Skegness
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 8 ′ N , 0 ° 20 ′ E | ||
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| Residents | 18,910 (as of 2001) | ||
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| Post town | SKEGNESS | ||
| ZIP code section | PE24, PE25 | ||
| prefix | 01754 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | East Midlands | ||
| Shire county | Lincolnshire | ||
| District | East Lindsey | ||
| British Parliament | Boston and Skegness | ||
| Website: skegness.gov.uk | |||
Skegness is a small town in District East Lindsey the English county of Lincolnshire . It had 18,910 inhabitants in 2001.
The city is a popular tourist destination and is also known as skeg , Skeggy , Costa del skeg or "the Blackpool of the East Coast" and has a famous mascot, the Jolly Fisherman .
geography
location
Skegness is southeast of the Lincolnshire Wolds and directly on the east of the North Sea . It is 13 miles southeast of Spilsby , 39 miles northeast of Boston (Lincolnshire) and 74 miles east of the county capital, Lincoln .
history
The city name suggests the origin of a Danish settlement. Local historians say that the city name comes from Skeggi ( the bearded one ). It is more likely, however, that the name is derived from the modern Danish terms skæg (beard) and næs (nose), or in geographic terminology as "the headland". Skegness was originally a fishing village with a small harbor until the railway connection in 1875, and since then tourism has played an increasingly important role.
traffic
Street
Skegness is the southeastern terminus of the A 16 main road coming from Lincoln .
rail
Skegness is the terminus of the Nottingham - Grantham - Sleaford - Skegness route operated by Central Trains Ltd. This is a British railway company that operates regional and national passenger trains in Central England .
Attractions
- Church Farm Museum, the only open air museum in Lincolnshire
- Gibraltar Point Nature Reserve, a three-mile area of pristine beach and wetlands
- Clock tower
- Skegness Pleasure Beach
Twin cities
Skegness is a twin town of the Lower Saxony city of Bad Gandersheim .
sons and daughters of the town
- Elizabeth Allan (1908–1990), actress
- Anne Pashley (1937–2016), sprinter and soprano
- Graham Bonnet (* 1947) and Trevor Gordon (* 1948), rock duo (" The Marbles ")
- Ray Clemence (actually Raymond "Ray" Neal Clemence ; * 1948), soccer goalkeeper
- Sarah Jay Hawley , pop singer / singer-songwriter, wrote and sang for Massive Attack ( mezzanine ) , among others
Web links
- The City website (English)