FESTIVAL INFORMATION
You’ll find useful information for visiting SO Festival here, including maps, public transport, public toilets etc. You’ll also find information about things you might enjoy on your trip to the Lincolnshire Coast. The Visit Lincolnshire website also has detailed information for visitors to Lincolnshire.
Useful Information
Getting Here
Whether you’re travelling by bus, train or car, here are the links you’ll need to find information about public transport or parking.
Staying Here
Why not make a make a weekend of it? Stay and enjoy the Lincolnshire Coast as well the SO Festival.
You’ll find a great range of hotels, Bed & Breakfasts, caravans and campsites on the Visit Lincolnshire website.
Enjoy a Picnic
The SO Festival is the perfect place to bring a picnic (or buy your picnic when you get here) and enjoy it as you watch the performances.Â
As well as being cheaper and easier for picky eaters, having a picnic is a great way to eat outdoors, even better whilst you watch one of the wonderful performances from the SO Festival programme. Make sure to share your photos of your picnic using #sofestival
If you forget or can’t bring a picnic, buy your supplies from one of the local supermarkets.
Places to Eat and Drink
There’s a extensive choice of places to eat and drink in both Skegness and Mablethrope; cafes, restaurants, pubs and kiosks. Whether you’re after a three course meal, Fish and Chips on the beach, or just a cup of tea you’ll find a wide range of choice.
If you would like to eat out, here are Trip Advisors recommendations for Mablethorpe and Skegness.
Public Toilets
Always good to know where the toilets are!
Here’s a link to a map showing the public toilets in Mablethorpe.
Here’s a link to a map showing the public toilets in Skegness.Â
Pharmacies and Medical
Pharmacies:Â Link to Pharmacies in Skegness and Pharmacies in Mablethorpe.
Skegness Urgent Treatment Centre: Open24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Link to map.
Visit SO Festival and explore the East Lincolnshire Coast
Free or Low Cost things to do in Skegness and Mablethorpe
- Skegness Pier
- Skegness Beach
- North Sea Observatory, Chapel St Leonards
- Radcliffe Donkey Sanctuary
- Village Church Farm: Historic Museum, Skegness
- Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve
- Mablethorpe Beach
- Queens Park Paddling Pool, Mablethorpe
- Shrewood Playing Field and Kids Park, Mablethorpe
- Mablethorpe Skatepark
- Cycling on the Promenade
- Walk to the Tide and Time Bell, Mablethorpe
- The Cloud Bar, Anderby Creek
- Sandilands Nature Reserve, Sutton on Sea
- King Charles III England Coast Path: Skegness to Mablethorpe
Activities in and around Mablethorpe and Skegness
- Embassy Theatre
- Altitude44: High Wires
- Skegness Swimming PoolÂ
- Skegness Aquarium
- Â Mablethorpe Fairground (Dunes Leisure)
- Skegness Pier (Bowling, Clip n Climb, Escape Rooms, Soft Play etc)
- Loewen Cinema, Mablethorpe
- Lincolnshire AquaPark, Mablethorpe
- Mablethorpe Seal Sanctuary and Wildlife Centre
- Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway, Ingoldmells
- Pleasure Beach Amusements, Skegness
- Fantasy Island, Ingoldmells
- Natureland Seal Sanctuary, Skegness
- Gunby Eastate, Hall and Gardens (National Trust)
Beaches around Skegness and Mablethorpe
Anderby Creek
A long, sandy beach between Skegness to the south Mablethorpe to the north. A peaceful, tranquil place, away from the noisy tourist attractions.
The Cloud Bar at Anderby Creek is the UK’s first permanent cloud watching outpost. Inside, seats are specifically designed for cloud watching and self-operated parabolic cloud-mirrors to magic the sky down to the earth.
There is a car park on Sandy Lane with access to the beach via a path that crosses the sand dunes behind the beach. Toilets are located here, as well as a beach café, and a shop in the small village of Anderby Creek behind the beach.
Huttoft (Moggs Eye)
Huttoft Beach, also known locally as Moggs Eye, is a quiet, rural beach backed by grassy sand dunes. As well as plenty of room for beach games, the beach is used by swimmers, surfers, sea anglers and bird watchers. It is also quite popular with walkers, with a variety of good walks in the area.
There is a 150-space car park in Huttoft Car Terrace, toilets and a picnic area. There is a car terrace which pretty much allows you to park on the beach – from here, steps lead straight over the dunes towards the beach.
Theddlethorpe Dunes in Saltfleetby
The perfect beach for nature lovers with its unspoilt landscape of salt marshland and sands. A designated National Nature Reserve, with a range of habitats here including tidal sand and mudflats, salt and freshwater marshes and sand dunes.
Sutton on Sea
Known for its beach huts, this small coastal village is ideal for families and great for swimming. It’s much quieter than its neighbour Mablethorpe, there are regular buses from Skegness railway station and is just a short distance from Mablethorpe.
Sandilands
Sandilands is known for its beach huts and is also a dog-friendly beach all year round. You can park up at Roman Bank, where there are also toilets.
Winthorpe
Great for sailing and watersports. It is located just north of Skegness and offers an unspoilt beach to anyone wishing to make the trip.
Chapel St Leonards
The North Sea Observatory stands right on the coast. A sand and shingle beach, this beach is a popular place for swimming and for family days out.
It is also a good place for walking as the beaches stretch for many miles in both directions. To the south, the beach leads to Skegness, which is about six miles away.
A promenade runs alongside the beach and there are plenty more facilities such as toilets, pubs, restaurants, shops and places to stay in the town of Chapel St Leonards.
There are a number of small car parks in the town of Chapel St Leonards, each one a short walk from the beach. The largest is the Well Vale Car Park, located along Well Vale Drive, about 150 meters from the beach. The beach is accessed down a short flight of steps. Whilst it may not be the ‘quietest’ of Lincolnshire’s hidden beaches, it certainly still offers something different for those wishing to make a change from their regular trips.
Ingoldmells
Ingoldmells beach is popular for swimming and for walking.
