Cleethorpes Beach

Picture above shows the Promenade at Cleethorpes and the Pier in the background.

The Pier.The Pier was built in 1872 by Head Wrightson for £8,000. In 1940 the Pier was breached fordefence measures to combat the threat of an enemy invasion and an isolated seaward sectionwas demolished. In 1985 the new owner transformed the pavilion into a modern nightclub named Pier 39 and is a nightclub to this day.

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Shows

Alexandra road

THE MERIDIAN LINE Set in the Cleethorpes coastal path is a steel plate marking the line of the Greenwich Meridian, the worlds prime meridian used for measuring longitude and calculating time.In 1884 Greenwich Meridian was established by international agreement as the line of zero longitude to be used as the standard for time reckoning throughout the world.When the Marine embankment was built between Cleethorpes boating lake and the sand dunes at Humberston Fitties in the early 1930's a metal plate was set in the pathway.If you stand on the Meridian Line with your watch showing Greenwich Mean Time then you will truely be able to tell the correct time of day. That time will be especially significant at mid-day because the word Meridian derives from the Latin word Meridies meaning mid-day.

Distances from Meridian Line

North Pole - 2517 miles

New York - 3481 miles

South Pole - 9919 miles

London - 143 miles

Sidney - 10483 miles

Moscow - 1495 miles

The Boating Lake

The newly revamped Discovery Centre tempts you to become a time traveller and journey from the extinct creatures of a vanished sea through submerged forests to Viking raids.

the new exibition for the Millennium at the Cleethorpes Humber Estuary Discovery Centre, Time is an interactive journey through time and change, our place on the Meridian and our exploration of the world.

Issacs Hill

Always a popular "chippie" Hobsons - Grimsby Road - Cleethorpes. Other popular Cleethorpes chippies include; Suthies, Beckett's and Steels.