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The Red Lion

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Walk from campsite (added by karen_k217130 02 oct 2022)

Camping field (added by visitor 26 oct 2020)

Simple site in the grounds of a 19th-century coaching inn
Lincolnshire Wolds walks and Skegness within half an hour's drive
Pub with food; hot showers; 10 mins walk from Aviation Heritage Centre

Hikes, wildlife and generous helpings of history are all dished up at The Red Lion, a simple site in the grounds of an old Lincolnshire inn. At a crossroads in the village of East Kirkby, The Red Lion has been refreshing travellers since 1841; more recently, it was a favoured watering hole for the men and women of Bomber Command in World War II, and the pub’s décor pays tribute to them. The staff are steeped in the history of the old coaching inn and the nearby airfield, and can point you towards the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, 10 minutes’ walk down the road and on the site of the former Royal Air Force base. The Red Lion makes a splendid base for aviation and wartime history buffs, with the heritage centre nearby and the displays and memorials of the International Bomber Command Centre a 45-minute drive away. As it’s on the edge on the Lincolnshire Wolds and around half an hour's drive from the coast, it’s also well placed for walks, stately home visits and wildlife watching. Most importantly, it’s at the back of a friendly pub, with free wifi and serving hot food from 6pm to 8pm every evening alongside local beers and other refreshing tipples. Canine companions are welcome in the bar (it’d be nice if they bought a drink…) and on the site.

Site type

Open all year

Please note

Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
The site does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act (i.e. XL Bully, Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
The restaurant is open between 01/01 and 31/12.
Bookings must not be for more than 28 consecutive nights.
At least one of the party members must be aged 20 or over.
The bar is open between 01/01 and 31/12.

The pitches are on grass, so the ground may not be perfectly level or flat. Free wifi access is limited to the pub and car park area; it is not available on the caravan site.

Languages spoken

English

Pitch types & availability

2 bedroom static caravan (four person)

4 people maximum

Wifi at the unit/pitch 2 bedrooms

Dimensions: 3.0m width x 11.9m length (10.0ft width x 39.0ft length) Calculated area: 36.2m² (390.0ft²)

4 people maximum

Wifi at the unit/pitch 2 bedrooms

Please bring your own towels.

Dimensions

3.0m width x 11.9m length (10.0ft width x 39.0ft length) Calculated area: 36.2m² (390.0ft²)

Year of manufacture: 2015

4 rooms

Bedroom 1 x Double bed

Bedroom 1 x Twin beds

Bathroom 1 x Shower, 1 x Toilet

Toilet 1 x Toilet

Features

Bed linen 3 included, 3 max.

Car 1 included, 1 max.

Duvets and pillows 4 included, 4 max.

Fridge 1 included, 1 max.

TV 1 included, 1 max.

Beds made up

Car parking by pitch/unit

Gas and electricity included

Gas/electric fire in lounge

Gas fire in the lounge

Wifi at the unit/pitch

Extras

10+ Night Discount (compulsory)		-£150 (-£150) per stay
7+ Night Discount (compulsory)		-£50 (-£50) per stay
Dog (2 max)		£30 (£30) per stay

You will be able to choose extras on the booking page.

Arrival days

From £75 (£75) 1 night, 2 adults

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our static caravans (added by manager 11 Oct 2023)

3 bedroom static caravan (six person)

6 people maximum

Wifi at the unit/pitch 3 bedrooms

Dimensions: 3.0m width x 11.0m length (10.0ft width x 36.0ft length) Calculated area: 33.4m² (360.0ft²)

6 people maximum

Wifi at the unit/pitch 3 bedrooms

Please bring your own towels.

Dimensions

3.0m width x 11.0m length (10.0ft width x 36.0ft length) Calculated area: 33.4m² (360.0ft²)

Year of manufacture: 2015

6 rooms

Toilet 1 x Toilet

Bathroom 1 x Shower, 1 x Toilet

Bedroom 1 x Double bed

Bedroom 1 x Twin beds

Toilet 1 x Toilet

Features

Bed linen 5 included, 5 max.

Car 1 included, 1 max.

Duvets and pillows 6 included, 6 max.

Fridge 1 included, 1 max.

TV 1 included, 1 max.

Beds made up

Car parking by pitch/unit

Gas and electricity included

Gas/electric fire in lounge

Gas fire in the lounge

Wifi at the unit/pitch

Extras

10+ Night Discount (compulsory)		-£150 (-£150) per stay
7+ Night Discount (compulsory)		-£50 (-£50) per stay
Dog (2 max)		£30 (£30) per stay

You will be able to choose extras on the booking page.

