Places to Stay Near a Pub in Cleethorpes

There are 44 places to stay published on BritStays in and around Cleethorpes, and the spread tells you a lot before you even open a single listing. Hotels dominate with 33 entries, then it drops away sharply: 3 holiday parks, 3 caravanning sites, 3 campsites and just 2 cottages. If you've come looking for a pub with rooms or a stay within strolling distance of somewhere to eat and drink in the evening, that mix matters — it shapes where you'll find a bar on site and where you'll be walking out of the door to find one.

Which stays actually have a bar

Of the 44, only 3 list a bar among their facilities and 5 list a restaurant. That's a small slice, so if having a drink without leaving the building is the priority, you'll want to filter hard rather than browse hopefully. The Kingstown Hotel in Cleethorpes is one of the clearest examples, listing a bar, a restaurant and children's entertainment together — useful if you want the evening sorted without a taxi. The Thornton Hunt Inn at Ulceby is the inn-style option in the set, out in the villages rather than on the seafront.

Worth being straight with you: the facility data on these listings doesn't record how close each stay is to a pub. Nobody from BritStays has paced it out. What you can do is use the location field and a map together, then ring the stay and ask — reception staff answer this question constantly and will tell you honestly whether it's a two-minute walk or a drive.

Cleethorpes, Grimsby, Hull and the villages

Cleethorpes itself holds 19 of the 44 stays, with one more filed as Cleethorpes, Central England. That's where the seaside trip belongs, and where most of the chain and independent hotels sit — Premier Inn Cleethorpes, a second Premier Inn, the Cornmill Hotel, the Clee Hotel and Redcliffe House Luxury B&B all have Cleethorpes addresses. Hull follows with 10 and Grimsby with 9, then Louth, Central England with 2, and single entries at Laceby, Central England, Hessle and Ulceby.

• Coast and evenings out: Cleethorpes, every time — the biggest choice and the walkable options.
• Quieter, more countryside: Ulceby, Laceby and Hessle have one stay each, so decide early; there's no fallback nearby.
• City-flavoured base: Hull, with the Garden Mews Hotel and the Ibis among them.
• Value and practicality: Grimsby, home to Oaklands Hall Hotel, Holiday Inn Express and, confusingly, Cleethorpes Pearl Holiday Park, which carries a Grimsby location.

Families, couples and dog owners

Families get the clearest steer from the data. Only 2 of the 44 stays list a swimming pool, and Cleethorpes Pearl Holiday Park is one of them, pairing it with a hot tub and evening entertainment — the classic holiday park set-up. Cleethorpes Showground Caravan Park is the camping entry with toilets, disabled access and baby changing listed, which is more detail than most sites bother to publish and genuinely helpful if you're travelling with a baby.

Couples and small groups tend to do better with the hotels and B&Bs, or with the two cottages. Self-catering is the scarce commodity here: Beach & Tonic at Louth, Central England sleeps 6 and lists a bus stop and EV charging nearby, which is a sensible combination if you're sharing a car or arriving on an electric one.

Dog owners should note that pet policies aren't among the recorded facilities on any of these 44 stays. Don't assume — ask before you pay, and ask specifically whether dogs can be left in the room if you're planning an evening out.

Arriving without a car

Seven stays list being near a train station and 6 near a bus stop, so roughly one in six is set up for car-free travel. Ten list EV charging nearby and 12 list WiFi — the Holiday Inn Express in Grimsby, the Ibis in Hull and Premier Inn Cleethorpes all flag it. Eight stays list disabled access; if that's a requirement, treat it as your first filter rather than your last.

Filling the days

Two of the family attractions sit at Cleethorpes: The Jungle Zoo and Play Factory Louth, an indoor option for a wet afternoon. Hull has the Animal Education centre. Further along the coast you'll find Natureland Seal Sanctuary, Fairy Dell Paddling Pool, Skegness Water Leisure Park and Captain Kids Adventure World, all at Skegness, plus the Chadwick Centre in Lincolnshire for museums and galleries.

When to book

With 44 stays total and only 2 cottages, 3 holiday parks and 3 campsites, the non-hotel options go first — book those for summer and school holidays several months ahead. Hotels in Cleethorpes, Grimsby and Hull give you more slack, but bank holiday weekends tighten fast. If you need a bar on site, book early regardless: three listings is a very short queue.