Accessible Britain

disabled parking is permitted for up to three hours in the restricted areas, it gets busy, so
you’ll have to arrive early to secure a spot. The ground floor of the cathedral is wheelchair
accessible, with the exception of the three side chapels dedicated to the armed forces. Just
inside the entrance there is a touch model of the building, including a site layout, with a
foot-operated audio guide while in the northeast transept there is a touch exhibition with
Braille descriptions. The recently constructed toilet block has two disabled toilets.
FOOD & DRINK aa The cosy Cloister Refectory, at the north end of the cathedral, serves
cakes, sandwiches and a small range of hot meals, some of which use local ingredients,
such as Lincolnshire sausages in the excellent sausage pie. It’s pretty small, but at busy
times of the year tables spill out into the cloisters so there is more space. It’s normally
open 10am–4.30pm but only 12–4pm on Sundays.
060 Natureland Seal Sanctuary, Lincolnshire
THE EAST MIDLANDS AND EAST ANGLIA
Address: North Parade, Skegness PE25 1DB Web: www.skegnessnatureland.co.uk Tel: 01754 764345
Hours: daily 10am–4pm winter; 10am–5pm summer Dates: closed 1 Jan & 25–26 Dec Entry: [D]£5.20
[C]£5.20 [A]£8 [4–16s]£5.50 [Con]£6.50 [Fam]£24.30; winter discounts available
If you fancy a break from the beach while on holiday at Skegness, put your bucket and
spade to one side and head to Natureland, a seal sanctuary and mini zoo at the northern
end of the seafront.
The site incorporates a “seal hospital”, where seal pups that are washed up on the
beaches around Skegness are cared for before being released back into the sea – to date,
over seven hundred seals have been successfully returned to the wild. You can observe
the rescued pups through viewing windows, and in the outdoor rearing pools where they
learn how to catch fish. Some resident seals, too tame to fend for themselves at sea, live
in a separate pool. There’s also a spread of other animals to see, including black-footed
Natureland Seal Sanctuary
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