What do you think of Mablethorpe? Are you a holiday maker, a day visitor or a local? What is your favourite place in Mablethorpe? What do you think of our Website? Please put your comments here..

After spending a few days with her brother and wife at the caravan they have at Mablethorpe, my wife gave me a body blow "i have bought a van on the same site,as Alf" in all honesty its not at the top of my places to go.my first recollections of Mablethorpe was in 1943 barrage balloons and barb wire,gun slits for the home guard.now my heart is warming to the place the folk are my kind of people. The shops are very good, Lord Bros as everything you could want and at very fair prices.Yes i can now say its my fav place on the east coast.
ron from nottingham (Monday, June 28, 2010)

hi, i took my three boys to mablethorpe for the week from may 28th, we had a great time, the beach is lovely and clean and the kids had fun at the pool too, i remember the old stepping stones in it when i was younger but its a lot better now. i will be going every year and rent a van on towervans from a wonderfull lady. its a home from home. i went every year when i was growing up for 16 years and loved it, its now a tradition for me and my three every year also, and go to the same caravan site. my boys had a great week and their nanna came along with their brother and had fun too. they loved the arcades and the fair and the clock chippy food is as good as it was years ago if not better.
Lindsey from Scunthorpe (Friday, June 11, 2010)

Another visit to Mablethorpe Princess of Lincolnshire, just had a great week sun sea and sand in abundance, lovely people and a very pretty town who needs more!! Spain eat your heart out!
Helen from Oakham (Sunday, June 06, 2010)

Our family have been going to Mablethorpe now for 7 yrs and to be honest i think its going slowly down hill. There are alot of shops full of rubbish, the Haven site as a rat problem and all they could say was, well what do you expect your in a field. I tell you what i expect, maybe to see the odd one but not a family of 15 running out 4ft away from me and one run straight out in front of my daughters feet. Disgusting, does anyone know who this can be reported to cause Haven was"nt bothered at all.
Andrea from Sheffield (Saturday, June 05, 2010)

Hello there,
Been to Mablethorpe at the weekend with the grand children. What has happened to the paddling pool?? One of the hotest days of the year and no water and no indication as to when it will be filled and in use. Could you put details on your web site please? I know that others came with towels and costumes. Will be trying again later in the year as Mablethorpe is a popular day trip with the family.
Ian from Worksop (Monday, May 24, 2010)

I'm 50 this year and live in Miami now but for years and years as as child we used to go to Mablethorpe. I loved it !
I remember the Arnold Palmer golf opening and used to love the arcades especially Jacksons with the jigsaw game. Yarnolds donughts, my dad eating cockles from the shop on the high street and great fish and chips from Monty's or St. Annes or anywhere really !
The beach was obviously the big attraction and I used to love going with my mum to the office to get the chalet key , listening to it jangle on the brass key fob ,then the fun of finding your chalet and "moving in" with the bucket and spade and the set of paper flags. No day was complete without a ride on the sandtrain or the classic jug of tea for the beach.
The last time i was home I visited again and it brought back great memories.
Thanks Mablethorpe !
Steve from Miami, FL (Thursday, May 13, 2010 )

i used to go to mabo as a child and loved it,my parents had a caravan on golden sands,we went their for our honeymoon,and a couple of times after that as well,but we returned for our ruby wedding anniversary for a nostalga treat,but what a dump,apart from the nice beach,nothing has changed,its nice to keep a seaside resort not to commercalised,but comeon,the shops are tatty still full of the same old junk and ornaments from the 50s,the rest of the stuff they sell is tat,its a wonder it has survived,lots of fat people walking about full of junk food,oh dear!
Kathy from: Stamford (Tuesday, May 11, 2010)

Great Town. Good Festivals.Beautiful Sandy Beach. Friendly People. Good Willing Volunteers.Lovely Countryside.Family from Bolton, Boston, Rhyl and Birkenhead love it! Needs Investment.
Pamela from Mablethorpe (Saturday, May 08, 2010)