Arrival days

From £105 (£105) 1 night, 2 adults

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Superb site. Spacious, plenty of hot water in showers, felt nice and…

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Facilities / Activities	8
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Child friendliness	8
Cleanliness	8
Wifi	8

Angela L. May 2024

Electric grass and earth pitch

Liked: Superb site. Spacious, plenty of hot water in showers, felt nice and safe and the pub offered a warm welcome and hearty home cooked food. Five minute walk to an excellent aviation museum

Recommend to friends Visit again

Such a great little site. Great location with loads to do. Unfortunately…

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Wifi	10

Anonymous May 2024

Electric grass and earth pitch

Liked: Such a great little site. Great location with loads to do. Unfortunately didn’t get chance to go to the pub. Next time though. I highly recommend the chicken tikka sandwiches sold at the shop over’t road. See you soon.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site,no noise, locals very friendly

Overall	10/10
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Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	8

Anonymous May 2024

Non-electric grass and earth pitch

Liked: Very helpful and meal was excellent, will go back again.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Plenty of room to put awning out. Everything is at hand plenty of…

Overall	10/10
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Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	8
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	8
Wifi	10

Anonymous May 2024

Electric grass and earth pitch

Liked: Plenty of room to put awning out. Everything is at hand plenty of space to take dogs for a walk. Next to Aviation heritage site.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nice site, nice pub food - you need a motor mover.

Overall	8/10
Location	8
Value for money	8
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	8
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	10

vicky c. May 2024

Electric grass and earth pitch

Liked: Hot water in shower, play ground, pub food , field to walk with dogs. Large pitches fenced between each tourer

Disliked: No reversing , so has to push caravan into pitch. Worse was trying to push caravan out of pitch to leave when we had 2 cars parked in correct parking spots but in the way to swing out our caravan.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Quiet nice little site…

Overall	8/10
Location	8
Value for money	8
Accommodation	8
Facilities / Activities	6
Customer service	6
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	8
Wifi	10

Anonymous May 2024

Electric grass and earth pitch

Liked: Quiet nice little site

Recommend to friends Visit again

Everything about this site including the great pub with friendly staff and…

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	10

David S. May 2024

Electric grass and earth pitch

Liked: Everything about this site including the great pub with friendly staff and locals food excellent

Recommend to friends Visit again

Large size of pitches clean toilet block and pub the beer is…

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	10

David S. May 2024

Electric grass and earth pitch

Liked: Large size of pitches clean toilet block and pub the beer is great and food just unbelievably lovely and the staff are very friendly & helpful

Recommend to friends Visit again

Good tidy pitches with electric up showers and toilet very clean…

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
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Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
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Wifi	10

David S. May 2024

Electric grass and earth pitch

Liked: Good tidy pitches with electric up showers and toilet very clean Pub food fantastic and good choice of good beer

Disliked: Nothing to dislike all great

Recommend to friends Visit again

Clean cheap and cheerful excellent prices in the pub for food and…

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
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Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	10

David N. Apr 2024

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch (deluxe)

Liked: Clean cheap and cheerful excellent prices in the pub for food and drink would go again and I would recommend

Recommend to friends Visit again

Features

Dogs allowed

Campfires allowed

Leisure on site

Bar or club house

Cycle hire

Evening entertainment

Fishing

Fitness centre

Games room

Indoor swimming pool

Kids' club

On-site restaurant/cafe

Outdoor swimming pool

Play area

TV room

Take away

Tennis

Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available

Car parking by pitch/unit

Composting toilet

Disabled facilities

Dog park

Drying room

Food shop

Free wifi

Ice pack freezing

Internet access

Launderette

Local produce

Parent & baby washroom

Pick-up from public transport

Portable toilet

Pub toilets

Public telephone

Shower available

Toilet block

Washing-up area

Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly

Motorcycle friendly

Rallies welcome

Single-sex groups welcome

Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided

Barbecues allowed

Campfires allowed

Commercial vehicles allowed

Dogs allowed

Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Budget/backpacker

Peaceful

Utilities

Charging facilities

Chemical disposal

Electric car charging point(s)

Gas cylinders available

Recycling available

Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby

Dog walk nearby

Shop nearby

Type

Pub campsite

Small (11-25 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Restaurant nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Water hook-up points for tourers

