The Bay Hotel
✓ Beach Access
✓ Victorian hotel building dating from 1901 with original features
🏖️ 0.49 miles from Southwold The Pier (Excellent water quality)
Southwold
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There is a special smugness to walking to the beach while everyone else queues for the car park. These Suffolk stays have direct beach access — buckets down, sand in minutes.
✓ Beach Access
✓ Victorian hotel building dating from 1901 with original features
🏖️ 0.49 miles from Southwold The Pier (Excellent water quality)
Southwold
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ 0.85 miles from Southwold The Pier (Excellent water quality)
Southwold, East Anglia
£1,213 per break
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✓ Beach Access
🏖️ 0.73 miles from Southwold The Denes (Excellent water quality)
Southwold, East Anglia
£517 per break
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✓ Beach Access
🏖️ 0.85 miles from Southwold The Pier (Excellent water quality)
Southwold, East Anglia
£1,349 per break
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✓ Beach Access
🏖️ 0.64 miles from Southwold The Pier (Excellent water quality)
Southwold, East Anglia
£701 per break
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✓ Beach Access
🏖️ 0.44 miles from Southwold The Denes (Excellent water quality)
Southwold, East Anglia
£597 per break
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✓ Beach Access
✓ Clifftop park overlooking a wide, sandy beach
🏖️ 2.39 miles from Lowestoft (South of Claremont Pier) (Good water quality)
Kessingland, near Lowestoft, East Anglia
£265 per break
Check availability✓ Beach Access
✓ Georgian hotel from 1740 on Southwold's High Street
🏖️ 0.45 miles from Southwold The Pier (Excellent water quality)
Southwold
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ 0.47 miles from Southwold The Pier (Excellent water quality)
Southwold
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Direct access varies from a gate onto the sand to a short path — worth a look at the map on each listing to see exactly how the stay meets the beach.
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