This seaside town offers many attractions and diversions, including:
a beach-launched fishing fleet to supply the chips shops
funicular railways
art
castle ruins
a pier which was gutted by fire in 2010 but is scheduled to rise from the ashes
convivial public houses
well used cycle paths
and a little patch of America
"The poor man's Brighton" has hosted over the years:
Pre-Raphaelite bro Dante Gabriel Rossetti
John Logie Baird, the inventor of television
Whole Earth
Foods co-founder Craig Sams,
looking a little like Normal Mailer
prolific author Catherine Cookson
a busker who sings like Dylan
herbivores
and many others who prefer to remain anonymous.