Location

The Red Lion

Fen Road

East Kirkby

Spilsby

Lincolnshire

England

PE23 4DB

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

53.14027°N
-0.00664°W

Nearest transport

Coach

6.6 mi Interchange Shelter

7.2 mi War Memorial

Rail

8.7 mi Thorpe Culvert Rail Station

10.3 mi Wainfleet Rail Station

11.3 mi Boston Rail Station

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

With the chalk hills and sandstone peaks of the Wolds so close, walkers and cyclists are particularly well sorted. A 15-minute drive away, Horncastle is a handy point to join the Viking Way: 147 miles of country trails linking the banks of the Humber with the wetlands around Rutland Water. For a more detailed look at the Wolds, take the Lindsey Trail from Horncastle up to Market Rasen (45 minutes by car), a far-from-flat route of around 80 miles passing through a landscape of ancient woodlands, Neolithic long barrows and fenland views. If the sea’s more your style set course for Skegness, half an hour away, for pier and beach walks, sandcastle building and trips to the Natureland Seal Sanctuary. The same distance away but rather quieter, the Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve is a wild stretch of coastline crisscrossed with walks and bike trails, visited by skylarks and terns, brent geese and snow bunting. If you’re up for a stately home or two, you can’t get much more stately than the sturdy brick towers of 15th-century Tattershall Castle (15 minutes), while 18th-century Gunby Hall (20 minutes) is sometimes compared to a (very large) dolls’ house.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name	Distance	Type	2020	2019	2018	2017
Skegness	14.8 mi	Sea	N/A	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Ingoldmells South	15.3 mi	Sea	Good	Good	Excellent	Excellent
Chapel St Leonards	15.5 mi	Sea	Good	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Anderby	16 mi	Sea	N/A	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Moggs Eye	16.3 mi	Sea	N/A	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Lincoln Medieval Bishops' Palace 22.9 mi

Lincoln Cathedral 22.9 mi

Lincoln Castle 23 mi

Ayscoughfee Hall Museum and Gardens 25.3 mi

Belton House 28.9 mi

National Trust

Gunby Hall Estate: Monksthorpe Chapel 7 mi

Tattershall Castle 8.2 mi

Gunby Hall 8.7 mi

Cycle routes

Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.

Other

REVESBY ABBEY 1.4 mi

Battle of Winceby, 1643 4.2 mi

Snipedales - Ashby Puerorum - Hagworthingham Circular 4.3 mi

Hagworthingham - Sausthorpe - Hundleby Circular 4.4 mi

SCRIVELSBY COURT 4.5 mi

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Policies

Booking terms and conditions

Admission

At least one of the party members must be aged 20 or over.
Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.

Arrivals and departures

Late arrivals must notify the park as soon as possible. Your booking will be held for 24 hours. After this period the management reserves the right to relet your unit.
No refunds/discounts for inclement weather, late arrivals or early departures.
The site will send you further check-in information 14 day(s) before your arrival.
Units will be allocated on arrival.

Changes to your holiday

Bookings cannot be amended within 5 day(s) of arrival.
Changes cannot be made once you have booked.

Dogs

Dogs must be kept on leads and supervised at all times.
The site does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act (i.e. XL Bully, Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).

Extras

Motorbike(s) can be brought instead of the car(s) included.

General

Bookings are nominative and non-transferable.
Bookings must not be for more than 28 consecutive nights.
In the event of a complaint, please speak to reception immediately. Complaints which are not brought to the management's attention during your stay cannot be dealt with once you have left the site.
Public areas are non-smoking.
Quiet hours must be respected between 11 p.m. and 8 a.m..
Radio, music and TV players must be kept at a low volume. Car doors and boots must be closed quietly.
The bar is open between 01/01 and 31/12.
The management reserves the right to deny access or terminate the stay of those guests whose behaviour is deemed unsuitable. No refunds will be offered.
The restaurant is open between 01/01 and 31/12.
The site is not liable for any refund in the event of force majeure.

Pitches

You must follow the management directives when pitching your tent/unit and related equipment.

Reception

Reception is open from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. between 01/01 and 31/12.

Safety

Barbecues are permitted but must be raised off the ground and attended by an adult at all times.
Firearms are not permitted.

Taxes

This area is not subject to city tax.

Vehicles

No vehicle movement between 10:30 p.m. and 8 a.m..
Only one car is to be parked by the pitch. Extra vehicles must be parked in the designated area.

Visitors

Visitors’ cars are not permitted on site.
Visitors must leave the premises by 9 p.m..

Additional terms

The pitches are on grass, so the ground may not be perfectly level or flat.

Payment terms

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

Does The Red Lion have a swimming pool? No View all features
Is The Red Lion dog friendly? Yes View all features
What attractions are near The Red Lion? With the chalk hills and sandstone peaks of the Wolds so close, walkers and cyclists are particularly well sorted. A 15-minute drive away, Horncastle is a handy point to join the Viking … Read more