THE RIGHT PRICE

FOR… GORGEOUS VIEWS

Llandudno, Conwy

In a fabulous location close to the Snowdonia National Park, ‘the Queen of Welsh resorts’ is an elegant confection of Regency and Victorian Gothic architecture, a necklace of Marine Drive terraces wrapped around a crescent of North Shore beach and the longest pier in Wales. A vintage tramway trundles up to the Great Orme, the mountainous headland which looms over the town, providing a natural playground and views to die for. Llandudno boasts a railway station and Venue Cymru, the biggest theatre in North Wales. Yet property prices are temptingly low: an eight-bed Victorian semi at £269,950; a former miner’s cottage, £235,000.

• Average house price: £229,661.

FOR… LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

Ayr, Ayrshire

This pretty resort on the west coast of Scotland comes up as one the cheapest seaside towns in the UK, yet it would be hard to better the location. In the heart of Burns country (the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum is one of its attractions), this medieval harbour town straddles the River Ayr on