Cleethorpes

Worth seeing in and around Cleethorpes

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Blundell Park

   Blundell Park is a football ground in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England and home to Grimsby Town Football Club. The stadium was built in 1899, but only one of the original stands remains.

   2.5 km · football ground in North East Lincolnshire, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Grimsby Minster

   Grimsby Minster is a minster and parish church in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England. Dedicated to St James, the church belongs to the Church of England and is within the Diocese of Lincoln.

   4.6 km · church in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Grimsby Dock Tower

   Grimsby Dock Tower is a hydraulic accumulator tower and a maritime landmark at the entrance to the Royal Dock, Grimsby, in North East Lincolnshire, England. It was completed on 27 March 1852, based on William Armstrong's idea of the hydraulic accumulator, with the purpose of containing a 30,000-imperial-gallon reservoir at a height of 200 feet, that was used to provide hydraulic power to power the machinery of the Grimsby Docks.

   4.6 km · Grade I listed tower in North East Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Pleasure Island Family Theme Park

   Pleasure Island Family Theme Park was a theme park in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England. It was commonly known as Pleasure Island.

   1.4 km · 1993–2016 amusement park in Lincolnshire, England · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Corporation Bridge

   The Corporation Bridge is a Scherzer rolling lift bascule bridge over the Old Dock in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England. Built in 1925, it replaced an earlier swing bridge dating to 1872.

   4.5 km · Grade II listed bridge in Grimsby, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   St Mary's Church, Grimsby

   St Mary's Church or its full name St Mary on the Sea Church is a Roman Catholic Parish Church in Grimsby, Lincolnshire. It was built from 1880 to 1883.

   3.6 km · church building in North East Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Council House

   Cleethorpes Town Hall is a municipal structure in Knoll Street, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Cleethorpes Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.

   600 m · house in North East Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Cleethorpes Pier

   Cleethorpes Pier is a pleasure pier in the town of Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England. It was opened in 1873 and was a much longer structure than at present.

   900 m · pleasure pier in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Church of St Peter

   The Church of St Peter is the Grade II* listed Anglican parish church for the village of Holton-le-Clay in Lincolnshire. It is dedicated to St Peter and consists of chancel, nave, and an embattled tower with three bells.

   5.9 km · church in Holton-le-Clay, Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Humberston Abbey

    Humberston Abbey was an abbey in Humberston, Lincolnshire, England. The Benedictine Abbey of Saint Mary and Saint Peter was founded in 1160 by William son of Ralf, son of Drogo, son of Hermer, as an abbey of the Tironensian Order.

    2.9 km · abbey in Humberston, North East Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Where to eat

Numerous small places, both eat-in and carry-out, offer the traditional British seaside fare of fish and chips, pizza, kebabs, chicken foo yong and lamb bhuna, to be followed by more chips. Papa's Fish & Chips, Pier DN35 8SF,. Daily 11:30AM-9PM. 500-seater restaurant opened in April 2017, reinvigorating the pier. Is this the biggest fish & chips shop in the galaxy? It's certainly the biggest on Cleethorpes Pier.

From Wikivoyage: Cleethorpes, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Cleethorpes

Airports

Leeds Bradford (LBA), 113 km · East Midlands (EMA), 118 km · Manchester (MAN), 151 km

Stations

Grimsby Town railway station, 4.5 km · New Clee railway station, 3.4 km · Grimsby Docks railway station, 4.3 km · Cleethorpes railway station, 1.1 km · Grimsby (Corporation Bridge) electric railway station, 4.5 km

• Leeds, West Yorkshire → Cleethorpes

  103 km · quickest by road, 1h 40m · £11–15
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Cleethorpes

  100 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · £11–15
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• Manchester, Greater Manchester → Cleethorpes

  146 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · £18–23
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Cleethorpes. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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