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Seaside Resorts' Deprivation Grows, Official Study Says

Seaside Poverty Getting Worse
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File photo dated 24/04/11 of beachgoers enjoying the warm weather on Blackpool beach as Blackpool, which welcomes more visitors a year than any other UK coastal town, had the highest level of deprivation of the larger English seaside destinations in 2010, the analysis by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed.
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  • Britain's seaside towns have become 'a dumping ground'

British seaside resorts are among the poorest parts of the country, according to an official report.

Although it welcomed more visitors than any other coastal town, Blackpool had the worst deprivation of any major seaside resort, the Official for National Statistics said.

The next most-deprived larger-destination towns were Clacton in Essex and Hastings in East Sussex, with 25 of the 31 larger English seaside resorts having higher levels of deprivation than the measure for England on average.

While 20% of England overall was considered deprived in 2010, the figure for the 31 larger English seaside destinations was 26.9% - a rise on the 2007 figure of 26%.

Then and now - Britain's seaside towns
Blackpool(01 of04)
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The first mass tourism resort, Blackpool thrived in the first part of the last century, with factory workers flocking to the seaside for their holidays.Now it has some of the UK's poorest neighbourhoods, with the highest rate of children in care in England.
Clacton-on-Sea(02 of04)
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This Essex town was a tourist hotspot until the 1970s, when the impact of cheap foreign travel hit it hard.in 2011, one of its suburbs was named the most deprived area in England.
Margate(03 of04)
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'You can keep the Costa Brava', sang Chas & Dave as they extolled the virtues of the Kent seaside town.It is now among the most deprived parts of Britain, although recent years have seen a major regeneration drive.
Great Yarmouth(04 of04)
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A seaside resort since the 18th century, Great Yarmouth was once a major fishing port. Now it has the highest rate of teenage pregnancy in England and Wales.
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