Skegness Attractions

We all know how much a holiday by the sea can cost, with every attraction trying to snatch the money out of your wallet.

So Skegness Attractions has come up with the Skegness for Free Guide, giving you ideas of things to do for Free in Skegness.

Skegness Beach

Number one has to be the Skegness beach, miles of the East coasts golden sands, much better than the pebble beach they have at Brighton on the East Sussex coast. I should know I used to live near Brighton before we moved to Skegness. One of the reasons we moved to Skegness from down South was the pebble beaches, we got sick to the back teeth that the kids couldn’t build a sand castle and sunbathing on aggregate isn’t very comfortable or relaxing , so we moved back to the East coast for the glorious sand.

The Embassy Theatre has a lot to answer for, we have been struck with the theater bug since we moved to Skegness. Who knew, certainly not us until we gave it a go as a family and the verdict is WE LOVE THE THEATER!

I would recommend the Embassy Theatre as one of, if not the best Skegness Attractions for families visiting Skegness. If you have never given the theater a go, trust me, go see what shows the Embassy has on when you are visiting Skegness (just try the theatre once). Even my husband now enjoys the theater and admits that had it not been for me wanting to see the Chinese State Circus as a family he would have never thought to even try a theatre performance let alone go multiple times a year. My husband prefers to watch things on TV in comfort, but since trying out the Embassy theatre he sees there is something to being up close and personal to the performance.

Hardy’s Animal Farm is quite far down Anchor Lane in Ingoldmells, Skegness particularly if your walking like we where, so stick with it and you’ll get there eventually

I must say I was quite nervous that my 11 year old son wouldn’t like Hardy’s Farm. When we arrived, the outside although clean and tidy didn’t give any indication as to what to expect. It was so sparse of anything interesting I actually asked my son if he was sure he wanted to go in!

Hardy’s Animal Farm Gift Shop

The entrance is attached to a gift shop and I have to say it is very spacious. Hardy’s Farm have excelled with there gift shop where other attractions fail.

Hardy’s gift shop had lots of beautiful trinkets and souvenirs, but where it pleased me the most was the space and lay out, you can wander around freely, the atmosphere is relaxing, and the lady who greeted us was helpful and welcoming.

Opening hours, prices etc… for LaserQuest are at the bottom of this page.

As a family (Mum, Dad and two sons) we’ve been to LaserQuest at Skegness Pier just once, this is because I (Dad) have a bad back (just had an operation to fuse a couple of discs as it happens) so regular Laser Quest games for the entire family wasn’t an option

If it was, I’d go to LaserQuest at least once a fortnight, as a Dad with two teenage (almost teenage for the youngest) sons, the idea of running around with a gun shooting my kids is VERY appealing

When we went as a family I was only able to play one game (back hurt too much), but I thoroughly enjoyed it. I forget who won (LOL), but we all went home checking our LaserQuest game score printout to see who’d done what and making excuses as to why we’d got shot so many times in the back!

Skegness Church Farm Address

Church Farm Museum Skegness can be found at:

Church Road South,
Skegness,
Lincolnshire
PE25 2HF
Telephone: 01754 766658

Skegness Church Farm Admission

Admission Free on non activity days
On activity days : £2.20 Adults £1.50 Kids

Skegness Church Farm Museum Review

Church Farm is an award winning heritage Victorian museum attraction, the farm grounds has a barn, cottage and small house, school room, working blacksmiths, wash room, farm exhibits and a few other bits and pieces about the Victorian age.

Church Farm has a Tearoom so you can buy a light lunch, or you can take your own picnic and eat on the picnic benches or on the grass, there’s also a gift shop so you can buy mementos of your visit to Church Farm Museum.

Nature land Seal Sanctuary
North Parade
Skegness
Lincolnshire
PE25 1DB
01754 764345

We** visited Natureland Seal Sanctuary in March 2007 and spent a few hours enjoying what this Skegness attraction had to offer.

** Me, AKA Mum and our 2 sons aged 15 and 10 years old at the time of the visit to Nature land Seal Sanctuary.

I personally enjoyed Natureland Seal Sanctuary immensely which was a pleasant surprise, when we first decided to visit the seal sanctuary I assumed it would be an OK day out.

This type of attraction is usually more for the kids than adults, so didn’t hold out much hope that I’d have fun as well.

Fortunately I was wrong and really enjoyed our visit to Natureland. It was a peaceful, calm and a pleasant day out in Skegness.

Skegness X-Site Skate Park Tourist Information

X-Site Skate Park review updated Feb 2010 to take into account price changes.

All users must sign a consent form before using X-Site Skatepark.

X-Site Skate Park membership £24 per person, per year.

X-Site Skate Park Prices
Session – member: £5 non-member: £7
Day – member: £8 non-member: £12

X-Site Skate Park Hire Prices
Skateboard: £2 a session
Inline Skates: £2 a session
Helmets: £2 a session

X-Site Skate Park School Holiday Opening Hours
Monday: 12:30pm-4:00pm 4:00pm-8:45pm
Tuesday: 12:30pm-4:00pm 4:00pm-8:45pm
Wednesday: 12:30pm-4:00pm 4:00pm-8:45pm
Thursday: 12:30pm-4:00pm 4:00pm-8:45pm
Friday: 12:30pm-4:00pm 4:00pm-8:45pm
Saturday: 11:00pm-3:00pm 3:00pm-6:45pm
Sunday: 11:00pm-2:30pm 2:30pm-6:00pm

X-Site Skate Park Term Time Opening Hours
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: Closed
Wednesday: 3:00pm-8:45pm
Thursday: 3:00pm-8:45pm
Friday: 3:00pm-8:45pm
Saturday: 11:00pm-3:00pm 3:00pm-6:45pm
Sunday: 11:00pm-2:30pm 2:30pm-6:00pm

New X-Site Member Prices

Under 12′s Saturday morning “fun session”
9.00am – 10.45am, £3.00 including hire equipment.

Unfortunately Skegness Carnival 2007 was yet another symbol of a bunch of older East Lindsey District/Skegness Town councilors people who have no real idea of what a carnival should be. We missed Skegness Carnival 2008, but Skegness Carnival 2009 (see comments below) was no better.

Just throw the word carnival around freely just to get the crowds in to Skegness. Let’s make it clear, this is NOT a carnival. What it actually is, is a bunch of tractors and cars with adverts attached to them advertising local Skegness businesses.

The only thing that was any good and was in keeping with a carnival theme was the Chinese dragons, we loved those guys. If it wasn’t for them I think I would have gladly let myself get trampled by the crowd.