A "beautiful" UK seaside city the place a well-known comic is snapping up second houses is a "fantastic" place to stay - the place residents and "out of towners" stay harmoniously facet by facet.

People are flocking to the seaside city of Goodwick, in South West Wales, to snap up second houses which is "pricing out" natives.  

The coastal city and its fast neighbour Fishguard kind a neighborhood that wraps around Fishguard Bay with a total population of around 2,000.

Local councillor Jim Morgan, an independent who represents the Fishguard area, says that although second home owners are pushing up prices - that residents and "out of towners" live happily side by side.

Speaking to Express.co.uk Cllr Morgan, 76, initially from Manchester, has solely lived in Fishguard for 2 years, however has spent most of his life visiting it. His spouse was born within the space.

He stated: “People were born here and now can’t afford to buy houses here. So that is a big problem.”

“But we get on very well and there is no tension.

“A lot of Welsh people like Wales - and who can blame them?

“A lot of them like to have somewhere by the sea.”

Cllr Morgan additionally speaks of a revival of the world - which has seen empty outlets come again into use.

He stated: “We are seeing a renaissance. There are a lot of cafes and that sort of thing now where there used to be a lot of empty shops.”

He added: “It’s a fantastic area to live. You’ve got the sea and wonderful coastline and there’s lots to see and do.

“There’s a thriving community in Fishguard and Goodwick - it’s very community minded and a special place to live.”

Properties in Goodwick had an total common value of £177,688 over the past yr in line with Rightmove - which remains to be fairly a way beneath the nationwide UK common home value of £290,000.

Reece Smith is a gross sales negotiator at John Francis, an property agent in Fishguard, and says he thinks costs within the space are nonetheless on the rise, which impacts on locals.

And with regard to second houses he stated that it’s Welsh residents who're shopping for them up quite than these from England or elsewhere within the UK.

He stated: “They are usually from the Cardiff area and usually Welsh.

“I have dealt with one couple from England.

“One con is that prices are higher in this area as it’s definitely a place that’s gaining traction.”

Welsh comic Griff Rhys Jones got here to the pattern early, recognizing the great thing about the Pembrokeshire shoreline 15 years in the past.

He purchased up a farmstead with a lot of run down properties that he has restored.

In a recent column for the Daily Mail he stated that the world is now so widespread that he and his household wrestle to ebook into their very own properties, that are within the close by Strumble Head.

He stated: “I wouldn’t say it has changed much over the years - it’s always been a close knit community kind of place.”

He added that the world advantages from "low crime" and has "good schools" and different facilities.

Tourism web site Show Me Wales provides: “Goodwick is a charming little town just north of Fishguard on the west coast of Wales.

“Until 1887 Goodwick was a small fishing village. 

“But towards the end of the 19th century newly constructed railway lines and harbour development brought modernisation.”