I lived in Mablethorpe during my teen years and left in 1971. It is a beautiful place with out of this world surrounding countryside. The people are laid back and friendly. I miss it deeply as my "home home".
I have travelled all over the world and seem some classy beaches but none equate to the ones at `Mabo` I am currently looking for any of the `old jobs` that used to be around - in catering etc - so as I can go back home again. There is plenty of scope for walks, which put you out in the wilds of the countryside while not being to far from town. I miss the mushrooms that used to pop up and provide a good, healthy meal. The sunsets are quite spectacular with deep and colourful dusks. The twilight in the surrounding countryside is second to none and bathes you in a kind of euphoria. It is a most healthy place to live with the clean air and it has that most fantastic `big-sky` as the area is predominantly flat, for this reason, from the sandhills or surrounding countryside, you can see for miles and miles to the horizon. A recent addition is the line of trees as you enter Mablethorpe on the Maltby Straight giving a somewhat exotic grove as you enter the town. Boy, do I miss it!!
Nick from Ramsgate ( Wednesday, April 28, 20)

Great holiday every time , mablethorpe is top on my list it.s like a home to me,
David from :Coventry (26 April 2010)

been going 2 mablethorpe for the past 5yrs now stayed at the same guest house fairhaven well recommend it has a nice relaxed atmosphere well worth staying at this bed and breakfast you will have a great time and will want to go back x
Kym and Del from London (Friday, April 16, 201 )

Hi Mablethorpe is a great place to go. the sand racing is a brilliant and brings in people at winter time. The festival on saturday 20th march was a little disappointing it was in the stalls was in the wrong place it would of been better on the big carpark by the childrens holiday home i know the weather didnt help but i think u would could off had more stalls and more people would off come. the stunts was a good idea as it got people round that end.
Dawn from Leicester (Monday, March 22, 2010)

Great Beach - BUT- a very tatty high street - monopolised . by dubious looking takeaways and machine arcades. Also needs a decent hotel.
Anon (Sunday, March 14, 2010)

Its a great place, it has a top class beach, the people are very frendly. The only drawback is that it could due with modernising the council and local business should be investing in the jewel. Its a great place and it would be sad for this jewel to disappear in the sands of time. A couple of suggestions I could make, new modern shop fronts a swimming pool would be nice, also a extention to the funfair for the kids, more rides more people, = more money simple, so come on Mablethorpe lets see this happen and make Mablethorpe the top spot again.
Edward from Scotland (Friday, February 26, 2010)

When I was a child we used to go to Golden Sands for as many years as I can remember. Now I own a chalet here and all the memories are still there. Fantastic beach, friendly people and everything you could want within walking distance. What more could you want?!
Deb from Leicester (Monday, February 22, 2010)

Cannot believe no big switch on, no mention in Skeg & Mabo mag.. still cannot wait to meet up with friends from all over country. Still miss Big Pete Young in the Louth Hotel, get him to do lights.
Colin from Rotherham (Friday, February 19, 2010)

We always stay at mablethorpe chalet park, i used to stay their as a child ,we used to bring our children on holiday their , and now we take the grandchildren ,mablethorpe is great palce to stay ,the beaches are lovely as so are the people, all the takeaways are yummy can't decide which one we like best so we order from them all, booked for july 2010 roll on summer.
Anon (Thursday, February 18, 2010)

Me and my partner think mablethorpe is great, we've had lots of happy times there, my partner used to come every year when he was a child with the rest of the family, we spent our first holiday together there and have done every year since (apart from the two yrs on the trot we went to disneyland) but nothing compares to mablethorpe, we have a great time, we stay at the haven holiday park, where you can get everything you need in a short distance, we go into mablethorpe every day and always discover something new!! the only suggestion we have is, maybe you could modernise the town abit, move into the 21st century, but dont go to far, see you this year (the websites wonderful, by the way)
Julie from Barton on Humber (Tuesday, February 16, 2010)

