Skegness

Skegness Pier

Skegness is a seaside town in Lincolnshire. It has many visitors on a regular basis, mostly to Butlins Skegness. It's very bracing.

Get in

By car

Skegness is reached by the A158 from the west or the A52 from the south or north.

• 1 North End Car Park, 36 Sea View Rd, Pullover Nost, Skegness PE25 1BF. (updated Feb 2021)

By bus

Local bus services run from Boston, Mablethorpe and Lincoln. Long distance bus services, and charters, run from virtually everywhere in Great Britain.

By train

Train services run from the midlands to 2 Skegness railway station via Boston.

By plane

The nearest airport to Skegness is Humberside Airport (HUY ^IATA). A distance of 40 miles.

By boat

The nearest ferry port to Skegness is King George Dock in Hull. A distance of 47 miles.

Get around

Local bus services run along the coast at regular intervals.

• Service 1, 1A: Skegness – Ingoldmells – Chapel St. Leonards.
• Service 3: Coastal Cruiser open topper.
• Service 4: Butlins – Fantasy Island.
• Service 5: Skegness – Butlins.
• Service 9: Skegness – Mablethorpe – Skegness.

See

• 1 Natureland Seal Sanctuary, North Parade, PE25 1DB, ☏ +44 1754 764345. Opens at 10AM every day except for Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day. Adults £6.50, Children £4.20, Under 3's free.  
• 2 Bateman's Brewery Visitors Centre, Mill Ln, Wainfleet, PE24 4JE, ☏ +44 1754 882030, ccharlton@bateman.co.uk.  

Do

• 1 Bottons Pleasure Beach, Grand Parade, PE25 2UQ, ☏ +44 1754 763697. Funfair on the sea front. Free entry to the park and the rides are either paid for by tokens or a wristband, which offers unlimited rides all day. 
• Have your palm read by one of the many Romany Clairvoyants on the sea front
• A must for children is a ride on one of the lovely Skegness donkeys on the beach
• 2 Skegness Pier, Grand Parade, PE25 2UE.  
• 3 Imperial Ballroom (at The Grosvenor House Hotel), North Parade, PE25 2TE (Opposite Skegness Pier on the Seafront), ☏ +44 1754 763376, info@grosvenor-skegness.co.uk. Various to suit. Home of ballroom, sequence & Latin dancing. Superb art deco ballroom on 1st floor of this mock Tudor hotel. Also has international tribute acts and special weekenders including Motown, country, modernist, rock 'n' roll and Northern soul. Many past masters have appeared in the Imperial Ballroom. Various depending on event. (updated May 2017)
• Fantasy Island is a funfair just north of Butlins on Ingoldmells beach. There are several caravan sites around it.

Buy

The obligatory stick of rock!

• 1 Hildreds Shopping Centre, Briar Way, PE25 3NR. M - Sa 8AM - 8PM, Su 10AM - 5PM. Small shopping centre comprising 26 high street names. 

Eat

Skegness has many restaurants and cafes. There are many high street chains, and many independent establishments.

Drink

There are many clubs and pubs in Skegness. There are lots in the highstreet. This is "the hub" of most businesses in Skegness.

Sleep

• 1 Ivydene Hotel, 39 - 41 Drummond Road, PE25 3EB, ☏ +44 1754 763834. 
• 2 Butlin's Skegness', Ingoldmells, PE25 1NJ. Mainly consists of budget and premium self-catering rooms and apartments. There is a wide range of family entertainment as well as swimming pools and sporting activities, and is by the beach with transport links into Skegness. Butlins Skegness is the first of Billy Butlin's holiday camps. (There are three Butlins resorts: Bognor Regis, Minehead and Skegness.) Open to day visitors on certain dates, and for holidays it's open all year. 

• 3 Serena Court Hotel, 43 Drummond Road, PE25 3EQ, ☏ +44 1754 766376. 
• 4 Park Resorts Southview, Near Skegness, PE25 2LA. Offers a wide variety of accommodation types which include lodges, caravans, chalets and apartments whilst also having a hotel. Onsite, there is a swimming pool, golf course and a number of restaurants and entertainment. Also open to tourers. 
• 5 Richmond Holiday Centre, PE25 3TQ. A caravan park which has a leisure complex with pool, spa and sauna as well as amusement arcades and sports facilities. It also has a good selection of places to eat as well as some shops. Also open to tourers. 
• 6 Grosvenor House Hotel, North Parade (seafront opposite Skegness Pier), ☏ +44 1754 763376, info@grosvenor-skegness.co.uk. Check-in: 2PM, check-out: 11AM. Known for live ballroom dancing, it features children’s entertainment and a full a la carte menu at Jubilee Bar & Carvery. Breakfast £3-8 from 8AM to midday. Full menu from midday through 9PM with 2 x bar meals for £12. Carvery Wednesdays (midday to 3PM & 5-8PM) & Sundays 11:30AM through 6PM. Carvery served every day during peak times. Main menu available entire opening times until 9PM. Also has a large selection of beers to include Fosters, Carling, John Smith's, Strongbow, Strongbow Dark Fruits, San Miquel, Guiness, Kronenburg 1664 and many bottled beers from around the world, plus a range of spirits and fine wines. Offering nightly live entertainment 7 days a week in season and 5 nights in mid season. They have a large selection of single, double, triple and family rooms with up to five beds, many with sea views. Wedding & conference facilities, room hire also available. From £35. (updated May 2017)
• Butlin's Skegness Caravan Village, Ingoldmells, PE25 1NJ (opposite the main Butlin's resort). This caravan village is owned by Bourne Leisure, the same company as Butlin's, and offers direct access to the main resort. No other caravan park offers this. As well as including access to the main resort, the caravan village offers its own entertainment. (updated Jun 2018)
• 7 The Quorn, 11 North Parade, PE25 2UB (seafront opposite Skegness Pier), ☏ +44 1754 763508, reservations@quornhotel.net. (updated Sep 2020)

Connect

As of July 2022, Skegness has 4G from all UK carriers, but with dead spots on the approach roads. 5G has not reached this area.

Go next

Routes through Skegness

Nottingham ← Boston ←

SW  N

→ Mablethorpe