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Lincolnshire Coast
a perfect blend of traditional seaside resorts and a beautiful natural coastline
Lincolnshire is the proud home to some of the greatest traditional English seaside resorts in the country with Skegness, Cleethorpes and Mablethorpe. You'll find plenty of fun things to do, places to visit and fun-filled activities and attractions to entertain the whole family. For those in search of a relaxing coastal stroll, look no further than Lincolnshire's Natural Coast - offering miles of unspoilt golden sands.
Skegness
lincolnshire coast
traditional seaside
For a traditional English seaside experience heading to the Lincolnshire coast will not disappoint. Come rain or shine, entertainment is never in short supply – from family fun on the beachfront to fish ‘n’ chips to all the fun of the fair.

Cleethorpes
Cleethorpes Beach is an award-winning traditional seaside resort on the East Coast. Enjoy miles of sandy beach, donkey rides, fish and chips and more traditional seaside activities.

Skegness
Visit this award-winning, family-friendly seaside resort with golden sands, a multitude of traditional seaside attractions and activities.
The Seaside
Butlin's Skegness
Enjoy a fun-filled seaside getaway at Butlin’s Skegness. Choose a Day Pass with amazing value for money offers or stay for longer. Explore the traditional seaside fairground, indulge in tasty seaside treats and discover something suitable for all ages.
The Seaside
fun-packed family entertainment
Visit Skegness Pier for a family-friendly day out whatever the weather. Discover everything from traditional seaside amusements to laser quests and so much more.

mablethorpe
Discover this beautiful Blue Flag Award Winning beach with far-reaching soft golden sand. Enjoy donkey rides, nearby fairground, fish and chips, crazy golf and more.

Experience the natural coast
The biggest of skies and the widest of beaches, on Lincolnshire’s Natural Coast kick off your shoes and with the wind in your hair, explore and unwind. Walking, cycling, bird watching or just soak up the wide open spaces.
WALKING
Coastal Path
Take in the coastal landscape on this 26km stretch of the England Coast Path from Skegness to Mablethorpe.
coastal attractions & resorts
Chapel St Leonards – Coastal Country Park Walks
Chapel St Leonards lies on the coast at the southern edge of the Lincolnshire Coastal Country Park...
Chapel St Leonards, north of Skegness
Butlin’s Skegness Day Visits
Butlin’s is the home of entertainment and is pulling out all the stops to ensure that day visits are packed full of fun for the whole family to...
Skegness
Central Prom & Beach
Cleethorpes Central Promenade is a long stretch of unspoilt beach of fine sand with a gentle gradient ideally suited for family activities and beach...
Cleethorpes
Cleethorpes Beach
Cleethorpes beach is a long stretch of picturesque coastline. You can sit in the sun, or paddle in the waters off the...
Cleethorpes
Fantasy Island
Enjoy exhilarating rides and roller coasters that are sure to test even the bravest thrill-seekers’ nerves....
Skegness
Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre
A multi-award winning attraction which will transport you back in time to the 1950’s heyday of this famous...
Grimsby
Mablethorpe Seal Sanctuary and Wildlife Centre
Discover Mablethorpe Seal Sanctuary and Wildlife Centre and their fascinating and diverse collection of animal residents. Enjoy unique experiences to get up close and...
Mablethorpe
Natureland Seal Sanctuary
Discover Natureland Seal Sanctuary, a fun and educational day out for the whole family. Meet all kinds of animals from all over the...
Skegness
Orchard Farm Equestrian Centre
Discover luxury riding holidays and experiences at Orchard Farm Equestrian Centre. Enjoy a family-friendly experience filled with action, picturesque views and peaceful...
Skegness
Skegness Aquarium
Visit Skegness Aquarium and explore the aquatic universe of beautiful, dangerous and mesmerising sea life and creepy...
Skegness
Skegness Beach
Discover this award-winning, family-friendly seaside resort with golden sands, a multitude of traditional seaside attractions and...
Skegness
The Jungle Zoo
Come rain or shine, whatever your age find something for you to, see, learn, discover and do, at The Jungle Zoo....
Cleethorpes
Dunes Leisure Mablethorpe Fairground
Enjoy Mablethorpe Fairground for a traditional, family friendly, funfair at the end of the High Street and right next Mablethorpe’s award winning sandy beach....
Mablethorpe
Mablethorpe Beach
Visit this beautiful Blue Flag Award Winning beach with far-reaching soft golden sand. Discover donkey rides, nearby fairground, cafés, fish and chips, crazy golf and...
Mablethorpe
Radcliffe Donkey Sanctuary
Adopting a donkey is a fantastic way to help us help them! Helping to ensure care for these beautiful and often mistreated...