MABLETHORPE, What a great place to be, I am getting on now in life but as a child me and my family used to go there every year for a family holiday, we stayed at trusville holiday village, I can see it now, happy days, so happy I brought a caravan there and now it is my second home .
Valerie from Leicester (Sunday, January 24, 2010)

Thanks for your reply, it's a shame we missed the rest of the beach huts, i meant enter ours next year! I will look forward to seeing the pictures on the website. It was a lovely weekend, my son really enjoyed playing the drums in the music workshop on trusthorpe green!
Carla (Wednesday, September 23, 2009)

Hi carla
Thanks for your e-mail it is always helpful to get some feedback and i am pleased you and your family enjoyed the Bathing Beauties Festival.
We had over twenty entries for the beautiful beach hut competition but only three entered from south prom mablethorpe the rest were at trusthorpe, sutton and sandilands.  The winners were announced under the star of the east on mablethorpe prom. It was listed  in the brochure and poster in the festival schedule page and we gave out  plaques to the winners. The leader is going to do a large feature with photographs next week and they are going to be posted on the website.
We had four entries for the longest dance, line dancers, belly dancers, ballet dancers and the the gymnastic dancers the idea was to start at both Sandilands  and meet up at sutton on sea we only managed to cover one and a half miles of the five miles we hoped to cover but it was our first attempt so hopefully we will achieve the full distance next year.
We have the festival in September to try and extend the tourism season and give the town a bit of a boost when usually everything is winding down.
The festival is organised and run by the tourism forum all of whom are volunteers, we work really hard to secure funding to run the event each yearand this is only its third year so we are still learning and know that we can improve it and we will do.
Many thanks again for your comments and I hope I have gone some way to answering your questions
Best wishes Helen - Festival organiser (Wednesday, September 23, 2009)

Hi, was at Mablethorpe all weekend for the bathing beauties festival with my mum and 9 month old son. Had a great weekend but it could have been better. I'd like to know who won the competition for best decorated beach hut? We had a walk on Sat morn to have a look and could only see 2 huts that had entered, up near the coral cafe. Did anyone enter from the huts along sutton on sea? Also what happened to the longest linear dance parade down the promenade? Only 1 dance troup turned up! What a shame more people didn't make an effort and why is the festival so late on in the year, it would attract more people if it was in the middle of the summer holiday, surely?
Anyone else feel the same? 
Carla from Rotherham (Wednesday, September 23, 2009)

We had a fab time last week in Mablethorpe. It was so clean ,the beach was clean and the people are so friendly.The car park only cost 3 quid for the day, and we found loads of great shops.
A couple of places we ate in and can recomend were The Fairway which had a great menu and our daughter loved the carvery,4.99, and also
Montyson Fitzwilliam street just off the main high street where we had the most delicious fish and chips ever.We are already planning to return next year.And thanks to Haven Golden Sands too for a great place to stay.
A great place for a family holiday.
David from Chesterfield (Monday, September 07, 2009)

I have nothing but great memories of Mablethorpe. I came here as a young teenager in the early 1970's with my family, on our summer holiday. We came three times. What a long way it seemed from Birmingham! And our car always seemed to break down at Lincoln! We used to stay at Trusville and had a whale of a time. Such freedom. Playing football in those funny shelters (stil there, I see), fun at the putting green, whelks and winkles at a stall on the prom. The brilliant chippy outside Trusville, and the one-arm bandit places in town. And of course that fantastic beach. I've been back since, just once, a few years ago and other than the old convalescent home having been replaced by flats it had hardly changed. It's great and I must come back again one day.
Chris from Leamington Spa (Thursday, July 30, 2009)

i was born in mablethorpe lived their for 16 yrs left in 1980 things were much more busy when we had the train station i remember it well the old bridge used to be opposite where the co.op is now just think how much more people would come back to mablethorpe if the old single line was back from skegness to mablethorpe i still cant drive and i go evry year with my grandchildren i love it the air is so fresh not fshy smellin like most seasides and it always had the best beach it was a bad mistake takin away the train it took away the holidaymakers.............
Carol from Yorkshire (Monday, July 20, 2009)

