Shore thing: English beach huts – in pictures
Colourful wooden beach huts are a cherished fixture of the British seaside and are much sought after in the coastal resorts of Kent, Essex and East Sussex. Most are only big enough to sit in, get changed and store belongings, while others have been equipped with kitchenettes and beds
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Hove, East Sussex
Jazzy and Tabby do some stretching outside their beach hut, which has been in the family for 12 years -
Shoeburyness, Essex
These bathers are not put off by a cloudy day and rough sea -
Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Charlotte Laver (left) and friend Amy Rowe, with their children outside their rented beach hut -
Whitstable, Kent
Peter and Julia look out from their hut on Tankerton beach, just east of the Whitstable seafront -
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Whitstable, Kent
The Tankerton huts are served by a pedal-driven ice-cream cart -
Walton-On-The-Naze, Essex
Sought-after beach huts are stacked up along the seafront -
Hove, East Sussex
Grant and Nick sit outside their beach hut, which they have co-owned for eight years -
Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Janice and Bill from Braintree outside their beach hut of 20 years -
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Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Families have loved the handsome resort since it was first developed in the 1820s -
Frinton-on-Sea, Essex
Family groups fill the promenade in front of their beach huts -
Shoeburyness, Essex
Empty beach huts by a stormy sea -
Herne Bay, Kent
A boy runs behind the beach huts at Herne Bay, four miles from Whitstable on the north Kent coastThe gallery was amended as the main photograph was captioned as Frinton-on-Sea instead of Walton-on-the-Naze -