Skegness
Skegness Pier
Discover everything from traditional seaside amusements to Laser Quests, Virtual Reality experiences, Escape Rooms, Bowling, an American style diner and so much more...
Skegness
Skegness Seasiders
The Seasiders stop at all the key attractions, and our frequent 10 minute service means you can get around Skegness with ease. ...
Skegness
Waltham Windmill
Visit Waltham Windmill, a six-sailed windmill located in the village of Waltham, five miles from Grimsby in North East Lincolnshire, to see one of very few windmills in...
Grimsby
Big Sky Alpacas
Big Sky Alpacas is the perfect place for people who want to learn more about alpacas and experience them...
Beesby near Mablethorpe
Nunny’s Farm CIC
One of the UK’s largest urban community farms, this new 5-acre not-for-profit organisation welcomes visitors from all parts of the...
Grimsby
more things to do nearby
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Visitor Centre
Discover this rare opportunity to see historic wartime aircraft seen in flypasts at major national celebrations....
Boston
Cadwell Park
Discover one of the best motor cycling circuits in the UK just 10 miles north of Horncastle and 5 miles south of Louth....
Louth
Gibraltar Point Nature Reserve
Visit Gibraltar Point Nature Reserve on the large stretch of unspoilt coastline that runs southward from Skegness to the south of The...
Gibraltar Point
Gunby Hall
Discover the lively past of the Massingberd family in their former country house home full of character and charm with eight acres worth of gardens, sweeping formal...
Spilsby
Humber to The Wash Cycle Route
Make the most of the Lincolnshire Coast’s boundless skies and fascinating features by taking this blissfully relaxing cruise...
Humber to The Wash Area
Lincolnshire Aquapark
Enjoy many fun & challenging features to overcome with friends and family at Lincolnshire Aquapark in...
Mablethorpe
North Sea Observatory
The UK’s only purpose-built Marine Observatory, located at Chapel Point on the North edge of Chapel St...
Chapel St Leonards
Tattershall Castle
Tattershall Castle is an impressive moated building owned by the National Trust. Built by Robert de Tateshale in the 15th century having received permission from Henry...
Tattershall
Alford Manor House
Alford Manor House, dating from 1611, is of Georgian and Victorian design and is one of the largest thatched manor houses in the...
Alford
Butlin’s Skegness Day Visits
Butlin’s is the home of entertainment and is pulling out all the stops to ensure that day visits are packed full of fun for the whole family to...
Skegness
Castle to Coast Cycle Route
Enjoy this 100-mile cycle route from Lincoln Castle to the Lincolnshire Coast and back again retiring via the scenic Lincolnshire...
Lincoln
Claythorpe Watermill
Claythorpe Watermill is a small, family run attraction set in the grounds of an 18th century watermill. The mill last ran in the late 1970s but you can still see the...
Aby, near Alford
Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway
Sit back and enjoy a ride behind one of the narrow gauge steam or diesel locomotives. The two mile return journey offesr a relaxing way to enjoy beautiful...
Cleethorpes
EBB & FLO Living
EBB & FLO Living are a water sports and life style brand promoting positive mental and physical wellbeing located in...
Cleethorpes
Fantasy Island
Enjoy exhilarating rides and roller coasters that are sure to test even the bravest thrill-seekers’ nerves....
Skegness
Grimsby Auditorium
Grimsby Auditorium is a leading entertainments venue in the North East of Lincolnshire operated by Lincs...
Grimsby
Hubbard’s Hills
Hubbard's Hills is an Area of Natural Beauty with a unique glacial overspill channel formed as a result of the last ice...
Louth
Kenwick Park Golf Club
Discover the golf course located in an area of outstanding natural beauty in the heart of the Lincolnshire Wolds. Adjacent is the Kenwick Park Hotel which offers fine...
Louth
Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre
Visit this living memorial to the 55,500 men of Bomber Command who lost their lives....
Spilsby
Market Rasen Golf Club
Challenging course and picturesque heathland featuring natural hazards such a the River Rase that run through the...
Market Rasen
Meridian Showground
The Meridian Showground is a multi purpose events ground situated at the southern end of the resort of Cleethorpes....
Cleethorpes
Pretty Little Acorns Jewellery
Pretty Little Acorns Jewellery hold weekly silversmithing workshops in their garden studio. You don't need any experience to take...
Humberston, near Grimsby
Red Hill Nature Reserve
Discover Red Hill Nature Reserve, a steep natural chalk escarpment with acres of plateaued wild landscape with wild flower...
Stenigot, Louth
The Embassy Theatre Skegness
The Skegness Embassy Theatre is multi-purpose auditorium hosting stars, events and works closely with the local community on a regular...
Skegness
Woodhall Spa Woods
Woodhall Spa Woods boasts beautiful broadleaf woodland, with scenic accessible routes and provides habitats for various...