Only having been to Mablethorpe once before, many years ago we went for the day Sun 13th July.I can't say enough good things about it,from the reasonably priced car park...£3 all day,to the excellent food and service in the Regency Cafe (go there for breakfast and you won't be disappointed!!)to what I think is the best beach anywhere on the East Coast.We will definitely be going again and recommending it to all our friends!!
Linda from Doncaster (Monday, July 13, 2009)

Me and my family have spend all our summers at Mablethorpe since i was little and we all love it, lovely clean beaches, nice seafront walks and we love Daves seaside Sutton bus! I have great memmories of Mablethorpe and i am looking forward to bringing my 6 month old son this summer to create some more memmories for him!
I have a great photo of my son on Mablethorpe beach i took when we visited in June, it would look great on your website to advertise your beaches!
Carla from Rotherham (Wednesday, July 08, 2009)

We recently took over the snack shack and beach chalet hire on the north prom looking over what has to be one of the nicest beaches in england. the local people are very friendly and the council work very hard keeping mablethorpe and the beaches tidy. we moved up here from london 3 years ago and have never looked back, every time we sit outside work having a break its like having another ten minute holiday. mablethorpe has a lot to offer and is an ideal family holiday location.
Robert from Withern (Tuesday, July 07, 2009)

I lived in Mablethorpe for a year in about 1940/1941 and remember being able to go on the beach through the barbed wire. There was a soldier guarding the opening and I think we could only go on a Sunday. Another memory was seeing a German Dornier 17 aeroplane just after lunch when he bombed the cinema and he machine gunned the main street, I can remember walking on the broken glass from the shop windows. There had been a lecture for the soldiers arranged that afternoon in the cinema which luckily had been cancelled that morning so the cinema was empty but because of it there was a hue and cry about there being a spy in the town, because if the lecture had not been cancelled at the last minute there would have been many casualties. Another memory was of my father accidently driving his motor-bike through the closed doors of the hotel which was the HQ of the Anti-Aiscraft battery of which he was the CO. They would not allow him to ride the bike after this, he had to have a driver. I did enjoy my time in Mablethorpe except for the school I was sent to, it was a girls school in Sutton-on-Sea, I hated it.
Malcolm from Flintshire (Sunday, May 03, 2009)

I SPENT A LOT OF MY CHILDHOOD IN MABLETHORPE WITH MY FAMILY.THERE WAS NOTHING LIKE IT,ALWAYS SOMETHING TO DO FOR ALL AGES.SUCH WONDERFUL MEMORIES OF FAMILY HOLIDAYS WITH PARENTS & GRANDPARENTS.
JULIA from Suffolk (Friday, April 24, 2009)

A fantastic place to holiday and stay. People are friendly, the beaches are brilliant and clean. Great for walking and for our dog. Photographic opportunities are excellent. We will be returning again and again.
Tom and Sandra from Hull (Thursday, April 23, 2009)

looking forwards to the summer and friends from allover the country that holiday every year here,the fairway good place for food and the lovely Graham
colin from rotherham (Friday, April 10, 2009)

ive been going to mablethorpe for the last 36 years and i love it the people are very friendly its clean i like i can take my dog she loves it on the beach golden sands s were i always stay till this year as its jumped up in price and very expensive to hire a caravan from haven i have now booked a private chalet for september this year it was so much cheaper and only a few yards away from golden sands caravan park
christine from bradford (Thursday, April 09, 2009)

I Just love Mablethorpe, I use to go when I was a kid, it was great then, so its just right that now I have kids that I bring them.
The Beach is first class the local people are nice & helpful, the place is very good value for money, so for people on a budget ist great. My kids love the place & we will be back again.
Edward from Scotland (Tuesday, April 07)

