Mablethorpe

Mablethorpe
Clockwise from top: St Mary's Church, Sandtrain on Mablethorpe Beach, High Street, Seats on ramp looking towards town centre, Promenade and aerial view of Mablethorpe
Mablethorpe Location within Lincolnshire
Population	12,531 (2011. with Sutton-on-Sea)
OS grid reference	TF506850
• London	130 mi (210 km) SSW
Civil parish	Mablethorpe and Sutton
District	East Lindsey
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Areas of the town	List Miami Beach Saltfleetby Saltfleetby All Saints Saltfleetby St Clements Saltfleetby St Peter Sandilands Sutton-on-Sea Theddlethorpe Theddlethorpe All Saints Theddlethorpe St Helen Thorpe Trusthorpe
Post town	MABLETHORPE
Postcode district	LN12
Dialling code	01507
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Louth and Horncastle
List of places UK England Lincolnshire 53°20′27″N 0°15′40″E / 53.3409°N 0.261°E / 53.3409; 0.261

Mablethorpe is a seaside town in the civil parish of Mablethorpe and Sutton, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.^[1] In 1961 the civil parish had a population of 3,611.^[2] On 1 April 1974 the parish was changed to form "Mablethorpe and Sutton".^[3] The population including nearby Sutton-on-Sea was 12,531 at the 2011 census and estimated at 12,633 in 2019.^[4]

The town was visited regularly by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, a 19th-century Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom. Some town features have been named after him, such as Tennyson Road and the now closed Tennyson High School.