Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway

Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway, Skegness Water Leisure Park,     Walls Lane, Ingoldmells, Skegness, PE25 1JF

Supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund

The 0-4-0T locomotive "Peter Pan" will visit the LCLR on the 30th August. It will be in steam during normal hours. Further information to follow.

 

The Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway (LCLR) is a 60 cm narrow gauge heritage railway, approximately 0.75 miles long, situated in Ingoldmells at the award winning Skegness Water Leisure Park on the beautiful Lincolnshire Coast. On our summer operating days you can ride in one of our historic railway carriages, pulled by either one of our historic diesel locomotives, or on steam days (see dates opposite) by our Peckett steam locomotive "Jurassic". The diesel locos are based on designs for WW1 trench railways, which later powered transport for agriculture and industry throughout Lincolnshire and the wider world. Our steam locomotive "Jurassic" was built in 1903 and spent her working life at a cement works in Southam, near Rugby. Following restoration at the LCLR she returned to steam in mid 2017.

Our collection of historic WW1 trench railway vehicles are demonstrated on gala days, and can normally be viewed on operating days. More details of the collection on the LCLR Historic Vehicles Trust page.

Thanks to an award of £24,250 from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) the LCLR will soon have a new station and an interpretation centre inside a historic Skegness railway building at its southern terminus. Click button below for full details and progress reports..

 

This was a rare opportunity to see the LCLRs unique collection of WW1 vehicles on demonstration trains. Also attending were The Hull Rifles WW1 re-enactment group.

In 2020 we managed to run all 8 of our Simplex diesels. This year, 2024, we did manage to run 9 - well done Peter for getting 8905 running for the gala! 

 

18th Oct 2023

A successful visit by Year Three pupils of Richmond School in Skegness has shown the way ahead for the Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway to build relationships with the area’s schools and the communities they serve.

Jurassic was in steam on Sun 7th May 2023, complete with Coronation Headboard. 

LCLR Chairman Richard Shepherd taking delivery of newly upholstered seats, from Russ at Windale Furnishings in Skegness, for the restoration of Ashover No1 coach at the railway. The fabric was sourced by the railway and is a genuine railway pattern. Windale Furnishings then offered to reupholster the seats as their contribution to the restoration of our historic coach. The LCLR is very grateful for this extremely kind gesture and we look forward to being able to offer them a ride in the completed coach very soon!

The Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway has been awarded the ‘MORGAN AWARD FOR ROLLING STOCK PRESERVATION’ for its "Queen Mary" coach restoration. Well done to all concerned!

 

The "Queen Mary" coach (next to locomotive) in use on Sat 4th June 2022

April 2021

The LCLR will operate trains on the following dates in 2025

Saturday 24th May S

Saturday 14th June D

Wednesday 9th July D

Saturday 12th July D

Wednesday 16th July D

Saturday 19th July S

Wednesday 23rd July D

Saturday 26th July S

Wednesday 30th July D

Saturday 2nd August S

Monday 4th August D

Wednesday 6th August D

Saturday 9th August S

Monday 11th August D

Wednesday 13th August D

Saturday 16th August S

Monday 18th August D

Wednesday 20th August D

Saturday 23rd August S

Sunday 24th August D

Wednesday 27th August D

Saturday 30th August S - visiting loco "Peter Pan"

Monday 1st September D

Saturday 6th September D

Saturday 20th September D - WW1 Day - our WW1 trench railway stock on demonstration trains - reduced passenger service

Saturday 25th October S

S = Steam trains   D = Diesel trains

Please note that on Steam Days the first trains will be Diesel hauled, with the steam loco taking over about 11.30. Final train may also be diesel hauled.

On all days the first train departs at 10.30 - final train 15.45.

Whilst every effort will be made to ensure that the advertised motive power is available, the Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway reserves the right to substitute alternative motive power when operational circumstances dictate. Where possible this will be advertised in advance on this website.

Further dates may be added to this list and will be advertised on this website.

 

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The railway is located on the Skegness Water Leisure Park, PE25 1JF. Look for the brown sign close to Butlins and turn into Walls Lane from the A52 Skegness-Mablethorpe road. Upon arrival please pull in to the "visitors" layby, before the barrier, and enter the reception building. One of the members of the Leisure Park staff will direct you to the railway, and allow your vehicle through the barrier. Please keep the access code given to you, it is also needed for the Park exit barrier.There is no charge for entering the Park and you may use facilities such as The Barn Inn, Coffee Shop etc. or (by prior arrangement) stay on site  Tel. 01754 899400. There is good free parking next to our station.

There is a frequent bus service from Skegness Interchange (and Mablethorpe) - ask for Walls Lane, which is just before Butlins Resort. The Parks pedestrian entrance & LCLR are a short walk along Walls Lane - follow signs. Buses connect at Skegness Interchange with East Midland Railway services from Nottingham, Grantham (for London Kings Cross), Sleaford (for Lincoln and the North) and Boston.

 

10th April 2025

An appeal to raise £25,000 to keep the historic locomotive Jurassic steaming on the Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway in Skegness has been launched. Jurassics 10 year overhaul is due after the 2026 season. Read more here...

 

The LCLR is run totally by a small group of volunteers, all of whom are members of the Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway Historic Vehicles Trust. By joining the Trust you will be able to keep in touch with the developments on the LCLR with a regular e-newsletter and have the opportunity to work in the various railway departments. We can offer full training in all operating departments. Throughout the year we work every Wednesday, and Saturdays, at our base in Ingoldmells, Skegness to maintain our steam & diesel locos, carriage stock, trackwork and buildings, and in the summer we operate the railway. If you would like to join our small band of friendly volunteers, we`d really like to hear from you! It`s a great way to keep fit and help preserve a piece of Lincolnshire`s history. Note: not all of our volunteers are die hard railway enthusiasts - why call in and see for yourself?

Please contact us via the link below:

 

"My wife and I received great hospitality from the railway`s volunteers when we visited in July this year... Our visit made for a really delightful day out which is thoroughly recommended."

"Very friendly and knowledgable staff, souvenirs to buy and a very pleasant trip."

"Superb railway in a superb park well worth the visit. Open carriage passenger rides excellent friendly staff."

"One of Britains Top 20 seaside railways" - Heritage Railway magazine.

19th September 2020

The LCLR paraded its 8 working Simplexes down the line for the first time on this day which had been planned for a group visit. Due to Covid 19 the visit was cancelled but the volunteers followed social distancing and performed the parade in private. See Link for more.

The volunteers at the LCLR have been busy during the year designing and erecting a new station building to provide more customer and staff accommodation at their main Walls Lane station. See Link for photos.

WORLD’S FIRST-BUILD HERITAGE RAILWAY TO CELEBRATE 60TH ANNIVERSARY – TWO YEARS LATE!

The NGRS paid a visit to the LCLR 2 weeks after our public running season had finished. We were able to demonstrate some of our WW1 trench railway vehicles on the line for the first time in two years and it was a very enjoyable day - with great weather!

Restoration of our near-century old railway carriage, Ashover 1, has been boosted by the generosity of Piper Windows, a local firm of window manufacturers, who have donated the safety glass necessary to re-glaze the vehicle’s windows. Read More