Drivers could be missing out on savings of more than £20 a day by passing over some less-appreciated beaches in favour of staycation hotspots.

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A study conducted by Motorscan ranked areas based on the average cost of a parking space within a 30-minute walk of the town centre across eight hours, i.e. parking for a whole day.

Based on this metric, the ever-popular Brighton was far and away the most expensive, with motorists shelling out a whopping £24.21 per day on average.

That was streets ahead of the next dearest, Newquay in Cornwall, where drivers pay £12.32.

Another Cornish favourite rounded out the top three, with visitors to Falmouth dropping £12.12.

Indeed, Cornwall was the most represented county in the top 10 as those two were joined by St Ives in sixth, while nearby Ilfracombe in Devon came seventh.

The popular South West spots were separated by Southend, Essex, in fourth and Bournemouth, Dorset, in fifth.

And Whitby, Yorkshire, was the only destination north of London to make the list, coming in tenth at £8.30.

However, the study also revealed that Brits could be missing out on bargain parking charges by overlooking some lesser-known towns.

Visitors to the Fife coast in Scotland only have to pay £2.27 a day, while for Portrush in Northern Ireland, it’s £3.47.

Colwyn Bay in Wales also came in cheap at £5.84.

But if you have your heart set on an English getaway, there are still plenty of good options.

Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset asks just £5.33 of its drivers, while Morecambe on the West Coast is a pound cheaper at £4.33.

The cheapest overall was Hornsea, where it only costs £1.98 to park.

That’s more than £20 a day cheaper than Brighton and almost £7 cheaper than Whitby, just an hour up the coast.

It comes after a frustrated homeowner revealed their 13p hack to stop their neighbour stealing their parking space.