I prefer Mablethorpe to Skegness it is a friendly place and always busy. skegness is desolate in the winter but Mablethorpe seems to always be alive. The all day carvery at the Beck is such good value we use it every time we stay at the chalet park.
betty from Ruskington (Monday, March 30, 2009)

I live in USA now. My mum and dad lived in Mablethorpe for years. It has absolutely beautiful beaches; unspoilt miles of beaches; safe; fun for kiddies; I want to visit with my family sometime soon. I'd can't wait to walk on the beach again and have fish and chips.  Oh I do love to be beside the seaside, Oh I do love to be beside the sea..... anyway, in resonse to the lady who wants a swim pool in Mablethorpe - why on earth would you do that if there's miles of beautiful ocean/beach right at your door?
Chris from USA (Feb 25 2009)

It is an mavelous place and every one should go. It is Really fantastic.
David from Kettering Sunday, February 01, 2009)

Love Mablethorpe have a whole lifetime of memories. We used to go to Golden Sands before Haven was even thought of. We have had chalet holidays in Trustthorpe. The beach is the best on the East Coast, sand cricket for everyone. Sandcastles by the bucket load. The beach train, the zoo, crazy golf, the dunes and now the new beach chalets to make you smile. Still miss the big wheel, somehow it as never looked right without that. Not too big, not too small, just right. Not over commercialized, but what you need.
Barbara from Worksop (Monday, January 19, 2009 )

Just spent a week's holiday in Mablethorpe, my Aunt moved up here from Dunstable 5 months ago. She loves the place and said it was the best decision she has ever made. I could not agree more - Maplethorpe has a character of its own,unspoilt by commercialism. The people are so friendly and polite.
I am from Harlesden in NW London, and i can tell you its a breath of fresh air to come to a place like this. I am going back for a long weekend at the end of August.
Janet from North West London (Thursday, July 24, 2008)

best holiday place iv been to bought a caravan and come here every 2 weeks ferryboats the place to be for entertainment
xxxxxx mark craig donny (Sunday, June 22, 2008)

would rather go to skegness, much better!!! inside skatepark and outside plaza which are both amazing!! they have pro's down aswell and i doubt any pro's will go to that one in mablethorpe.
ollie from skegness (Monday, April 14, 2008)

Eunice Belgrove, who recently appeared on Deal or No Deal, touched the heart of everyone who watched her. Although i live in London, I would like to join any campaign out there for a swimming pool to be built in Mablethorpe. For someone of her age to have that much spirit and energy is a happy site to see.
If Mablethorpe council can build a Skate Park for the youngesters, why not build a swimming pool for everyone!!!!!!
Lindsey from London (Wednesday, April 09, 2008)

'Love Mablethorpe, stayed there many many times and weekend days out are very popular. The beach is the best in the world, no where else could you build such wonderful sandcastles. I love the donkeys wish I was small enough to have a ride. Last year came to see the new chalets they were great.
Came as a child, came as a adult with kids, lots of kids due to us being foster carers, and now enjoy coming as an older person and strolling along the flat promenade, which is beautiful. Carry on improving but please don't spoil the gentle relaxing atmophere of this great holiday town.
Barbara from Notts (Thursday, March 06, 2008)

My Grand parents and Parents came to mablethorpe, I also come to mablethorpe, my son now brings his daughter thats 5 generations guess we love it. The beach is brill, the pace of life slower love it that much bought a static van at trusville 4 years ago, now when season open im there every weekend just nip home on a sunday to go to work.Dont like skeggy to busy ok for a visit but glad to get back to mablethorpe.
Gail from Notts (Wednesday, January 30, 2008)

iv been coming to mablethorpe all my life and love it, i even worked there for one summer, but recently my family sold the caravan we shared so im gutted to say i cant come as often now, one thing i would like to see is more self catering accomodation open through the winter, iv been trying to find somewhere to go for february and am finding it hard. will never leave mablethorpe though. all locals are really friendly and welcoming.
becki from leeds (Wednesday, January 30, 2008)