The Seaside Heritage Network's annual event to celebrate the best of seaside heritage.

🪣 Kathryn Ferry announces the winners of the 2025 Bucket and Spade List – revealing this year's favourite seaside experiences

🎤 Special guest speakers bring insights and updates from around the coast. Prof. Vanessa Toulmin talks about the Mitchell and Kenyon films of Blackpool/Morecambe. Stuart Wood waxes lyrical about the delights of Cleethorpes and showcases the 'Postcards from Cleethorpes' short film. John Oxley temps us to visit Scarborough with a taster of the plans for 'Scarborough 400' anniversary in 2026.

🎬 Includes rare and vintage seaside films that bring yesteryear’s beach holidays to life brought to you from the BFI archive.

Films included in the event are:

https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-trip-to-north-wales-on-the-st-elvies-1902-1902-online

Trip to North Wales on the St Elvies (1902) A steamship tour along the picturesque coast from Liverpool to the Menai Straits.

https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-blackpool-north-pier-1903-1902-online

Blackpool North Pier (1903) Edwardian holidaymakers throng to the attractions at Lancashire's premier seaside resort.

https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-panoramic-view-of-the-morecambe-sea-front-1901-1901-online

Panoramic View of the Morecambe Sea Front (1901) Crystal-clear views of town, sands, sea, tourists and locals at the Lancashire resort.

https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-first-film-of-blackpool-1899-online

First Film of Blackpool The Tower is hard to miss in this local version of a 'phantom ride'