Walk the England Coast Path – Skegness to Mablethorpe

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Walk the England Coast Path – Skegness to Mablethorpe

By Dave Roberts   

on December 20, 2020   No ratings yet.

Posted in Official England Coast Path Route, Official England Coast Path Route - North East

Walk the England Coast Path – Skegness to Mablethorpe

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Route Summary:

Open to the public

Distance: 26.3 km

Ascent: 95 m

Time: 6 hours or so

Start and Finish: Skegness to Mablethorpe

Facilities:

A good choice of facilities at the numerous seaside resorts on the walk, but note that many will be seasonal and in the quieter sections may be closed in the off-season or run limited hours.

Keep an eye out for:

Clouds and the big skies.

Public Transport:

The no 59 runs hourly buses between Skegness and Mablethorpe that also calls in at Sutton on Sea and Chapel St Leonards. Skegness has a railway station where you can catch a train to Boston.

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Walk the England Coast Path – Skegness to Mablethorpe Ordnance Survey Map and GPX File Download

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Walk the England Coast Path – Skegness to Mablethorpe

The England Coast Path from Sunny Skeg to Mablethorpe is the first official section of the coastal path to open in Lincolnshire. Following the North Sea coast through numerous seaside resorts, including Ingoldmells, Chapel St Leonards, Anderby Creek, Sutton on Sea and finally Mablethorpe. Wide skies and sandy beaches all the way, with a Cloud Bar to observe the clouds at Anderby Creek.

Natural England have created a video of the section:

Skegness to Chapel St Leonards

From the seaside resort of Skegness, the England Coast Path heads along the prom, past numerous rides and amusements that you can try out if you wish. Of particular note is the pier, or what remains if it. One look at the map shows a pier that ends above the high water mark, which is indeed correct as it was largely destroyed in a storm in 1978.

There are endless caravans to accommodate the thousands who flock to the sandy beaches as the England Coast Path continues past Seathorne, Ingoldmells Point and on into Chapel St Leonards. You’ll pass the Fantasy Island theme park as well as the Butlins Holiday Park which was the first to be built in 1936.

Clock Tower
The remains of Skegness pier 1979 On 11th January 1978, Skegness pier along with the piers at Margate, Herne Bay and Hunstanton, were damaged by a northerly gale with high spring tides.
Skegness Pier
End of the pier Skegness Pier is only about a third of its original length, the rest of it having been lost in winter storms in 1978. Offshore wind turbines on the horizon, one of two groups of 27 windmills each recently erected.
Amusement Park, Skegness View north west from the beach towards the amusement park.
Holiday homes Static caravans at Ingoldmells with the Fantasy Island roller coaster looming behind

Chapel St Leonards to Mablethorpe – The Coastal Country Park

The section from Chapel St Leonards onward is much quieter, especially along the Coastal Country Park between Chapel and Sutton on Sea. Chapel St Leonards is a small and well kept seaside resort, much quieter than those you’ve already passed. The Coastal Country Park is quiet and there are facilities all along the stretch at all the car parks, and the village of Anderby Creek also has cafe and pubs if you need them. The scenery continues to be low land and dunes, which is pretty much par for the course.

Keep an eye out for the Structures on the Edge (SOTE) art installations along the section which includes the Cloud Bar at Anderby Creek as well as the Salt Licks, The Sound Tower, Round and Round House and the Reflector. There are also a number of artistic beach huts known as the Bathing Beauties. One you won’t miss is the North Sea Observatory at Chapel Point, which is one place you must visit on this section.

The section ends at Mablethorpe, unceremoniously leaving the coast inland to finish at Mablethorpe North End. Follow the beach instead if you can! There’s a pub – The Ferry Boat Inn – that’s conveniently located at the finish.

The Sound Tower at Chapel Six Marshes Part of the Structures on the Edge Project, the tower was erected in Spring 2014. Viewers approach the tower to find an internal yellow vessel with no view. As users enter, the whole interior chamber lowers to engage a controlled view of the horizon. This is accompanied by a resonant sound created by a striking ‘gong’ that announces the towers use to people on the beach. Furthermore the lowering chamber engages a wind channel that allows the whole tower to act as a wind funnel that amplifies the natural conditions of the site.
View from the Sound Tower, Wolla Bank Looking through the ‘window’ of the structure known as the Sound Tower. The whole yellow inner skin drops unexpectedly when you step inside, like an internal knight’s helmet’s visor, except it makes a louder metallic clank.
Anderby Creek Cloud Bar
Round and Round House at Anderby Creek This small building on the dunes was designed by Kingston and Weber of Soma Design, it is one of the ‘Bathing Beauties’, a competition winner to ‘Re-imagine the Beach Hut for the 21st Century’. Anderby Creek is home to 2 ‘Bathing Beauties’ – the Round and Round House and the Cloud Bar. It is made of curved laminated plywood and is accessed via a narrow wooden boardwalk and steps from the beach.

 

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Dave Roberts

Dave Roberts founded Walk Eryri in 2004, with the aim of providing routes that are off the beaten track. Walk Eryri is now part of Mud and Routes which continues to provide more off beat routes and walks in Snowdonia and beyond. Dave has been exploring the hills of Eryri for over thirty years, and is a qualified Mountain Leader. Dave also established Walk up Snowdon, Walk up Scafell Pike and Walk up Ben Nevis just to mention a few.

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Welcome to Walking the England Coast Path.

The original online guidebook to the brand new National Trail around the English Coastline.

In 2020, England will join Wales in having a long distance trail along it’s entire coastline, a distance of around 4,500 km. The path is made possible due to new laws that allow open access to the English coastline, including what’s known as ‘spreading room’ to allow for future changes in the coastline.

The work to open the England Coast Path is ongoing, with all the sections being added and detailed here as they are officially opened. We may also include information on those sections that are not yet open, and where there’s an existing footpath or even national trail, will include a relevant map.

For the latest news on each section of the England Coast Path, visit the official government site:  here

Each section of the England Coast Path will be detailed with a route map, photos and information of what to see and do along the way. This will include a totally free business directory and a beach guide.

We can’t wait for the official opening!!

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