Cleethorpes

/ ˈkliːθɔːps /

noun

1. a resort in E England, in North East Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire. Pop: 31 853 (2001)

Example Sentences

The 21-year-old from Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, said she was almost tempted to retrain as a paramedic, as the job hunt proved difficult with fewer companies willing to hire staff.

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Locations included Clacton, in three of the band's home county of Essex, Bournemouth, Dorset, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, and Morecambe, Lancashire, before they signed off the eight-date circuit in Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk, on 20 September.

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Blur - made up of Albarn and guitarist Graham Coxon, who met at Colchester's The Stanway School, drummer Dave Rowntree, also from the town, and bassist Alex James, who grew up in Bournemouth - set off on the Seaside Tour from Cleethorpes on 12 September 1995.

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Across the Humber Bridge in Cleethorpes, Jamie Dawson, sales assistant at Sweet Indulgence, says people still like the old traditions, such as visiting sweet shops.

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Onn, the MP for Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes, said Reform's decision to "pit themselves" against a sector which currently employed about 12,500 people in Greater Lincolnshire – "and risking their jobs" – was "completely at odds" with the role of a directly elected mayor, which was to "improve economic growth for their local areas".

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