Southwold Pier Beach

Dominated by the town's beautifully restored Victorian pier with its quirky arcade games and excellent seafood restaurant, this sandy beach epitomizes British seaside tradition at its finest. The colorful beach huts that line the promenade are among the most photographed in Britain, while the beach itself offers safe swimming, traditional donkey rides, and stunning views of the town's distinctive lighthouse and brewery chimney rising above the Georgian and Victorian townhouses.