Here are the 10 seaside towns with the most affordable houses - full list

Glamorous Sandbanks in Poole, Dorset, has been named the most expensive seaside area to buy a home while Saltcoats in Ayrshire is the cheapest, according to an analysis of more than 200 coastal locations across Britain.

With an average price tag of nearly £1.6 million, homes in Sandbanks were found to be the most expensive in an analysis by Rightmove analysis.

People could buy nearly 14 homes in Saltcoats in Ayrshire, Scotland, typically for the asking price of one property in Sandbanks.

Saltcoats was the least expensive seaside location in the study, with an average property asking price of £114,365.

Easington in County Durham had the second cheapest average asking price (£122,520) in the study, and Peterlee in County Durham was the third cheapest (£124,593).

Rightmove said Peterlee is also a "price hotspot" with average asking prices in the area up by 15 percent compared to this time last year.

Heysham, on the edge of Morecambe Bay in Lancashire, is also a price hotspot, with asking prices up by 7 percent annually, Rightmove said.

Here are the 10 least expensive areas by asking price:

1. Saltcoats, Ayrshire, £114,365
2. Easington, County Durham, £122,520
3. Peterlee, County Durham, £124,593
4. Ashington, Northumberland, £132,660
5. Bootle, Merseyside, £133,197
6. Grimsby, Lincolnshire, £135,951
7. Girvan, Ayrshire, £139,547
8. Maryport, Cumbria, £140,437
9. Workington, Cumbria, £141,765
10. 10. Hartlepool, County Durham, £146,674

Here are the 10 most expensive seaside area by asking price:

1. Sandbanks, Dorset, £1,582,331
2. Canford Cliffs, Dorset, £1,242,181
3. Milford On Sea, Hampshire, £751,442
4. Padstow, Cornwall, £678,058
5. Lymington, Hampshire, £603,312
6. Barton On Sea, Hampshire, £562,609
7. Budleigh Salterton, Devon, £542,005
8. Lyme Regis, Dorset, £521,932
9. Sidmouth, Devon, £501,099
10.  Sandgate, Kent, £495,000