Where?
Round about 2 hours from Sheffield is a beautiful sandy beach, so nice in summer you could pretend you were abroad. I really recommend this beach, well worth the 2 hour drive.
We used the Sea View Car Park (charges apply, £5/day) as this was the dog end of the beach. Postcode for this car park: LN12 1LT.
What's on offer?
- Beach
- Sea
- Cafes
- Ice cream
- Sweet store
- Crazy golf
- Arcades
Izzy has visited this beach twice now, both in late June. The top half of the beach is dog friendly all year round, the bottom half of the beach is a no dog zone between May and September. But both ends of the beach are equally clean and scenic. I found there was just more families on one half, and dogs on the other half, which was beneficial for us as Izzy isn't used to kids, and tends to chase anything that moves. She was a lot better the second time round however, and didn't bother with anyone else at all, only showed interest in her ball, other dogs and us. There is a land train that continuously drives up and down the beach taking people from one end to the other (dogs allowed) so be aware your dog doesn't end up in front of it.
A major downfall of this beach is the flies!! I wore a bright green vest and flies seem to be VERY attracted to it. This was mostly by the top end of the beach, near the grassy bits and didn't seem to bother near the sea (so I stayed by the sea). Izzy did get very tired the first time we went as she was under a year old (9 months), whereas the second time round she seemed to handle the drive a lot better and was able to play a lot more before getting tired.
We stayed on the beach for a good few hours, had a picnic, then decided to go for a wander. We threw our stuff in the car and walked down through the car park toward the walkway that would lead us further down the beach. We saw a few rabbits in the grass before the walkway!
Once you reach the main beach, there are donut stores, ice cream stores, sweet stores, chippys, all your beach essentials as well as a small theme park. We grabbed an ice cream and some rock, and headed back up. If you go further into Mablethorpe, into the town, there are arcades and other shops to explore. I'm not sure if these are dog friendly though, so do check.
Because of how long it takes to drive down, I highly recommend spending the whole day here and to plan around rush hours. If you pick a nice day, it will honestly feel like you are on holiday abroad, the beach is lovely and clean and I highly recommend it and in my opinion it is well worth drive as you'll not only come back with a happy and tired pooch, but a tan to boot!
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