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Lincolnshire, England

Bohemia Promenade slipway, Trusthorpe (north)

LaunchOSM tags this as a service way running from Bohemia Promenade down to the beach, with foot access confirmed but vehicle access unclear. It's not a dedicated boat-launch facility, and no dimensions or gradient are published for it.
ParkingNo dedicated car park at the slipway. The nearest East Lindsey District Council pay-and-display car parks are in Sutton-on-Sea (Broadway, Marine Avenue, Sandilands) and Mablethorpe, chargeable 8am to 6pm daily and free overnight, though overnight vehicle occupation isn't permitted.
AccessReached on foot via the public Bohemia Promenade, the Mablethorpe-Skegness cycleway and the England Coast Path, which is fully open along this frontage between Skegness and Mablethorpe.
SeasonThis stretch of coast is renourished with dredged sand most years under the Environment Agency's Saltfleet-to-Gibraltar Point beach-management programme, usually over several weeks in spring or early summer. Check the Environment Agency's current notices rather than relying on a fixed date.
RegulationsNo launch fee, permit or byelaw applies to unpowered craft here. East Lindsey District Council holds no seaside pleasure-boat byelaws under the Public Health Act 1961, and there's no harbour or navigation authority on this open coast.

An open-coast slipway on the North Sea at Trusthorpe, between Mablethorpe and Sutton-on-Sea on the Lincolnshire coast. The water here is part of a straight, macro-tidal stretch of beach where the stumps of a submerged ancient forest occasionally surface at very low tides.

The beach here dries a long way out at low water, so the distance between the slipway and the sea shifts markedly through the tide. This part of the coast is nourished with dredged sand most years under the Environment Agency's Saltfleet-to-Gibraltar Point beach-management programme, and the frontage is held by a sea wall and by timber and rock groynes.

A concrete outfall just south of the slipway carries the Woldgrift Drain out to sea through a culvert and tidal gate, alongside an Internal Drainage Board pumping station: a fixed structure on this stretch of beach.

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Seacroft Holiday Estate

A touring caravan and camping site open to the public, not just to owners, with hardstanding pitches, electric hookups and direct beach access.

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The beach dries a long way out on this macro-tidal open coast, so the water's edge can be a long walk from the slipway depending on the state of the tide.

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A concrete outfall (the Woldgrift Drain culvert, with a tidal gate and Internal Drainage Board pumping station) crosses the beach just south of the slipway.

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