Doors 310 – Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, September 2023
This week I am taking you to a sleepy Lincolnshire town, once a celebrated seaside destination, but now a faded Victorian haunt where poverty and deprivation is intermingled with former prosperity.
I was lucky enough to visit Cleethorpes in September 2023 for the launch of the first of 25 new National Nature Reserves (NNR) being declared over a period of five years called the King’s Series in celebration of King Charles III coming to the throne. These National Nature Reserves are bigger, better and more joined up, allowing nature to overspill into surrounding areas. This first one (the Lincolnshire Coronation Coast NNR) spans a long stretch of the Lincolnshire coast adjacent to urban areas, providing opportunities for people to easily connect with nature on their own doorstep. It incorporated some already well established nature reserves, such as Donna Nook, famous for its seals.
While I was stopping over, I managed to get a long walk under my belt and snapped a few doors, which is pretty much my modus operandi wherever I go these days. I hope you enjoy these doors, and of course the mandatory English Victorian seaside town pier.
Before I went to Cleethorpes, my expectations were quite low, generally it is considered to be an ‘eyebrow raising’ moment when you tell anyone you are going to Cleethorpes, but I have to say I rather fell in love with the place. The coastline with its marshes is spectacular, the seafront shops and guest houses, and there is something rather wistful about the place.
I’m not sure where I’m going for Thursday doors next time – it’ll have to be a surprise.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.
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Love these. When I went to London and Bristol, it seems like these are exactly the doors that I saw. Thanks for sharing.
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Perhaps there is something very English about them.
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True 👍
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Isn’t Farage their MP?
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Not quite, that is Clacton in Essex. Very similar in many ways though, and similar political outlook.
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Oh dear!
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I’m glad you decided to visit this town, Steve. I love your photos, and I’m unable to choose a favorite, although that narrow-looking blue door (Fair-View) and the entrance to the fish and chips place are up there.
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Fair view was my favourite door in this selection.
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very pretty place for a visit
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I only showed the pretty bits!
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I can still sense the elegance in the area you captured with the beautiful pier and doors. I love the twin red doors. Wonderful to hear of the conservation initiatives and bringing green spaces closer to where people live in cities.
My favorites are the once Post Office facade and the iconic Mermaid Fish and Chips. Mermaid Fish and Chips seems to be a vintage building well maintained. I like it.
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That Mermaid fish and chips building is amazing.
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The Tetley’s lamp is cool! I like the red and blue doors a lot. Great finds!
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The lamp is cool, and so very 1960s and 1970s
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Yes, you captured the “fall from grace” really well in these few photos. I can see why people do the dreaded, British eyebrow raise when you mention visiting it 🙂 BUT, like you, I also find it charming, in a weird way. Kind of sad, a little spooky, a testament to resilience and fortitude. If I ever get immigrated over there, I think I’ll test David’s eyebrow functioning and suggest a trip.
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Great reply. There are so many coastal towns like this, but some are seeing some improvements.
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Beautiful black pier. I like how it contrasts with the lighter colors in the photo.
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Thank you, it looks like it might have had a recent lick of paint.
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