Earlier this week, a Northumberland village was named as one of Airbnb's trending seaside resorts in the UK.
However, it wasn't the UK's favourite seaside destination of Bamburgh. It wasn't even one of 2022's top staycation destinations and coolest postcodes to move to in the UK, Beadnell.
It was much further south than either of those, and it may have raised a few eyebrows for anyone who hasn't visited recently: Newbiggin-by-the-Sea. Ranked in the top 5% of the most deprived areas in the UK in the 80s, it's no accident that it's now made it onto Airbnb's list, having had a number of investments to reverse the village's decline since then, with tourism now being a key part of its economy.
