Large seaside hotels (between 100-200 rooms) declined by 40% in the 1960s, leading to an erosion of upper and middle support for British resorts (Morgan and Pritchard 1999: 42)
Between the 1811-1911 censuses, the off-season population of Britain’s seaside towns grew by 600,000 to 1.6m, 4.5% of the population of Britain. By 1931 this was 5% and by 1951 5.7% (Walton 2000: 31). At the 1911 census there were just over 100 substantial seaside resorts with populations of 2,000 or more (ibid: 28). A
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