Skegness
Skegness is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Lindsey District of Lincolnshire, England.
Skegness is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Lindsey District of Lincolnshire, England. On the Lincolnshire coast of the North Sea, the town is 47 miles (76 km) east of Lincoln and 25 miles (40 km) north-east of Boston. With a population of 21,128 as of 2021, it is the largest settlement in East Lindsey. It incorporates Winthorpe and Seacroft, and forms a larger built-up area with the resorts of Ingoldmells and Chapel St Leonards to the north. The town is on the A52 and A158 roads, connecting it with Boston and the East Midlands, and Lincoln respectively. Skegness railway station is on the Nottingham to Skegness line.
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Worth seeing in and around Skegness
5 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.
- 01Fantasy Island
Fantasy Island Resort is a resort theme park located in Ingoldmells on the east coast of Lincolnshire, UK. It opened in 1995 and is owned by the Mellors Group. The park features an outdoor selection of rides as well as an indoor entertainment complex situated in a steel pyramid.
5.3 km · Family amusement park in Ingoldmells, near Skegness on the East Coast of England · Wikipedia - 02Former Skegness Convalescent Home
Skegness Town Hall is a municipal building on North Parade in Skegness, a town in Lincolnshire in England. The building, which served as a convalescent home before being converted for municipal use, is a Grade II listed building.
700 m · building in Skegness, Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway
The Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway is a 2 ft narrow gauge heritage railway in Skegness. It has previously been located on two other sites, originally as an industrial railway, and later as a heritage line near Cleethorpes.
3.7 km · narrow gauge heritage railway · Wikipedia - 04Skegness Pier
Skegness Pier is a pleasure pier in Skegness, Lincolnshire, England. Opened in June 1881, it was at the time the fourth longest in England, originally stretching a length of 1,844 ft.
300 m · pier in Lincolnshire, England · Wikipedia - 05The Village Church Farm Museum
The Village Church Farm, formerly known as Church Farm Museum, is an open-air museum of local and agricultural history near Skegness, Lincolnshire, England. There are a number of traditional indigenous buildings, including a thatched "mud and stud" cottage, moved from the nearby village of Withern, the original 18th-century farmhouse, and a 19th-century stable block and cowshed.
1.2 km · open-air museum of local and agricultural history near Skegness, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Natureland Seal Sanctuary
Opens at 10AM every day except for Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.
- 02Bateman's Brewery Visitors Centre
Mill Ln, Wainfleet, PE24 4JE, ccharlton@bateman.co.uk.
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Things to do
- 01Bottons Pleasure Beach
Free entry to the park and the rides are either paid for by tokens or a wristband, which offers unlimited rides all day.
- 02Skegness Pier
Grand Parade, PE25 2UE.
- 03Imperial Ballroom
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Where to eat
Skegness has many restaurants and cafes. There are many high street chains, and many independent establishments.
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Getting to Skegness
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 117 km · London Stansted (STN), 140 km · London Luton (LTN), 149 km
- Stations
- Skegness railway station, 600 m · Havenhouse railway station, 5.7 km
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Skegness102 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · £12–16
- London, Essex → Skegness185 km · quickest by road, 4h 13m · £21–27
- London → Skegness185 km · quickest by road, 4h 13m · £21–27
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Skegness
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 Skegness. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe nearest ferry port to Skegness is King George Dock in Hull.
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Next door to Skegness
- Addlethorpevillage in Lincolnshire, England, UK6 km
- Ingoldmellscoastal village, civil parish and resort in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England5.4 km
- Winthorpevillage in Lincolnshire, United Kingdom2.4 km
- Seacroftvillage in Lincolnshire, England, UK2.1 km
- Ashington Endvillage in Lincolnshire, United Kingdom4.6 km