Seaside Heritage Network

We ❤️Blackpool!
Off to go and get a copy of this mag now
the-modernist.org/collections/...

📢Last chance to nominate for the 2026 #bucketandspadelist
Do you have a favourite #seaside attraction, activity, food or experience which makes the seaside special to you?
👉🏽To submit your nomination, please click here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

We've really enjoyed collaborating with @hbap1924.bsky.social
If you have time to give them some feedback it would be most welcome 🔽

Spring in the air so our next online seminar will be all about #seaside #gardens. For more details and to book your *free* place go to seasideheritage.org.uk/events/upcom...

It's going to be a fantastic venue and we've got some great speakers lined up from right around the coast to join us in #Brighton and #Saltdean.
Put the date in your diary seaside lovers!
📣26 June 2026

The birth of the travel guide In the 19th century travel evolved from an aristocratic privilege to middle-class reality. Explore how rail guides made this possible.

This is a delight.
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-...

All the more reason to support living heritage @seasidenetwork.bsky.social

Have you shown your support for the Seaside Holiday as Living Heritage? Encompassing everything from a stroll on the pier to the tang of vinegar on your fish & chips this initiative seeks to recognise cultural heritage as it is practised.
Here's the quick form 🏖️🌊🍦
forms.office.com/pages/respon...

John Hassall created his famous Jolly Fisherman poster for Skegness in 1908. Today, statues of the character stand in the public realm of the seaside resort.

Scene of a crowded swimming pool filled with children and the occasional adult, most of them - and all the girls - are wearing rubber swimming caps

Everyday Ladybird things.

The dreaded swimming cap.
Artist: Harry Wingfield (1970)

We like the sound of this very much! Follow @danthompson33.bsky.social to find out more

Ink and watercolour drawings of shells, birds and fungi from Seaton Carew, Hartlepool, northeast England

Beach wildlife and strandline finds from an early morning walk last month. (Hartlepool, northeast England).
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We're supporting the nomination by
@allanbrodie.bsky.social to include the #Seaside #Holiday on the UK's #LivingHeritage Inventory. It's easy to add your support - just complete this short form:
forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Be one of the first to experience Aviktas The exclusive VIP ride preview

A new ride is coming to #Blackpool Pleasure Beach this year - are you brave enough?
For our May seminar we're going to looking into the heritage of our #seaside #amusementparks. Watch this space for details

www.blackpoolpleasurebeach.com/events/avikt...

Pier washes away and railway sea wall crumbles as storm lashes South West Part of a historic pier washes away and a sea wall next to a railway line crumbles as Storm Ingrid lashes Devon and Cornwall.

One for @seasidenetwork.bsky.social and @seasideferry.bsky.social: the end of the Victorian Teignmouth Pier has gone.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Thank you so much for your feedback Kim, glad you enjoyed our last seminar. It's available to watch here
seasideheritage.org.uk/events/past-...

#Brighton for ladybirds

Tomorrow 😀

Thanks to all our speakers and everyone who listened in. See you for the next seminar on #seaside #gardens in March 🌊🌸🌻

We're supporting the nomination by @allanbrodie.bsky.social to include the #Seaside #Holiday on the UK's #LivingHeritage Inventory. If you believe holidays at the seaside should be recognised as part of our shared heritage please complete this short form:
forms.office.com/pages/respon...

102 people online at this evening's seminar! A great talk to start from Bryce Stewart about fisheries and the benefits of the inshore fleet for our coastal places #bemorescallop

Wouldn't it be great if a seaside town became the UK's first #TownofCulture! 🤞

Brighton Palace Pier up for sale, chief executive says Brighton Palace Pier is now on the market after warnings of

Brighton Palace Pier is now officially on the market. Owners blame a fall in tourism to the city which is bad news for all seaside places.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Next month we're heading off-shore to explore the 'Wonders of the Deep' in our bi-monthly online seminar. We'll have speakers on fishing fleets, mythical serpents and architectural seahorses 🪸🧜⚓ Sign up here for free - seasideheritage.org.uk/events/upcom...

📣We are now officially a registered charity!
This means we can keep banging the drum for our nation's #seasideheritage even louder.
And we've got lots planned for 2026 including in-person events in #Brighton and #Scarborough so watch this space...

Well done @seasideferry.bsky.social and @allanbrodie.bsky.social for sharing our work and some #artdeco seaside gems at this evening's webinar with @artdecosocuk.bsky.social 👍

Our next event in collaboration with @artdecosocuk.bsky.social

Thanks to our excellent speakers yesterday for another fascinating seminar. We learnt about Jane Austen, Martha Gunn and the delights (not always!) of a trip to the Georgian seaside

It's today and there are a few spaces left if you'd like to visit the #Georgian seaside with us

We're delighted to be working with our friends @artdecosocuk.bsky.social on this upcoming event featuring talks by @seasideferry.bsky.social @allanbrodie.bsky.social and @karenaverby.bsky.social
www.ticketsource.co.uk/art-deco-soc...

@seasideferry.bsky.social is taking the #seasideheritage cause around the country.

Apparently there aren't many tickets left if you want to join her in #sheffield...