."

Little Mix stars Perrie Edwards and Jade Thirlwall, who hail from South Shields, are among its celebrated faces. The Telegraph besides acknowledged immoderate positives astir South Shields, noting: "That's not to accidental South Shields is without options of its own: the likes of Bravi, Italianish, Mambo, and cosy Davinci's guarantee the municipality is beardown connected Italian and Mediterranean comfortableness dining. The Grotto is simply a prime hotel."