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Skegness holidays

May 2024

  • Oasis bingo hall, with neon frontage, and brightly lit amusements

    Pass notes
    Beautiful beach retreat or vulgar hellhole: is Skegness really the worst seaside town in the UK?

    Which? readers have consigned the Lincolnshire town to the bottom of the list of beach resorts – despite its affordability, unspoilt coastline and clean water

August 2020

  • Skegness: ‘If you could guarantee it was going to be like this every day, it would be a no-brainer, wouldn’t it?’

    Sun, sand, sea … staycation Skegness

    With Spain out of bounds again, hopes are rising for a new lease of life in England’s careworn seaside resorts – and nowhere more so than in the birthplace of Butlin’s

May 2020

  • Butlin's Holiday camp, 1982

    Hi-de-Hi! The knobbly knees and birdie songs of a Butlin's holiday – in pictures

    Barry Lewis worked at Butlin’s during its 1960s heyday. When he returned in 1982, he captured its fading glamour

August 2019

  • Vicky Mitchell and her partner, Adam Fry.

    Woman who won £10k a month for 30 years ‘won’t swap Skegness holidays’

    Lottery winner Vicky Mitchell used last £1.50 in her account to buy ticket

March 2019

  • Plans for the new pool at Butlin’s Bognor Regis.

    Hi-de-high-end: how Butlin’s has climbed from camp to resort

    Once known for its grim 1950s chalets, the UK chain is pouring millions into waterparks and hoping to wipe away decades of snobbery

June 2018

  • The Glamorous Grandmother competition.

    Observer picture archive
    Observer picture archive: Butlin's holiday camp, Skegness, 5 June 1983

    Photographer Barry Lewis travelled to the pleasure palace on the east coast of England, to document Brits having fun.

December 2017

  • Grey Seals on the beach at Donna Nook, Lincolnshire

    Seals the deal: a winter wander on the Lincolnshire coast

    In winter, visitors can get close to hundreds of mating and pupping seals on the coast between Grimsby and Skegness, while sandy shores offer bracing walks and some of the UK’s finest seafood

June 2012

  • Skegness, Lincolnshire, Britain - Aug 2007

    Skegness braced for backlash after graffiti campaign in battle of resorts

    Lincolnshire resort has upset Blackpool and Brighton but is hoping guerrilla advertising and festival will attract new tourists

August 2010

  • 'Victorian' family portrait, Blackpool pier

    Old-fashioned British seaside fun

    Where to find a Punch and Judy show, donkey rides, saucy postcards, an insect museum and other end-of-the-pier delights

April 2009

  • Barton's Britain
    Barton's Britain: Skegness

    In the first of a new series, our roving reporter, Laura Barton, finds the sweets have got ruder on a day trip to this reviving seaside town

14 July 2007

  • Seaside
    10 kids' attractions

    If your children are bored with building sandcastles and sick of the sea, don't despair - head for one of these eclectic delights.

  • Seaside
    10 holiday camps

    Transformed from the days of Hi-De-Hi!, resorts can now offer everything from digital photography breaks to spiritual retreats.

  • Blackpool rollercoaster

    Seaside
    10 rollercoasters

    Blackpool | Southend-on-Sea | Isle of Wight | Brighton | Aberdeen | Skegness | Cleethorpes | Great Yarmouth | Portrush, Co Antrim

July 1999

  • Give them a break

    Butlins has spent £60 million in an effort to 'dramatically change the face of traditional seaside holidays for ever'. But John Ezard can't help thinking that, actually, the bucket-and-spade experience has proved to be far more resilient than many people have given it credit for.

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