Grimsby Town Football Club

Football grounds aren't for everyone, but if you've got a soft spot for the underdog, Grimsby Town's Blundell Park stadium is worth a look. The club's been around since 1879, which is proper heritage stuff, and the ground has that lived-in character you don't get at flashy new builds. You'll see the pitch, the stands, maybe catch a tour on a non-match day if you're lucky - though I'd ring ahead first as opening hours can be a bit vague.

It's the sort of place that speaks to football romantics and local history types more than casual visitors. If you're the kind of person who gets excited about old terraces and wants to understand what football means to a town, there's something worth your time here. Families with football-mad kids will get more from it than those just after a quick photo op.

Cleethorpes is just a few miles away, so it slots easily into a wider Lincolnshire trip - the beach town's got its own pull as a old-school British seaside resort. Haven Cleethorpes Beach Holiday Park sits nearby if you're after base camp digs. That said, unless you're genuinely keen on the Mariners' story or match day action, don't let it derail your wider plans. It's a twenty-minute job, not a full day out.