--- title: "Cleethorpes – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Cleethorpes, United Kingdom: Cleethorpes is a seaside town on the estuary of the Humber in North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England with a…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/cleethorpes" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/cleethorpes.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Cleethorpes_MMB_22.jpg/1920px-Cleethorpes_MMB_22.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- Seaside resort town in Lincolnshire, England · United Kingdom # Cleethorpes Cleethorpes is a seaside town on the estuary of the Humber in North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England with a population of 29,670 in 2021. ![Cleethorpes](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Cleethorpes_MMB_22.jpg/1920px-Cleethorpes_MMB_22.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Cleethorpes · mattbuck The place Cleethorpes is a seaside town on the estuary of the Humber in North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England with a population of 29,670 in 2021. It has been permanently occupied since the 6th century, with fishing as its original industry, and then developing into a resort in the 19th century. Before becoming a unified town, Cleethorpes was made up of the three small villages of Itterby, Oole and Thrunscoe. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleethorpes), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## 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. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blundell_Park) 2. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimsby_Minster) 3. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimsby_Dock_Tower) 4. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasure_Island_Family_Theme_Park) 5. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Grimsby) 6. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporation_Bridge) 7. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleethorpes_Town_Hall) 8. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleethorpes_Pier) 9. Grimsby Combined Court Centre Grimsby Combined Court Centre is a Crown Court venue which deals with criminal cases, as well as a County Court venue, which deals with civil cases, in Town Hall Square, Grimsby, England. 4.2 km · judicial building in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimsby_Combined_Court_Centre) 10. People's Park People's Park is a late 19th-century public park in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England laid out in a residential area south of the town centre. The park is Grade II\* listed as, although enhanced, the park's design is essentially unchanged from its original layout of the early 1880s. 4.2 km · park in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Park,_Grimsby) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Eat ## 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](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Cleethorpes), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Go there ## 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 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/leeds-west-yorkshire-to-cleethorpes) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Leeds%2C+West+Yorkshire&to=Cleethorpes) - Nottingham, Leicestershire → Cleethorpes 100 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · £11–15 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/nottingham-leicestershire-to-cleethorpes) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Nottingham%2C+Leicestershire&to=Cleethorpes) - Manchester, Greater Manchester → Cleethorpes 146 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · £18–23 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/manchester-greater-manchester-to-cleethorpes) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Manchester%2C+Greater+Manchester&to=Cleethorpes) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Cleethorpes) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Cleethorpes 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. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in It's also a base for helicopter transfers to the offshore oil and gas rigs, and for private aviation. From [Wikivoyage: Grimsby](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Grimsby), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Isle of Wight](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-wight) GB 11 ways of moving, 22 sources 330 km 2. [Vlieland](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vlieland) NL 10 ways of moving, 47 sources 333 km 3. [Isle of Arran](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-arran) GB 10 ways of moving, 36 sources 399 km 4. [Lundy](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lundy) GB 7 ways of moving, 11 sources 411 km 5. [Tarbert, Loch Fyne and Kintyre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tarbert-loch-fyne) GB 9 ways of moving, 15 sources 431 km If you know how people move in Cleethorpes – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Ccleethorpes&title=Cleethorpes&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fcleethorpes), and the note gets an entry. 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