When ticketing website Trainline listed the UK’s top 100 beaches this summer, Cleethorpes was second only to Margate. Wartime forts appeared in the Humber Estuary, but essentially the east coast view has stayed much the same since the pier first opened nearly 150 years ago, financed by the railway company. A local consortium restored its wooden walkways and stained glass six years ago and Papa’s fish and chip restaurant opened here in 2017, filling the old ballroom with round tables. Cleethorpes pier has suffered fires, failed takeovers and partial demolition during the second world war it has hosted nightclubs, bingo and wrestling.
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