8 of the best beachside properties for sale

Property for sale: Shipstal, Shipstal Point, Arne, Wareham, Dorset.

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published 6 September 2025

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House on the Shore, Thorns Beach, Beaulieu, Hampshire.

An Arts & Crafts house overlooking the Solent with 128 metres of beach frontage. It has exposed beams and open fireplaces. 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3 receptions, 1-bedroom annexe, conservatory, 2 kitchens, swimming pool, 4-bedroom pool house, tennis court, 20.5 acres.

Price: £12.5m Knight Frank 020-7861 1065.

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Bay House, Embleton, Alnwick, Northumberland.

A semi-detached period property on the Northumberland coast overlooking the sandy beaches of Embleton. It has wood floors and a fitted dining kitchen with French doors opening onto a patio garden. 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 receptions, garden.

Price: £950,000 Knight Frank 0131-222 9606.

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Shipstal, Shipstal Point, Arne, Wareham, Dorset.

A 1960s bungalow with a private slipway and water frontage on Poole Harbour. It is clad in wood and local Purbeck stone, and comes with a studio and a Finnish sauna in the gardens. 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 receptions, kitchen, conservatory, integral garage and boat house, slipway, adjacent deep-water mooring leased from Poole Harbour Commissioners, 0.81 acres.

Price: £4m Savills 01202-856861.

Shipstal, Shipstal Point, Arne, Wareham, Dorset.

A 1960s bungalow with a private slipway and water frontage on Poole Harbour. It is clad in wood and local Purbeck stone, and comes with a studio and a Finnish sauna in the gardens. 3 beds, 3 baths, 2 receps, kitchen, conservatory, integral garage and boat house, slipway, adjacent deep-water mooring leased from Poole Harbour Commissioners, 0.81 acres.

Price: £4m Savills 01202-856861.

Shipstal, Shipstal Point, Arne, Wareham, Dorset.

A 1960s bungalow with a private slipway and water frontage on Poole Harbour. It is clad in wood and local Purbeck stone, and comes with a studio and a Finnish sauna in the gardens. 3 beds, 3 baths, 2 receps, kitchen, conservatory, integral garage and boat house, slipway, adjacent deep-water mooring leased from Poole Harbour Commissioners, 0.81 acres.

Price: £4m Savills 01202-856861.

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Belgrave Place, Brighton, East Sussex.

A Grade II-listed, two-storey maisonette in a Regency building built by the master builder Thomas Cubitt in the centre of Kempton. The maisonette retains its original floorboards and period fireplaces, and has a drawing room with double-aspect windows and doors that open onto a balcony overlooking the sea. 2 bedrooms, bathroom, reception, breakfast kitchen, attic.

Price: £875,000 Winkworth 01273-772175.

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Littlestone, New Romney, Kent.

This early 20th-century house is now in need of some modernisation. It overlooks the English Channel, has direct access to the beach, and is situated next to an empty plot that is available separately. It has a wood-panelled hall, open fireplaces and a dual-aspect sitting room overlooking the garden. 7 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 5 receptions, breakfast kitchen, store, double garage, swimming pool with pool house.

Price: £900,000+ Jackson-Stops 01580-720000.

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Incleborough House, East Runton, Norfolk.

A Grade II-listed, 16th-century coastal residence with south-facing walled gardens, just 300 metres from East Runton’s Blue Flag beach. The house has open fireplaces and a breakfast kitchen with bespoke oak units and an Aga with six ovens. 7 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, reception, two conservatories, gazebo, 0.75 acres.

Price: £1.33m Sowerbys 01263-710777.

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The Mews, Balcary, Auchencairn, Castle Douglas, Dumfriesshire.

A renovated 17th-century house with an attached cottage and a detached annexe and garden studio set in landscaped gardens with direct access to the beach. 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, open-plan dining kitchen/ living area, dressing room/ bedroom 4, reception, office, 2-bedroom cottage, 1-bedroom annexe, studio, garage, laundry and gym.

Price: £895,000+ Fine & Country 01896-829569.

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Holmes House, Colwell Bay, Isle of Wight.

A refurbished Victorian house with a clifftop cantilever deck and views over Colwell Bay and the Solent in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It retains its original parquet flooring and open fireplaces. 10 bedrooms, 8 bathrooms, dining kitchen, annexe with private entrance, 2 receptions, library, bar with enclosed veranda, media room, gym, conservatory, garage, stables, manège, paddocks, gardens, kitchen garden, heated swimming pool, tennis court, 5.2 acres.

Price: £2.995m Strutt & Parker 01983-761005.

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