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The Guardian
4 days ago
- Business
- The Guardian
End-of-terrace homes in England and Wales
Royal William Square is a 20-home estate built in 2007 just behind the dunes of Camber Sands beach. On the end of one of the terraces is a three-bedroom house built with a focus on being low carbon. It has a sedum planted green roof and double-glazed timber doors. A communal air-source heat pump services the neighbourhood while solar panels heat the water. There is underfloor heating running downstairs. To enjoy the environment around it, the house has two balconies, a terrace and a patio. £495,000 The Modern House 020 3795 5920 Photograph: PR IMAGE At the end of a multicoloured terrace is a three-bedroom cottage in pale-blue pebbledash – which is fitting, given it is just minutes from the sea. The separate kitchen and sitting room are on the ground floor, with two bedrooms and a bathroom on the first and another bedroom in the eaves, with views across Start Bay. Outside is a courtyard garden and a collection of outbuildings, which have been converted into a store, study and utility room. Halfway between Dartmouth and Kingsbridge, at one end of a beautiful stretch of beach. £475,000. Marchand Petit, 01548 857 588 Photograph: Marchand Petit This Victorian home sits just off Clapham Common Westside in the popular 'between the commons' part of south-west London. It is close to the shops, restaurants, bars and nurseries around Northcote Road with 89 hectares of Clapham Common parkland on its doorstep. Spanning four floors, the handsome house has five bedrooms and five bathrooms and a sociable kitchen with a roof lantern bringing more light into the back of the property. The worktops look out on to the walled and neat low-maintenance garden. £2m. Wilfords, 07896 961 777 Photograph: Wilfords The pretty harbourside village is a few minutes away from St David's, with views over St Brides Bay and even better views of the peninsula from the rocky headland above. On the high street, in the centre of the village, is a stone cottage with three bedrooms. The kitchen runs the width of the property, opening into the dining room. There is a separate living room. For sea swimmers there is an outside hot-water shower in the garden and storage buildings. The EPC energy efficiency rating is down at E with a potential of C. £390,000. Country Living Group, 01434 622 234 Photograph: Country Living Group On Oak Road, one of the sought-after 'tree roads' lined with mature trees and high-value properties, is a three-bedroom, two-bathroom Victorian house with red-brick detailing behind a low stone wall. Recently renovated, there are glazed concertina doors that fold back to link the kitchen and garden. There is a path at the side of the kitchen that has not yet been completed. Within the footprint, the owners have also managed to carve out a wine cellar and a cinema room. Hale station is just a few minutes' walk away. £785,000. Jackson Stops, 0161 928 8881 Photograph: Alex Reay
The Sun
19-05-2025
- The Sun
Huge beach named ‘best in England' by Sun readers to get new £2.6m tourist centre in time for summer
A POPULAR beach named the "best in England" by Sun readers is set to get a brand new £2.6m tourist centre in time for summer. Contractors have been on site at Camber Sands beach in East Sussex since last year to ensure the new welcome centre is ready for the thousands of visitors expected to arrive in the next few months. 6 6 6 Camber Sands, near Rye, has often been described as one of the best beaches in England by visitors. The English beach is known for long ridges of dunes leading down to miles of soft golden sands As summer edges closer the extension and roof of the new centre are now expected to be complete by the end of next month, with workers busy putting the finishing touches to the centre. The aim is to ensure the new visitor attraction is watertight in the run up to the grand opening in July. Rother District Council said contractors from Baxall Construction started work on the project last August, with the centre to include more refurbished toilets. Sun reader Nora Hinds, 69, from Hounslow, has taken multiple £9.50 Holidays in Sussex over the years, most recently staying at Parkdean Resorts Camber Sands in East Sussex. She said: 'To me, the beach at Camber Sands is the best in England. It has nice sand and wonderful dunes. "When the kids were little they used to slide up and down the dunes, or we'd go for little rambles in the dunes.' Parents can also rest easy knowing there are good facilities and lifeguards in the summer months. Nora added: 'It's not too busy, as it doesn't have amusement arcades that tend to attract crowds.' Best Of British: Exploring the charms of East Sussex from quaint Rye to stunning Camber Sands There will also better first aid facilities at the new centre, a welfare facility and a kiosk for information as well as a takeaway food and drink service. A council spokesman added: "A new kiosk will offer opportunities to provide visitors with useful information, including nearby amenities and places of interest and details of local wildlife encouraging a better understanding of the unique sand dune environment, "The intention is to also provide a small, healthy, and environmentally sustainable take-away food and drink offer, utilising local suppliers. "Out of season, it is anticipated the kiosk can be made available for hire for community use, schools and by local residents, dependant on the provider." There will also be a community space opening event in the new centre after the summer season. This is expected to take place in September. The council said the proposed building has "come out of a long process of understanding what doesn't work and what is needed for the