ananova reports More than 20 people braved sub-zero temperatures to queue overnight in Dorset to try and secure a beach hut for the summer. The group camped outside in temperatures as low as -8C for the huts, which are let on a first-come-first-serve basis at Avon Beach in Christchurch. At the front of the queue… Continue reading Sheddies brave sub-zero temperatures to get a beach hut
Beach Huts
Two beach hut advent calendars this Christmas
That excellent Real life Beach hut advent calendar is back again but is joined by another one this year. I will leave it to the official Independent beach hut calendar correspondent to lead you in, always busy with a sheddie angle is Alex, he has all the info over at his shedworking (as if you… Continue reading Two beach hut advent calendars this Christmas
Langland Bay, Gower beach huts being repaired
The trumpet of truth reports WORK has begun on upgrading the latest tranche of historic beach huts at Langland Bay on Gower. The third phase of hut refurbishments follows continued interest from people willing to invest £10,000 for a 10-year beach hut lease to fund the reconstruction. The 78 green and white huts have been… Continue reading Langland Bay, Gower beach huts being repaired
The beauty and beachhut
Former shed judge and all round beach hut nuttess Kathryn Ferry gets some good coverage for her excellent beach hut books over at Eadt Kathryn Ferry is billed as our ‘national beach hut expert’ – and just happens to love East Anglia. She tells Steven Russell why she does like to be beside the seaside… Continue reading The beauty and beachhut
Norfolk beach hut rents up 10pc
Norfolk News reports photo credit: Rev Stan Beach hut owners on north Norfolk’s coast were left angry yesterday after councillors agreed a 10pc hike in rent for their seaside hideaways. The 132 chalets and 230 hut sites in Cromer, Sheringham, Overstrand and Mundesley, managed by the district council, are costing the authority thousands of pounds… Continue reading Norfolk beach hut rents up 10pc
Just sheds: more sheds by the sea
A great collection of beach huts and the like from our Flickr Group [flickr]photo:3221999197[/flickr][flickr]photo:3513931998[/flickr][flickr]photo:3630274704[/flickr][flickr]photo:3734749422[/flickr][flickr]photo:3634934419[/flickr][flickr]photo:2808305958[/flickr][flickr]photo:3466928758[/flickr] If you see any good beachhuts around please do add them.
Suggs loves spending time in a shed by the sea
Suggs from Madness talks in the telegraph about his love for a beach hut in Whitstable My wife’s family are from Whitstable and I’ve been going there for 30 years. As I’m a Londoner, the seaside has always had a special allure, and as it’s only about an hour-and-a-half’s drive from where I live, it’s… Continue reading Suggs loves spending time in a shed by the sea
BUSINESSMAN ORDERED TO CHANGE £300,000 ‘BEACH HUT’
I missed this last week but you can see pics here Daily mail so you may not want to click. A millionaire businessman has been ordered to make amendments to his new £300,000 “beach hut” after he apparently built an upper-storey sun deck without planning permission. West Dorset District Council has issued an enforcement notice… Continue reading BUSINESSMAN ORDERED TO CHANGE £300,000 ‘BEACH HUT’
Beach hut to sell for more than £70k?
The BBC reports on a beach hut up for auction on Porthmawr beach It may look little more than a glorified garden shed but in June auctioneers will be looking to sell this beach hut for more than £70,000. A similar hut nearby in Abersoch on the Lleyn Peninsula sold for £85,000 in 2008 and… Continue reading Beach hut to sell for more than £70k?
Are you a lady beach hut owner?
Journalist Ruth has made this request to the lady sheddies out there with beach huts…. I’m writing a feature for Prima magazine, a monthly women’s glossy, about women who own beach huts. I wondered if you knew of any women, aged late 20s to 60, who own a pretty beach hut somewhere in the UK?… Continue reading Are you a lady beach hut owner?