Tower Esplanade slipway, Skegness
A slipway on Skegness's central seafront near Tower Esplanade, a short distance from the town's RNLI lifeboat station, on the open Lincolnshire coast where the shoreline runs south towards Gibraltar Point and the entrance to The Wash.
This stretch of Skegness's seafront is a broad, gently shelving beach of firm sand that widens considerably at low water, with large areas uncovering across a macrotidal range; the Admiralty lists Skegness as a secondary port referenced to Immingham. Sediment moves south along this open coast by longshore drift, building offshore sandbanks that run at a slight angle to the shore and feeding the growing spit at Gibraltar Point, roughly three and a half miles south, where the shoreline turns into The Wash.
Close by on Tower Esplanade, the Skegness RNLI lifeboat station launches its inshore lifeboat directly across the beach, and the Skegness Boating Club works this stretch of foreshore from a compound near Princes Parade. A rock-armour revetment protects the promenade nearby.
About three and a half miles south, the coast enters the Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve, roughly 437 hectares owned by Lincolnshire County Council and East Lindsey District Council and managed by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust. It is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest, Special Protection Area and Ramsar site, with the surrounding waters part of the Wash and North Norfolk Coast Special Area of Conservation, holding terns, waders and seals.
Nearby
Foreshore kiosk on Tower Esplanade, a couple of hundred metres from the launch.
Cafe by the Skegness Boating Lake on Tower Esplanade, a couple of hundred metres from the launch.
Caravan and Motorhome Club touring site off Winthorpe Avenue, open to members and non-members year-round.
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Macrotidal open coast; a large tidal range uncovers extensive areas of sand at low water, and sediment moving south along the shore builds offshore sandbanks running at a slight angle to the coast.
SourceRock-armour sea defences have been installed along this stretch of the Skegness foreshore.
SourceThe Skegness RNLI inshore lifeboat launches directly across the beach from the lifeboat station on Tower Esplanade, and the Skegness Boating Club works this stretch of foreshore from a compound near Princes Parade.
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