Skegness at a glance
In Lincolnshire, Skegness is a town of 20,701 people with the PE25 postcode district and a central rail link at Skegness station, about 0.6 miles from the middle of town, which makes coordinating moves by rail and road straightforward. By road, it connects to nearby towns at practical journey times: Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe are 13.9 miles away in 29 minutes, Horncastle 20.7 miles in 32 minutes, Boston 21 miles in 36 minutes, Mablethorpe 21.8 miles in 37 minutes, Louth 23.5 miles in 37 minutes, Kirton 24.6 miles in 43 minutes, and Coningsby and Tattershall 26.4 miles in 43 minutes, while longer hauls reach Holbeach at 35.1 miles in 57 minutes, Long Sutton at 40 miles in 65 minutes, and King’s Lynn at 55.1 miles in 89 minutes. Skegness also serves smaller places close by, including Ingoldmells at 3.4 miles, Burgh le Marsh at 3.5 miles, Wainfleet All Saints at 4.2 miles, Wainfleet St Mary at 4.8 miles, Chapel St Leonards at 5.6 miles, Friskney Eaudyke at 6.7 miles, Friskney at 7.5 miles and Halton Holegate at 8.6 miles, which often look to the town for moves and collections. Two retail parks sit about 0.8 miles from the centre, Hildreds Shopping Centre and Lumley Shopping Plaza, convenient for flat-pack and furniture collected from the retail parks. Skegness Tip is also around 0.8 miles, keeping tip runs of old furniture, garden waste and clutter short and simple. Typical work includes house and flat moves to and from the towns nearby, as well as single items such as a sofa, a bed, a wardrobe or a washing machine, with regular journeys linking the town to Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe, Boston, Horncastle, Mablethorpe, Louth and beyond, and frequent local runs serving Ingoldmells, Burgh le Marsh and the Wainfleet villages.
Skegness had 20,701 people at the 2021 Census. Furniture and flat-pack from Hildreds Shopping Centre and Lumley Shopping Plaza is a common single-item run. The council's nearest recycling centre is Skegness Tip, 0.8 miles away; a tip run with us goes to a licensed recycling centre, with the disposal in the price.