Woodhall Spa
Bolingbroke Castle
Visit the remains of a 13th century hexagonal castle, birthplace in 1367 of the future King Henry IV, with adjacent earthworks....
Spilsby
Chapel Marsh Pit
Chapel Marsh Pit was created in 1953 after clay was extracted to repair the sea...
Chapel St Leonards
Chapel St Leonards to Skegness Promenade Cycling
Discover spectacular scenery on this cycle route from Chapel St Leonards to Skegness Promenade. Enjoy cycling along this flat surface, the ideal route for the casual...
Skegness
Cleethorpes Seafront Birding Trail
Cleethorpes seafront's location and variety of habitats make it attractive to numerous species, especially migrating and over-wintering...
Cleethorpes
Donna Nook National Nature Reserve Birding Trail
Well-known as a breeding colony for grey seals, Donna Nook is also a great birdwatching site with over 250 species recorded on the reserve and surrounding...
Coastline between Grainthorpe Haven in the north and Saltfleet
Dunes Leisure Mablethorpe Fairground
Enjoy Mablethorpe Fairground for a traditional, family friendly, funfair at the end of the High Street and right next Mablethorpe’s award winning sandy beach....
Mablethorpe
Humber Bridge
The Humber Bridge is a Grade 1 listed landmark and is the longest bridge allowing passengers to cross by foot or bicycle....
Barton upon Humber
Huttoft Bank Pit Nature Reserve
A former clay pit that features open water and extensive reedbeds. Fifteen species of duck have been recorded here and moorhen, water rail, reed bunting, reed and sedge...
Huttoft, near Alford
Lincolnshire Coastal Country Park Birding Trail
The Lincolnshire Coastal Country Park is a stretch of 5 miles of coastline running from Sandilands to Chapel St Leonards, and inland to Hogsthorpe, Mumby, Anderby and...
Sandilands to Chapel St Leonards, and inland to Hogsthorpe, Mumby, Anderby and Huttoft.
Lincolnshire Limewoods
Bardney Limewoods National Nature Reserve contains Britain’s largest concentration of woodland dominated by small-leaved...
Bardney, Lincoln
Saltfleetby Theddlethorpe Dunes
Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe Dunes National Nature Reserve is open all year, but for dune flora May-June is recommended, May-October for migrant birds and the winter months...
Saltfleetby, near Louth
Sandilands Pit Nature Reserve
One of the smaller former clay pits which supports many duck species. Snipe like wet grassland and marsh and listen out for the males who makes a ‘drumming’ sound...
Sandilands
Skegness Pier
Discover everything from traditional seaside amusements to Laser Quests, Virtual Reality experiences, Escape Rooms, Bowling, an American style diner and so much more...
Skegness
Skegness Seasiders
The Seasiders stop at all the key attractions, and our frequent 10 minute service means you can get around Skegness with ease. ...
Skegness
St Wilfred’s Church
St. Wilfrid’s Church celebrated its 650 year anniversary in the year 2000. There are some original features including a 14th Century...
Alford
Sutton on Sea to Chapel St Leonards Promenade Cycling
Discover eye catching scenery on this cycle route from Sutton on Sea to Chapel St...
Sutton-on-Sea
Tattershall Lakes Water Park
For thrill seekers – wake boarding, jet skis and a fabulous aquapark. For those looking to take it easier there’s pedalo...
Tattershall
Walled Garden Baumber
Walled Garden Baumber is an innovative and exciting garden, full of hidden surprises and vastly different from the traditional kitchen garden that it once...
Baumber near Horncastle
Waltham Windmill
Visit Waltham Windmill, a six-sailed windmill located in the village of Waltham, five miles from Grimsby in North East Lincolnshire, to see one of very few windmills in...
Grimsby
Wolla Bank Pit Nature Reserve
Wolla Bank Pit is flooded clay pits with Wolla Bank Reedbed on the opposite side of the road. A range of chalk-land flora as well as colonies of common spotted-orchid....
Anderby
Lincolnshire Wolds Cycle Route
Discover the Lincolnshire Wolds on bike as you cycle through quiet towns and villages, past abbeys, castles, stately homes and century old farms and some of the oldest...
The Wolds Area
Mumby to Hogsthorpe – Coastal Country Park Walks
The villages of Mumby and Hogsthorpe lie within the Lincolnshire Coastal Country Park (LCCP) a few miles inland from the coast....
Mumby - Hogsthorpe
food & drink in the area
The View Cafe Bar
A 'Hidden Gem' on the seafront at Winthorpe serving Specialist Coffees, Teas,Milkshake Deluxe and a selection of Wines, Ciders and...
Skegness
Papa’s Fish & Chips
With phenomenal views and unrivaled access to Cleethorpes Central Promenade – Cleethorpes Pier is one of Lincolnshire’s most iconic venue....
