Research by hotel booking platform, Hoo, has revealed that hotel room rates surrounding Britain’s nudist beaches cost 57% more than the UK average.
Hoo looked at the average room rate of hotels surrounding 41 of the best beaches to bare all in the UK. The research shows that when booking a seven week stay the cost of a hotel room per night came in at £115 on average, 57% more than the room rate of the average UK hotel (£73).
However, the cost of accommodation while letting it all hang free by the sea does come in considerably higher depending on which famous nudist coastal hotspot you opt for.
Lymington’s Taddiford Gap in Hampshire is the most expensive of the lot. On average, a hotel room close to this nudist beach comes in at £181 per night, 148% higher than the national average.
In neighbouring Dorset, Knoll Beach in Studland sits along one of the most beautiful coastlines in the UK and also provides the added freedom of leaving your swimsuit at home. However, a hotel close to the beach will set you back £175 per night, 140% more than the UK average.
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Carolyn Bay in St Austell, Cornwall, also ranks within the top three, with the average hotel room rate sitting 128% above the national average at £167 per night.
In fact, Cornwall is home to a further three popular nudist beaches where surrounding hotels are all home to an average room rate more than double that of the UK average.
There is hope for the ultimate alfresco staycation at an affordable price though. Hotel room rates surrounding Cumbria’s popular nudist beach of West Shore Walney Island average just £71 per night, coming in -2% below the UK average.
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Hoo Co-founder, Adrian Murdock, commented: “Although a visit to one of the UK’s most popular nudist beaches might mean a lighter suitcase, it’s also likely to come at a higher cost with the average room rate surrounding almost all of those we looked at coming in above the UK average.
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Of course, it’s hard to put a price on such a feeling of complete freedom, not to mention the fact that many of these beaches are found along some of the best stretches of coastline the UK has to offer.
However, if you’re less inclined to go starkers while at the seaside, you might want to look further afield as it could mean paying less where accommodation is concerned.
Whatever beach you opt for, just remember to bring the sun cream.”
Average room rate of hotels surrounding each nudist beach and the percentage difference compared to the average UK hotel room rate
Nudist Beach
Location
Average hotel room rate per night
Difference vs UK average
Taddiford Gap
Hampshire
£181
148%
Knoll Beach
Dorset
£175
140%
Carlyon Bay
Cornwall
£167
128%
Vault Beach
Cornwall
£165
125%
Porthzennor Cove
Cornwall
£159
118%
Porth Kidney
Cornwall
£158
116%
Budleigh Salterton
Devon
£134
84%
Pedn Vounder
Cornwall
£133
82%
Moor Sands
Devon
£130
78%
Brighton Naturist
East Sussex
£128
75%
Kemp Town Brighton
East Sussex
£123
68%
Morfa Dyffryn
Wales
£122
68%
Sandwich Bay
Kent
£120
64%
Druridge Bay
Northumberland
£117
60%
Llanddwyn Beach
Wales
£117
60%
Meon Shore
Hampshire
£114
56%
Eastney
Hampshire
£111
52%
Cayton Bay
North Yorkshire
£110
50%
Porthluney Cove
Cornwall
£106
45%
Birling Gap
East Sussex
£106
45%
Rocken End
Isle of Wight
£105
44%
Lower Largo
Scotland
£105
44%
Petit Tor
Isle of Wight
£105
43%
Weston Mouth
Devon
£105
43%
Scabbacombe Sands
Devon
£104
43%
Fairlight Glen Hastings
East Sussex
£104
43%
Wells / Holkham
Norfolk
£104
43%
Yaverland Sandown
Isle of Wight
£102
39%
Corton Sands
Suffolk
£101
39%
Normans Bay
East Sussex
£99
36%
Crakaig Beach
Scotland
£97
33%
Slapton Sands
Devon
£97
33%
Sillery Sands
Devon
£96
31%
Wild Pear Beach
Devon
£95
30%
Leysdown-on-Sea
Kent
£94
28%
Shellness
Kent
£93
28%
Marros Sands
Wales
£91
24%
St Osyth
Essex
£88
21%
Keristal
Isle of Man
£88
21%
Abbot’s Cliff
Kent
£80
9%
West Shore Walney Island
Cumbria
£71
-2%
Average
£115
57%
Best UK nudist beaches sourced from the Beach Guide Average hotel room rate based on a 7 nights stay between Aug 9th to Aug 16th 2021 – sourced from Hoo andHotels.com Percentage difference based on the average UK hotel room rate of £73 per night – sourced from Finder
Lead image: Marros Sands in Carmarthenshire (Image: rhedeg.co.uk/Flickr)