Also Near: Grimsby and Pleasure Island theme park, Butterfly Park, Discovery centre.
OS Grid Ref: TA 328 070 - Landranger: 113 -
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Height ASL: 0 metres - CAA Limit: 60 metres
Location: Cleethorpes beach aprox 1 to 1.5 miles south of the pier, on the edges of caravan/camping sites.
Directions: M1 FROM NORTH OR SOUTH TO DONCASTER, OR M62 FROM WEST, THEN PICK UP M18. FROM M18 PICK UP M180 TO GRIMSBY AND CLEETHORPES.
FROM CLEETHORPES PIER HEAD SOUTH, PASSING PLEASURE ISLAND THEME PARK AND HEAD INTO CARAVAN SITES.
HEAD STRAIGHT FORWARD UNTILL YOU REACH CAMPING SITE AND YOU WILL SEE A SMALL FIELD AND FREE CAR PARK ON YOUR LEFT.
Parking: FREE PARKING. SMALL WALL WITH SINGLE TRACK ROAD BEYOND AND BEACH BEYOND THAT
Facilities: CAMP SITE HAS USUAL SHOPS, PUB, ARCADE, CHIPSHOP ETC APROX 100 TO 250 YARDS AWAY.
IN HIGH SEASON THERE IS A CAFE OPEN IN THE CAR PARK. MOST FLIERS USE BEACH SHELTERS ON BEACH ITSELF.
Accessibility: ACCESS SLOPES FROM CARPARK OVER WALL TO ROAD THEN SHORT CONCRETE SLOPE FROM ROAD ONTO BEACH.
Flying Area: HARD DRY SAND FOR 50 YARDS THEN TIDAL SAND.WHEN TIDE GOES OUT YOU NEED BINOCULARS TO SEE IT AND IT LEAVES A VAST FLAT EXPANSE OF WET HARD SAND.
AS MANY AS THIRTY BUGGIES AT A TIME USE THIS SITE AND THEY ALL HAVE LOTS OF SPACE TO GO AT(APROX 1.5 MILES LONG AND HALF A MILE WIDE).
Comments: LIFE GUARDS DO BEACH PATROLS AT TIMES DUE TO KITE SURFERS ALSO USING THIS SITE. OTHER THAN THIS I DO NOT KNOW OF ANY OTHER REQUIREMENTS OR CONDITIONS, BUT THERE MAY BE SOME.
I PERSONALY HAVE NEVER BEEN CHALLENGED ON ANY TOPIC.
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Report By: ROY TIMMINS 17.12.03 ROY(at)TIMMINS7707.FSNET.CO.UK