What picture comes to mind when you think of childhood summer holidays ? Perhaps it includes the swimming pool you and your brother would head to, the shopping centre you and your mates would congregate at or the films you'd watch over and over.

For many, summertime memories will be filled with buckets, spades, fish and chips. A trip to the seaside was the perfect way to spend part of those long six weeks.

The delight of crashing waves and crawling crabs is likely to have stayed with you throughout the years, even if your bucket and spade were discarded years ago. Whatever your priorities are when it comes to a seaside trip, there is likely to be a perfect spot just a drive away from Cambridgeshire .

Below, find the seven top seaside towns across the East of England coast. These w

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