Roland Perry wrote:
Paul Cummins remarked:

Sea (open salt water) from Aylesbury is probably Severn Beach

2hrs 14 mins

or Coryton on the Thames estuary.

1hr 31mins


Neither of these is "the sea". I would suggest Weston-super-Mare and
Shoeburyness respectively. I can also go south to South Hayling,
Bognor Regis or Hove.

Weston-super-Mare 2h 28
Shoeburyness 1h 44
South Hayling 2h 08
Bognor Regis 2h 19
Hove 1h 53

Even Clevedon and Southend-on-Sea, which are estuarine rather than
coastal towns, are 2h 17 and 1h 34 respectively.

Having said that, I don't think have ever managed to drive from
Aylesbury to the beach at Southend in less than 2 hours in around
40-50 trips (I had some work there) but that's probably down to the
difference between real-life driving conditions and the crude
assumptions made by online journey planners, in this case the AA's.

So any suggestion that I can drive from Aylesbury to the sea in an
hour is a joke. Two hours would make more sense.