Seaside towns like Mablethorpe, Skegness, Cleethorpes (pictured) and Ingoldmells are consistently highly rated and hark back to traditional bucket-and-spade holidaysCredit: Getty In fact ...

A sign on a building by the barrier at Cleethorpes station announces ‘Number 2 Pub’. This has the perverse effect of making me seek out Number 1 Pub, which, it turns out, occupies a former ...

The Seaside Heritage Network has just unveiled its Bucket and Spade List, featuring the public's top ten seaside favourites, with one "quintessentially seaside" spot clinching the coveted number ...