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We visited Anderby Creek on a very hot day in August during the school summer holidays. We opted for this particular beach location as we were expecting the better known coastal spots such as Cleethorpes, Skegness and Mablethorpe to be very crowded and we were looking for somewhere more chilled and quieter.
A few friends had suggested Anderby Creek, located mid way between Chapel St Leonards and Sutton on Sea would be the perfect location and they didn’t steer us wrong.
Getting to the coast isn’t always the easiest, there’s narrow roads that don’t allow for 2 vehicles to pass without using designated passing places across a lot of the east coast of Lincolnshire, but getting to Anderby Creek wasn’t too bad. As you get closer you pass a number of holiday parks and campsites showing that despite its quieter reputation it’s certainly still popular amongst those in the know.
Even on a very busy August day we were able to get parked right at the entrance to the beach in the good sized car park for 80 vehicles operated by Lincolnshire County Council as one of their Coastal car parks. (https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/coast-countryside/coastal-country-park/2) They charge £1.50 up to 1hr, £3 up to 2hr and £5 for the day. Charging is only in force from Good Friday until the end of October and only between the hours of 10am and 5pm.
Opposite the car park is the Anderby Beach Café https://www.instagram.com/anderbybeachcafe which was a fantastic amenity to have so close to the beach, providing a licensed cafe delivering fresh food, speciality milkshakes and ice creams, freshly ground coffee and a fully stocked bar. Nextdoor a beach shop with a range of all the things you’re likely to have forgotten or the kids are likely to want including buckets and spades, hats, sun screen, wind breaks and even kites!
We had paninis and cheesy chips along with their ice cream milkshakes which were all made fresh to order, arrived very quickly and were very good value for money. It was a lovely independently owned beach cafe and you could tell the owners were proud of what they’d built and it really made the beach visit so much more enjoyable as you didn’t have to take your own food and drink unless you really wanted to.
The beach itself is a long stretch of uninterrupted sand and at the back of the beach dunes that are covered in sea buckthorn and grasses, providing little pockets of sand that are partially protected from the coastal breeze which are perfect for setting up in if you’re looking to sit and enjoy the view.
A short 3 minute walk in either direction from the beach entrance and you had acres of the beach to yourself, but directly at the entrance there were a good number of families and couples enjoying the beach, playing games and even some braving the sea for a dip and a paddle
Uniquely for this beach is the ‘Cloud Bar’ a specially designed installation from Manchester artist Michael Trainor for viewing clouds using a combination of mirrors to prevent you from having to strain your neck to look upwards and built in concrete sculptures designed to lean on to make viewing more comfortable.
The beach was clean, the sand contained lots of shells which the kids loved trying to find perfect ones to collect and add to their collection, the also loved finding small crabs left behind as the tide moved out. It was an indicated 28 degrees but a light breeze really tamed the scorching sun making it very pleasant to sit on the beach on such a warm day.
A truly unspoiled part of the Lincolnshire coast but with just enough amenities to make it convenient for a family trip compared to some of the more remote spots. You had to remind yourself that you hadn’t travelled much further afield to Norfolk or even Cornwall to get the same experience.
