Skegness

Skegness is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire. Skegness is located on the Lincolnshire coast of the North Sea, 43 miles east of the city of Lincoln. Skegness has a resident population of 18,910. In March 2005, Skegness took the top spot in a survey by "Yours magazine", looking at the best retirement places in the UK. Skegness has also been described by Lonely Planet's Great Britain guide as "everything you could want" in a seaside resort. Skegness is popularly known as Skeg, Skeggy, Costa del Skeg or Skegvegas or "the Blackpool of the East Coast". Further up the coast from Skegness are the other holiday resorts of Mablethorpe, Sutton-on-Sea, Ingoldmells and Chapel St Leonards. Skegness , like many UK resorts, has suffered in recent years due to the increase in cheap foreign package holidays over staying at home.