It was first recognised by Lindsey County Council in 1972 that there was a need for a Country Park in the North East Lincolnshire area. In 1979 policies for housing land in Grimsby and Cleethorpes first identified the site and its primary function. Namely that "the area between Buck Beck and Humberston Road shall be for uses primarily of an open nature" and "care will be taken to avoid collision of existing settlements". A basic framework for the site appeared in the draft Cleethorpes District Plan of 1980. As this framework was being developed negotiations with landowners and interested parties was completed resulting in a long lease being taken out on 39Ha of land between Cleethorpes and Humberston. The park was formally opened to the public in March 1996.
Buck Beck flows across the northern edge of the site, just outside the site boundary. An artificial lake is located near the centre of the site. This is fed by the ‘Kingfisher Drain’, which flows in from the adjoining housing estate. The outflow from the Lake is at its eastern end, where it flows through the neighbouring golf course and into Buck Beck, which in turn terminates at the mouth of the Humber.
To find the cache you need to look at the 'Welcome to Cleethorpes Country Park' Notice board. At the bottom you will see the line "This park will be closed 30 minutes before dusk each day." To work out the coordinates you need to convert the letters on the line below this one into numbers where a=1, b=2 c=3 etc.
The coordinates are:- N53 (20th - 9th) (4th + 16th) . (3rd + 4th) (8th) (2nd - 7th) W000 0(12th-10th) . (15th - 7th) (15th - 18th) (20th)
As noted above, the carpark in the Country Park shuts at dusk but access is still available from the walk in entrances around the park. The only time you are likely to be asked to leave is if a group are causing trouble in the area and the neighbours report it to the police. Since the park has been open I have never been asked to leave even when walking the dog, even at silly o'clock in the morning.
The Little Bridges series was started by Stanthews in 2009 to highlight small footbridges in remote parts of Wiltshire. Since then the series has been expanded by others all over the country and starting to spread fast. There is a stats listing, so you can see how many Little Bridges you have found, you can find it here: - https://www.littlebridgesseries.co.uk. If you would like to add to the series, please go to this site, on the tab Get Involved click number request and fill in the form. To qualify, the bridge must be a foot bridge too small for vehicles, please make sure your title exactly matches “Little Bridges # xxxx then the name” including spaces so it will get picked up and added to stats list.