Let's move to Filey, North Yorkshire

What's going for it? What a bay! What a beach! The Costas don't have anything like Filey. Koh Samui pales. Malibu? Pah! What have they got that compares to this broad, sweeping smile of damp sand, book-ended by the crags of Filey Brigg and the vast, vertical drop of Bempton cliffs, plus their attendant gazillion screeching seabirds? And what a surprise, too. The town, an elegant, understated, proper old-school affair, high on its clifftop and wreathed in foliage, hides its best from view until the very last moment, when you tumble down a crack in the rocks and come upon the prom. A rather wonderful prom, too, with the necessary slot machines and purveyors of doughnuts and crabsticks grouped at one end, leaving your attention free for most of the sweep to breathe in the thrills and spills provided by nature. Plus there are donkey rides for those into extreme sports. Sure, Filey's climate requires thermals for most of the year (at least if you have a soppy southern constitution), but there are more than enough chippies and teashops to provide additional bodily insulation to prepare you for winter.

The case against It's a little out of the way, under the radar and overshadowed by noisier neighbours Scarborough, Whitby and Bridlington. The small centre is genteel-cum-charity-shop, so don't come expecting the trappings of 21st-century life.

Well connected? Trains: every couple of hours or so to Scarborough (19 minutes); a change there makes York 70 minutes away; every hour or two south to Bridlington (22 minutes) and Hull (70). Driving: just over an hour to York and Hull, 15 minutes to Scarborough and Bridlington.

Schools Primaries: Filey Junior "requires improvement", Ofsted says; Filey CofE Infants is "good". Secondaries: Filey School is "inadequate".

Hang out at… The Lighthouse does a mean afternoon tea; anyone able to finish it has a world-class gastrointestinal tract. Lots of chippies, course.

Where to buy There's a lovely little old town, with a dense knot of terraces (£90,000-£160,000) and cottages, plus the odd bit of Regency, such as the Royal Crescent, surrounded by the usual suburbs of Victorian town houses (£200,000-£450,000) and villas (£170,000-£420,000), 30s semis (£100,000-£200,000), 60s bungalows and flats (£70,000-£300,000). Rentals: nowhere's rotten (two-bed flats £500pcm).

Bargain of the week Seven-bedroom period town house, could do with modernisation, but a steal at £205,000, with dmaestateagents.co.uk.

From the streets

Joyce Freya "For a walk, make sure you go to the Brigg to see the rock pools and maybe the elusive dinosaur footprint my dad always said was there."

Chris Lee "There's a great little shop on Hope Street called the Red Box, which has a wonderfully diverse collection of vintage and handmade crafts. It's well worth investigating."

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