Why go abroad when you have such a great holiday spot near you? (Skegness in General)

Member Name: aksram

Product:	Skegness in General
Date:	03/06/09 (29 review reads)
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Advantages: beach, butlins, fantasy island, food, hot doughnuts

Disadvantages: none

I recently holidayed in skegness and thought wow what a beautiful place. It is beautiful tourist attraction- has almost everything you can ask for a sunny holiday.

What and where is skegness?

Skegness is the thriving resort on the East Coast of England. It is apparently the largest resort town on the Lincolnshire Coast and has been a premier holiday destination for over a hundred years. Skegness (also known as Skeg, Skeggy or Skeg-vegas) has been named "the Blackpool of the East Coast" or "Nottingham by the Sea". I heard about it when i was looking for butlins holidays but didn't actually go into butlins this time. They are great for caravans camping. It has the European award winning beach. It is a beautifulstretch of sea side- lots of fun activities for kids and adults. It has a famous mascot, the Jolly Fisherman (designed by John Hassall in 1908 for the Great Northern Railway).

Activities-

This resort like place is fun for adults and kids- the beachside itself has some graet activities-there are giant wheels, carousels, train rides and many more including the award winning donkey rides for under 7s. The beach is very clean. There are plenty of icecream shops and fresh doughnut shops around it- doughnuts were priced at 6 for £1. What a bargain especially when they are so hot and yummy! I saw a lot of casinos although I didn't go into one.
The other days out include Butlins, Fantasy island, Batemans brewery, Natureland and seal sanctuary , skegness stadium etc.

Places to eat-

There are quite a few Chinese, Indian. Italian places along with the British restaurants. I recommend you to try homemade Lincolnshire hotpot in any traditional English restaurant. I had the lamb/veg one and was excellent.
The seaside has some great hot fish and chip shops too.

There aren't any chain restaurants like pizza express, latasca or bella italia- so it might not be useful if you have tesco vouchers to spend here.
Average price for one main course is £7.50

City centre (or town centre- I'm not sure)-

The high street is small when compared to Cardiff's but they have quite a few chain stores- peacocks, M&S and some more. But why bother going to these when you are holidaying in a beautiful place- try some local shops- you will find friendly staff and good prices too. I bought quite a few mens t-shirts for £3 in a local shop.

Best time to go is summer so you enjoy the beach.

I can go on writing a long review on this one but I'll let you guys go and enjoy the rest.

Summary: It is one of the best holiday places ihave been in the UK.