Cleethorpes
The Fat Seagull
Based in Sandilands, the Fat Seagull Café, Bistro and Shop serves a variety of delicious foods, from cakes and pastries to fine fish dinners....
Sutton-on-Sea
The Pig & Whistle
The Pig & Whistle, located in Lincolnshire is attached to Healing Manor and open to all. Serving pub food and...
Healing, Grimsby
Bateman’s Brewery
Bateman’s Brewery pride themseles on giving one of the best brewery tours and tutored tastings in the country. The tour guides are knowledgeable, insightful and full...
Skegness
Coastal Distillery
Housed within a printworks, 400 yards from a sandy beach on the Lincolnshire coast, Coastal Distillery set out about turning the concept into a finished product, using...
Mablethorpe
Hussey’s Fish and Chips
Discover Hussey's Fish & Chips for a family run seaside restaurant located just a stones through away from famous The Clock Tower in Skegness's centre. Take away, or...
Skegness
Ocean Fish Bar
Established for over 14 years, Ocean Fish Bar is a family-run, award winning fish and chip restaurant based in Cleethorpes. The successful fish restaurant was originally...
Cleethorpes
Spirt of Skegness Gin
Get the complete gin experience as you visit the gin and rum distillery, private bar, bottle shop and venue in Skegness. Whether it’s the Jolly Fisherman Skegness Gin...
Skegness
Steel’s Fish and Chips
Enjoy a traditional portion of fish and chips at the Steels Corner House restaurant, which dates back to 1946. Steels also offer other British classics, such as roast...
Cleethorpes
The Half Moon Hotel and Restaurant
The Half Moon Hotel located in the historic market town of Alford, is just a short walk away from the Alford Manor House and town...
Alford
Trawlers Catch
Discover a nautical themed fish and chip shop with a pirates twist! Offering fine, large portions of fish & chips and much much more, Trawlers Catch, more than just a...
Skegness
discover the natural coast
Anderby Creek
Anderby Creek is 4 kilometres North from Chapel St. Leonards, is this beautiful long stretch of sandy unspoilt beach framed by sand...
Anderby Creek
Chapel Point
Chapel Point Beach is relatively quiet and features a charming row of traditional privately owned beach huts....
Chapel St Leonards
Gibraltar Point Nature Reserve
Visit Gibraltar Point Nature Reserve on the large stretch of unspoilt coastline that runs southward from Skegness to the south of The...
Gibraltar Point
North Sea Observatory
The UK’s only purpose-built Marine Observatory, located at Chapel Point on the North edge of Chapel St...
Chapel St Leonards
Donna Nook
Donna Nook is a treasured landscape in the UK with Britain being home to 40% of the world’s grey seal...
Donna Nook, Louth
Frampton Marsh
Discover one of Europe’s most important locations for for freshwater wildlife. Gain access to close-up views of...
Boston
Freiston Shore
Discover this naturally regenerated salt marsh area providing valuable wildlife habitats all year round and excellent views for the...
Boston
Sandilands Beach
Sandilands is a beautiful, natural golden sandy beach stretching for miles. It is clean and picturesque and is dog friendly...
Sandilands, Mablethorpe
Sutton on Sea
Discover Sutton-On-Sea, a small coastal village with an excellent well-kept, golden sandy beach, the perfect traditional seaside...
Suttton on Sea
Chapel Marsh Pit
Chapel Marsh Pit was created in 1953 after clay was extracted to repair the sea...
Chapel St Leonards
Huttoft Bank Pit Nature Reserve
A former clay pit that features open water and extensive reedbeds. Fifteen species of duck have been recorded here and moorhen, water rail, reed bunting, reed and sedge...
Huttoft, near Alford
Saltfleet
Unspoilt sandy beach backed by sand dunes. The beach is a truly vast expanse and the tide never seems to fully come in here and at low tide it can be a good walk to the...
Saltfleet, near Louth
Saltfleetby Theddlethorpe Dunes
Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe Dunes National Nature Reserve is open all year, but for dune flora May-June is recommended, May-October for migrant birds and the winter months...
Saltfleetby, near Louth
Sandilands Pit Nature Reserve
One of the smaller former clay pits which supports many duck species. Snipe like wet grassland and marsh and listen out for the males who makes a ‘drumming’ sound...
Sandilands
Wolla Bank Pit Nature Reserve
Wolla Bank Pit is flooded clay pits with Wolla Bank Reedbed on the opposite side of the road. A range of chalk-land flora as well as colonies of common spotted-orchid....
Anderby
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North East Coast
enjoy Grimsby & Cleethorpes
Explore these two vibrant coastal towns in North East Lincolnshire. From Grimsby's rich fishing heritage to family attractions and activities in Cleethorpes, not to mention award-winning fish & chips.