Skegness

Skegness is a small town in East Lindsey District of the English county of Lincolnshire. She had a total of 18,910 inhabitants in 2001 according to census.

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.

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Geography

Location

Skegness is located southeast of the Lincolnshire Wolds and directly on the eastern North Sea. It is located 21 km south-east of Spilsby, 39 km north east of Boston and 74 km east of the county capital of Lincoln.

History

The city's name indicates the origin of a Danish settlement. Local historians say that the city name of Skeggi ( the bearded one ) comes. More likely, however, is that the name derives from the modern Danish terms skæg (Bart ) and næs (nose ) is derived, or in the geographical terminology as " the headland ". Skegness was originally a fishing village and small harbor to the railway connection in 1875, since then, tourism plays an increasingly important role.

Traffic

Road

Skegness is a south-easterly terminus of the coming of Lincoln main road A 16

Rail

Skegness is the terminus of route Nottingham - Grantham - Sleaford - Skegness from the Central Trains Ltd. This is a British railway company that operates regional and supra-regional 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 partner city in the Lower Saxon town of Bad Gandersheim.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Elizabeth Allan (1908-1990), actress
  • Anne Pashley ( born 1937 ), sprinter and soprano
  • Graham Bonnet (* 1947) and Trevor Gordon ( born 1948 ), rock duo ( " The Marbles " )
  • Ray Clemence (actually Raymond " Ray" Clemence, Neal, born 1948 ), football goalkeeper
  • Sarah Jay Hawley, pop singer / singer-songwriter, wrote and sang for Massive Attack ( Mezzanine )
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