Tracing the Genesis and History of British Seaside Resorts

From the Scotland down to south of Englandcolleagues planned ahead to get them selves at
down are some awesome seaside resorts thatthe holiday resorts too. This was the situation till
line the coasts of Britain. There were just therethe introduction of holiday pay entitlement for all
without many activities till the 19th century. Duringclasses of workers. This went a very long way in
the industrial revolution of the 19th century, thereboosting the popularity of the trip to the British
was increase in movements towards the seasideseaside because workers now had little more
by many who were looking for fun places andcash to spare for such trips.
adventures. Just before then, these resorts ofThe moment these trips to the resorts started
Great Britain were exclusively enjoyed by the richgaining popularity, some smart investors went
and very powerful few. For example, someahead and put shelters for those that were
resorts such as that in Brighton grew in the 18thvisiting. There were noticeable efforts by the
century simply because the upper class anddifferent resorts to attract more people to their
royalty found it appealing to them.place and this was directly responsible for the
Manchester and Birmingham are some of the newmassive facilities development that occurred at
large urban centers that were developed duringthe resorts at that time. That was the time
the industrial revolution era. This was just newBlackpool built its famous magnificent 'Paris of the
developments in the inner land without offeringnorth' tower. The guest house this awesome
the masses the needed window to relax aftertower was completely built in such a ways as to
working very hard in the factories and severallure people back to the place after their first
other industries that were springing up. Becausevisits. This was followed by several pre-second
of the relatively little earning capacity of these setworld war caterings services at the resorts,
of factory workers who incidentally were in thelodgings, entertainment and communal setting all in
majority, the idea of going to the coast to freeone place at the resorts. The holiday camps such
up was completely written off. This wasas the famous Butlins was also built at that time.
happening till the introduction of rail transportThis form of holiday camps offers awesome
system. This was when going to the seaside andall-inclusive holiday packages at the seaside
coming back become relatively cheap and manyresorts to the British working class of those days.
of the low earning folks could afford to visit theThe boom in the British seaside resorts was
seaside and get back without causing havoc indrastically affected in the past 4 decades by the
their little finances.popularity of air travels and the climatic nature of
In those days, many of the newer industrialthe UK. This isn't to say that any of these resorts
towns were in the north of England. Thisdeclined in natural offerings but many Britons
necessitated the birth of seaside resorts such asstarted exploring other regions soon as it was
Southport and Blackpool. Bridlington, Skegness andpossible for them to travel smoothly by air. It is
Scarborough were also discovered on the eastnow common for most Britons to join the next
coast around that same time. Not forgetting otheravailable flight to a sunnier climate for the year's
seaside such as Morecambe on the North Westholidays. You can still have maximum fun in any of
coast. These developments also led the Welsh tothe British seaside resorts without the need to
develop Liandudno and Rhyl seaside resorts.travel outside the country.
As time goes on, the workers who usually hadThe recent economic meltdown really made
some free times within the years started goingmany Britons to look inwards once more for their
to the various sea sides for their annual holidays.holiday needs and the current boom in the British
There was visible excitement for the workersholiday resorts aren't unexpected. There are
that had the opportunity of visiting these resortscurrently more fun and entertainment waiting for
for few days. They were envied and theiryou in any of these locations.