What is there to see and do in Cleethorpes?

Cleethorpes

Cleethorpes is an English seaside resort on the East coast of the United Kingdom.

It has sandy beaches, a perfectly flat promenade and a pier.

Cleethorpes is a pretty resort with a lovely atmosphere.

Where is Cleethorpes

You will find Cleethorpes on the east coast of the United Kingdom, in Northeast Lincolnshire.

Cleethorpes sits on the Humber Estuary.

Where to park in Cleethorpes

We chose to park at the leisure centre for the day. The postcode for the leisure centre car park is DN35 OAJ. Current costs are £3 for 4 hours and £5 for 8hours.

We chose this car park as dogs are allowed on the beach to the right of the leisure centre, so Archie could have a good run before we headed off to explore.

Across the road from the Leisure Centre, in the direction of the main beach, are the Kingsway Public Toilets.

Our day in Cleethorpes

We only had about 4 or 5 hours in Cleethorpes as we had left home that morning and were heading to our holiday accommodation in North Humberside that afternoon. But it was the perfect stop off and we plan to do it again weather permitting, when we go to Yorkshire later this year.

Before parking up at Cleethorpes Leisure Centre, we made a stop at Cleethorpes McDonalds at Meridian Point for the loo (us and the dog 😊) and breakfast.

Once all parked up at the Leisure Centre, we headed to the dog friendly part of the beach. To be honest once on the beach it’s not completely clear what the boundary is for the dog area, plus it was quite boggy in parts. Poor Archie (our Springer Spaniel) ended up with blue legs from whatever was in the bog!!! Needless to say, we popped him back on the lead and made our way back to the promenade!

The promenade is fabulous, it is a decent way away from the road and it has just lovely views of the coastline. It also has absolutely loads of benches.

There is nothing nicer than on a warm sunny English day, sitting back and watching the world go by.

There is a land train if you don’t fancy the walk to the other end of the promenade.

Some of the seating areas have been created quite cleverly, one had a snakes and ladders game on the ground in front of the seating, with the spinner on the wall. An awesome addition!

We ambled along the prom until we reached the Pier. As below the Pier is actually a Fish and Chip restaurant. The food was amazing (in particular the curry sauce OMG!!), as were the views and we were able to eat on the terrace with our dog.

We walked off our food heading a little further up the promenade, past the train station, it was then time to head back to the car for the next part of our journey.

One thing to be careful of, there were lots of school trips with small children on the beach on the day we were there. Which is fine, until we were about to head off and they were all queuing for the loo before they got back on their coach ☹. Pleased we weren’t desperate!!

What is there to see and do  in Cleethorpes

Pier

Cleethorpes Pier is amazing, it is actually a huge fish and chips restaurant, with a takeaway on site too. I would highly recommend eating here. Great food, lovely staff and an awesome view. As above the curry sauce was out of this world!

We had our dog with us and we were able to sit on a table outside with him.

Cleethorpes | Papas | Britain’s Best Fish & Chips (papasfishandchips.com)

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Cleethorpes Coast light railway

One of Britain’s oldest seaside miniature railways. It travels a 2 mile journey with a view of the Humberside coast, travelling from Cleethorpes Promenade to the main station at Lakeside (near the Premier Inn)

Home « Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway (cclr.co.uk)

Lollipop Road Train

Dogs are welcome on a short lead.

Lollipop Train Cleethorpes the land train where the children get a lolly

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Jungle Zoo

A small family zoo found on Kings Road at DN35 0AG

We didn’t visit, but the prices look really reasonable, for example a family ticket (2 adults and 2 children) is £16.

HOME | Cleethorpes | The Jungle Zoo

Open Top Buses

Cleethorpes Open-top Bus | Stagecoach (stagecoachbus.com)

Beach

Clean, sandy and large

Shops

Cleethorpes has many of its shops down Seaview Street, Market Street and the main high street of St Peters Avenue.

Cleethorpes Boating Lake

There is a sandpit and paddling pool here, plus lots of swans, ducks, geese and moorhens.

It is located on Kings Road at DN35 0AG

Bowling Alley

Welcome to Cleethorpes Ten-Pin Bowl – Cleethorpes Bowling Alley (cleethorpes-bowling.co.uk)

Parkway Cinema

Welcome to Parkway Cleethorpes (parkwaycinemas.co.uk)

Train Station

Cleethorpes Station | Information & Facilities – Northern (northernrailway.co.uk)

Leisure Centre

Cleethorpes Leisure Centre (lincsinspire.com)

Golf Club

CLEETHORPES GOLF CLUB

Cleethorpes Country Park

Cleethorpes-Country-Park-2020.pdf (nelincs.gov.uk)

Meridian Showground

Meridian Showground | Facebook

Where is there to eat in Cleethorpes?

At Meridian Point on Kings Road, post code DN35 0AO, which is a short distance from the coast there are the following restaurants with parking.

• Brewers Fayre
• KFC
• Subway
• McDonalds
• The Wellow – Hungry Horse

As above we ate at Papas Fish and Chips which is on the pier. Here you can choose from eating in the restaurant or take away.

Where to stay near Cleethorpes

We stayed in Sand Le Mere holiday park which is north of the Humber bridge. There will be a review of Sand Le Mere next month.

Yorkshire Coast Holiday Park | Sand Le Mere Holiday Village (sand-le-mere.co.uk)

There is a Haven site near Cleethorpes.

Thorpe Park Holiday Park in Cleethorpes, Lincs | Haven

Are Cleethorpes Beaches dog friendly?

Dogs are banned from the main beach during the summer season but allowed to the right of the leisure centre. As above I wouldn’t recommend it as an off-lead space unless you want to walk quite a way to get to a better space.