Discover Skegness, Lincolnshire

Skegness Pier, Skegness, Lincolnshire, England: Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lynn_and_Inner_Dowsing_Wind_Farm_3511987905.jpg
Author: Jo Jakeman


Skegness is a seaside resort in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. This was where the Butlins chain of holiday camps opened its first report in the United Kingdom, helping to place Skegness on the map of seaside destinations in the country. The town has a population of some 20,000 people (2012 estimate).

Skegness dates back to the Danish period of English history, when Viking raiders established settlements along the coast, between the 9th to the 11th century. However it did not feature on the Domesday Book survey carried out in 1086.

Skegness remained an insignificant fishing village and port until the 19th century, when the construction of the Great Northern Railway connecting it to King's Cross Station in London spurred tourism development.

During the 19th and early 20th century, most of the land in town belonged to the Earl of Scarbrough. Realising the potential of the town to attract holiday makers from the industrial towns in the English Midlands - a success enjoyed by Thomas Cook - he set forth to plan a holiday town in 1877. It grew quickly and was all the rage in the early 20th century. It decline in the post World War II years, when UK holidaymakers began to take their vacation in cheaper destinations in Spain.

St Matthew's Church, Skegness: Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Matthew,_Skegness_-_geograph.org.uk_-_822555.jpg
Author: Dave Hitchborne

Visiting Skegness

From London, take the M1 motorway until exit 21A to the A46 road near Leicester. Take the A46 north passing Newark-on-Trent. Continue on until Lincoln, where you take the A158 road heading east until arriving in Skegness.

Places of Interest in Skegness

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