Saint Leonards Parish Church

The church stands in its own quiet corner near Skegness, a proper village church that's worth a quick detour if you're camping or caravanning in the area. Saint Leonards isn't trying to be grand - it's modest, local, the kind of place where you get a real sense of how ordinary people worshipped over the centuries. The building itself has that satisfying mix of periods you find in rural Lincolnshire churches, with enough medieval work to keep history enthusiasts engaged but nothing so overwhelming it demands hours of study.

If you're staying at Creekside Family Camping or one of the other caravan parks dotted around Anderby, this makes a straightforward walk or short drive. Twenty minutes is enough to have a proper look round, read some of the gravestones, and get a feel for the community. It's free entry, the way these parish churches usually are, and there's a gentle, unhurried quality about the place that contrasts nicely with the holiday park bustle.

Families with older kids might appreciate it more than toddlers - there's nothing interactive here, just the real thing. What you get is a sense of continuity, of layers of local life. That matters more than rarity or spectacle. If you're based at Butlins or Parkdean Resorts further toward Skegness proper, it's genuinely worth the small journey out. Not a main event, but exactly the sort of place that rounds out a seaside week properly.