Marx and Engels were frequent visitors to a range of English seaside resorts, primarily in Kent and Sussex. However the East Coast was also a consideration.
Engels wrote to Marx on 22nd July 1870 with a range of options:
Where do you plan to go to the SEASIDE? South of the Humber there is nothing on the east coast. T o the north there is Scarborough — dear and crowded, and Bridlington Quay. If you decide on the latter, we could meet there.
Their correspondence does not reveal what decision they came to. After all if they were at a resort together they would not have been writing to each other and unfortunately Twitter and WhatsApp did not then exist.
Marx did apologise to a correspondent whose letter he had received on 21st July 1870, for a delay in replying as he had been on a trip in the country. By 26th July he was back in London.
Marx did go away in August 1870. He originally planned to go to Brighton, conveniently near, but discovered the weather was too hot and an emigre he did not wish to meet was also there. Instead he went to Ramsgate. He stayed for several weeks while trying to recover from sciatica, discussing with Engels if hot sea baths would help. Engels was unsure and unfortunately his reliable GP was ‘in Wales’ on holiday and unavailable
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