Life in a seaside town might sound great to city-based young people, whose summer visits to the coast give them a chance to widen their horizons.
But young people in these resorts face their own particular problems.
According to Jane Hudson, district team leader at North Norfolk Youth Service, summer work in the catering industry dries up out of season, which can lead to boredom, gambling, drinking and antisocial behaviour.
Many seaside towns have some of the highest levels of deprivation in the UK. Great Yarmouth, for example, has a couple of wards that are among the poorest in England and Wales, and a very high teenage pregnancy rate - 55.6 conceptions per 1,000 women aged 15 to 17 in 1999-2001, compared with a 43.8 average in England and Wales.
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