Episode 13 - How the Victorians invented the great British beach holiday

As thoughts turn to holidays ahead, we join senior properties historian Andrew Hann to discover the role of the Victorians in popularising British beach holidays and seaside resorts. Learn how many of the things we now associate with a trip to the British seaside (fish and chips, promenades and piers) have their roots in the Victorian summer holiday, and how Queen Victoria herself developed a love of the seaside at her own private beach at Osborne on the Isle of Wight. You can find out more about life during the Victorian era here: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/story-of-england/victorian/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices