Skegness

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Skegness

Total population

19,579

Coordinates53.14°, 0.34°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Skegness is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Lindsey District of Lincolnshire, England. On the Lincolnshire coast of the North Sea, the town is 47 miles (76 km) east of Lincoln and 25 miles (40 km) north-east of Boston. With a population of 21,128 as of 2021, it is the largest settlement in East Lindsey. It incorporates Winthorpe and Seacroft, and forms a larger built-up area with the resorts of Ingoldmells and Chapel St Leonards to the north. The town is on the A52 and A158 roads, connecting it with Boston and the East Midlands, and Lincoln respectively. Skegness railway station is on the Nottingham to Skegness line.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Graham Bonnet

British vocalist and songwriter

Elizabeth Allan

actress (1910-1990)

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Mark Cooksey

British musician

Ray Clemence

English association football player (1948–2020)

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Anne Pashley

athletics competitor (1935-2016)

Debbie Jenner

British singer, dancer and pilates instructor

William Waynflete

Lord Chancellor of England; Bishop of Winchester

William Gossage

British chemist and businessman (1799-1877)

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Arthur Atkin

footballer (1893-1952)

C

Calvin Palmer

English footballer (1940-2014)

Clayton Littlewood

British writer

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Gary White

British athletics competitor (born 1985)

Guy Grantham

Royal Navy admiral (1900-1992)

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Helen Dobson

professional golfer

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Kern Miller

English footballer (born 1991)

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Lisa Hall

All-American college golfer, English professional golfer, LPGA Tour member

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in England

• Burgh Le Marsh
  4.3 mi away
• Chapel St Leonards
  5.6 mi away · pop. 3,384
• Alford
  10.5 mi away
• Sutton-on-Sea
  12 mi away
• Louth
  21 mi away
• Coningsby
  21.6 mi away
• Wragby
  28.5 mi away
• Sleaford
  32.8 mi away
• Holt
  35.2 mi away
• Caistor
  36.5 mi away
• Bracebridge
  37.4 mi away
• Immingham
  39.9 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Skegness

[Report 1925]

Skegness (England). Urban District Council · 1925

ENGLAND ABLAZE. Skegness

Ant Vian · 2022

Annual report with statement of accounts and list of subscibers

England) Skegness and District Cottage Hospital (Skegness · 1937

Skegness and Horncastle

Ordnance Survey · 1999

Skegness Area

Ordnance Survey · 1993

Skegness Past Present

Winston Kime · 2011

Skegness rock

Erica Van Horn · 1992

Skegness lifeboats

Nicholas Leach · 2008

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Marmalade Hover Fly

Episyrphus balteatus

Seen 2026-09-17

fatal dapperling

Lepiota subincarnata

Seen 2026-09-17

Stubble Rosegill

Volvopluteus gloiocephalus

Seen 2026-09-17

Common Darter

Sympetrum striolatum

Seen 2026-09-17

Shaggy Mane

Coprinus comatus

Seen 2026-09-17

Eurasian Drone Fly

Eristalis arbustorum

Seen 2026-09-16

Common Flower Flies

Syrphus

Seen 2026-09-13

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle

Coccinella septempunctata

Seen 2026-09-13

Cepaea

Cepaea

Seen 2026-09-13

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers