Why did Victorians go to the seaside?
Noble Eichmann
2025-04-23 01:27:22
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Doctors were quick to prescribe sea air and taking the waters to society’s upper echelons. The well-to-do were keen to head to the seaside to mingle and try the latest medical advice. Royals at the seaside set the trend, with King George III heading to Weymouth, Dorset on the advice of his doctors. Our middle and working class Victorian forebears were keen to leave their industrial cities behind for a few days. The royal family certainly set the seaside trend, with hundreds of years later we’re still following in their footsteps, yearning for some sun, sea and sand, either at home or abroad. Picture this: you’re a hard-working Victorian with a bank holiday just around the corner, and you’ve saved up enough for a cheap trip to the seaside. Later, cheap rail tickets meant the lower classes could join in the fun too. Travel giant Thomas Cook and Son organised their first rail excursion in 1841, which soon evolved into train tickets to the Great Exhibition in 1851. It wasn’t until the railway steamed into existence in the 1840s that the seaside towns became must-visit destinations, often transforming quiet, unassuming fishing villages into tourist hotspots.
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