Did you know that Cleethorpes is 2517 miles from the North Pole? And 9919 miles from the South Pole and 3481 miles from New York? We can inform you of this because the Greenwich meridian passes through this seaside town, telling all how far it is to these far flung places. Stick to the Lincolnshire coast instead: it’s much handier, and Cleethorpes is only 143 miles from London for capital city dwellers looking north for a seaside week. (If you’re a biker, make sure a Cleethorpes camping trip from anywhere in the land includes a Thursday: the Hawaiian Eye Bike Night is every Thursday evening at the café on Central Promenade. We take no responsibility for outbreaks of bike envy.)
Book a Cleethorpes campsite to take also Pleasure on the rollercoasters and rides of Pleasure Island, the Cleethorpes theme park, and stroll along the seafront among award-winning blooms. The seafront Lollipop train is also an award-winner, although we are a little disconcerted to discover that lollipops are given out to children only. From Cleethorpes, it’s 38 miles north to Skegness, 26 south to Mablethorpe and about a half hour drive inland to Louth and the Lincolnshire Wolds – rather more manageable distances than the North and South Poles…