future operation at Camber Sands". The core project themes are: Maximise capacity: improvements to layouts that maximise the capacity and efficiency of all WCs. Condition & sustainability: targeted sustainability investment and rectify known building condition issues. Expand and enrich: new construction to extend and provide space for enhanced activities including commercial space. Councillor Hazel Timpe, lead member for neighbourhood services and tourism at Rother District Council, said: 'This new facility will enable coastal operations to thrive and support visitors' safety and enjoyment on the beautiful beach at Camber. "An environmentally and economically sustainable building will help the council continue to support the local community in Camber.' Lorna Ford, chief executive at Rother District Council, said: 'We are excited to have started on site. "Totally funded by grants including £1.7 million from central government, this project is a fabulous investment in new facilities for local people and businesses – and for visitors to this wonderful area.' 6 6 6 Why Camber Sands is one of the UK's best beaches By Caroline McGuire - Head of Travel, Digital Camber Sands is hardly a little-known beach, as the stretch of sand on the South East coast has long been popular with both locals and Londoners on hot summer's days. However, its considerable size - three miles in total - means that even on the hottest of afternoons, you can still find a relatively uncrowded spot if you are prepared to walk (whether you'll get a parking spot is another matter). The huge sand dunes that run its length mean you can also find a completely private spot to relax away from other beachgoers. Their majestic presence has helped the area to maintain its relatively unspoilt character too, as there has been nowhere to build a promenade with the usual arcades and cafes. In the last 20 years, the village of Camber has seen waves of regeneration, with the arrival of the fancy Gallivant Hotel and a number of luxury holiday homes built along the beachfront. But despite the closure of the Pontins holiday park, there are plenty of affordable places for families to stay too, including the Parkdean Resorts Camber Holiday Park.
Telegraph
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
William Sitwell reviews Harry's, Camber: ‘A menu that matches the spirit of the place'
Of course, I was invigorated by the sight of the sea, what seemed a vast and empty stretch of water, and an equal expanse of beach, with no one in sight but a couple of dog walkers. And there wasn't a cloud in the sky. Fortunately the car parks were also empty because, given they are also enormous, it suggests this place becomes less of a picnic mid-summer; a sort of Saturday night peak-time ITV1 grockle-fest. But my spirits soared further when I entered The Gallivant, just opposite one of those car parks by Camber Sands, near Rye, in East Sussex. Because it is nothing less than a visionary's accomplishment. What could be a single-storey motel by a busy road is a stylish retreat so well designed and propped that you want to take every idea, every cushion, book, chessboard and sconce home. Along with the staff, who usher you in offering beach towels, boots and water bottles. And now this little paradise has a great chef in its midst. The restaurant is called Harry's, named not after the chef, Matthew Harris, but owner Harry Cragoe. Harris is one half of a culinary sibling duo, his brother being Henry, of celebrated Bouchon Racine fame. And while Henry had classic chef itchy feet syndrome, also known as restaurateuritis, Matthew fetched up at London's Bibendum about a hundred years ago and stayed there until he felt it was time to cook in a nice place by the sea. Where he reigns over breakfast too, which I liked almost more than dinner; so cute is the array of granola, cured hams, cheeses and a Bloody Mary 'recovery station'. The menu is sort of French by way of Kent; French words like 'terrine de campagne', 'courchamps', 'montpellier' and 'remoulade' being in the mix with 'Salt Marsh Barnsley chop' and 'wild garlic'. And very gently reassuring it is too, a menu, indeed, that matches the spirit of the place: calm and restorative. My hot date Nima ('I've not been called that since 1972'), a beloved family friend, enjoyed her terrine, the rustic kind embedded with pistachios, though, she said, it wasn't groundbreaking. And I, similarly, nestled into a familiar Harris brothers starter of eel with celeriac and egg – gentle flavours, the sensible foundations of a house rather than its grand façade. Next I ate a bit of sheep like the ones I'd spotted grazing as I travelled from the station, the Barnsley chop, slow-braised and glistening, sweet but robust. It came with half a baby gem, fresh from the griddle. I never quite know how chefs do that with lettuce, try it at home and it turns to mush, a bit like my attempts at taramasalata which taste like cat food. Nima's main was veal, another decent plate, tender meat, charred at the edges and under a verdant, generous pour of montpellier butter. We shared buttery spinach and fries, all on point and elegantly served on handsome plates painted with an 'H', which I suppose, stops you pinching them, unless your name is Harry or Helga or Harvinder. Vanilla ice cream for pud came with room temperature chocolate sauce, which I think should be hot. But then it's a bit like a reverse of the braised lettuce thing: I can make hot chocolate sauce at home, but no restaurant can, ever. In the choppy waters of modern hospitality, as vessels smash against the rocks, The Gallivant sails a smooth and calm path – now resolutely, with a chef on board who doesn't want to change the world but instead reliably helps the boat to keep on chugging along very nicely.
