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- October 20, 2026
Make Friends in Cleethorpes, one lakeside loop after another
Cleethorpes has a library that opens at 8.30am four days a week and a parkrun that drew 309 finishers in mid-October.
32,600+
residents across Croft Baker, Haverstoe and Sidney Sussex, the three Cleethorpes wards (ONS, Census 2021)
27%
of Cleethorpes households are private renters, higher than the 19% seen regionally (2021 census)
23%
of residents in these wards are 65 or over, four points above the regional 19% (ONS 2021)
Cleethorpes has a shelf of groups
To make friends in Cleethorpes, start at the library on Alexandra Road, which hosts more regular groups than most people expect. Book lovers gather on the opening Thursday morning of every month, a reading aloud session runs on Thursday afternoons, and a silent book club meets on the closing Tuesday evening of the month. On Saturdays, Cleethorpes parkrun circles the lake in the Country Park at 9am. Gofrendly lets you line up a Cleethorpes woman to go along with.
Cleethorpes questions we can answer
What time does Cleethorpes library open?
Cleethorpes Library on Alexandra Road is run by Lincs Inspire and opens from 8.30am to 5.30pm Monday to Thursday and from 9am to 1pm on Saturday mornings. Fridays and Sundays are closed days, so plan any Cleethorpes library group around those four early weekday openings.
Which days is the outdoor market on in Cleethorpes?
The Cleethorpes seasonal outdoor market runs from March to September, on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9am to 3pm, weather permitting. In May 2026 it moved to the Boating Lake car park off Kings Road while development works take place in the Market Place.
What is happening to the gardens by the pier in Cleethorpes?
Pier Gardens in Cleethorpes shut on 10 February 2026 for a £7.9 million redevelopment that North East Lincolnshire Council expects to last around 15 months. Until it reopens, the Boating Lake and the 160-acre Country Park off Park Lane are the easiest green spaces nearby.
How can a newcomer meet other women in Cleethorpes?
Gofrendly, a women-only friendship app, lets you see women nearby in Cleethorpes and message the ones whose plans match yours. A good first meeting has a clear end point, so try a stroll along the promenade towards the pier, or meet up just before the Thursday reading aloud group in the library.
Friendship by the sea in Cleethorpes
Cleethorpes mixes long-time residents with people who arrived more recently. Almost one person in four in the three town wards is 65 or over, while 27% of households rent privately, a bigger share than across Yorkshire and the Humber. In a town like that, the people next door might have moved in last year or forty years ago, and both can be looking for company. Our advice is to choose a weekly slot that suits your routine and become one of its regulars.
Winter on the coast can feel lonely after the summer visitors have gone home, so it helps to know what carries on all year. The library opens at 8.30am four days a week, the Kingsway leisure centre has a wave pool, a flume and a health suite, and an accessible walking group leaves The Wellow on Kings Road on Thursday mornings at 10.30am. A few to try:
1
The silent book club at Cleethorpes Library, 6.30pm.
2
Laps of the Country Park lake with the Saturday parkrun.
3
The free Thursday morning walk that leaves The Wellow.
4
Knitting and crochet mornings at Cabana Crafts on Fridays.
5
A monthly history walk that starts from the library.
LOCAL TIP
Stay for a drink after the Thursday walk or the Saturday run, because that extra half hour is where friendships tend to get going.
How to
Ways to make friends in Cleethorpes, all year round
1
Join the free local history walk from the library, next on 19 November, 10.30am to 11.30am.
2
Offer to marshal at Cleethorpes parkrun, which had 309 finishers on its latest Saturday.
3
Bring a project to the Friday knitting and crochet morning at Cabana Crafts, £7.50 a week.
4
Reach out to a Cleethorpes woman through Gofrendly and propose a mile round the Country Park lake.
Reading for a seafront bench
Our writers on Cleethorpes
This page on Cleethorpes comes from Gofrendly founders Claudia Gård and Ulrika Lilja and our editors, and it looks at the reading groups, walks and seafront routines that keep a resort busy outside the summer.
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