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Great Grimsby pancake race returns for 2023

Grimsby Minster is pleased to announce Grimsby’s Annual Pancake Day race returns again this year as a fun but competitive relay race. Teams from the Minster led by the Fr Chris, North East Lincolnshire Council led by the Mayor, Cllr Steve Beasant, the Business Community coordinated by Mark Webb from e-factor and local schools will all complete,…

1 year ago | Culture, events and tourism
The start line for the pancake race at St James' Square.

Celebrating the Great Wall of Grimsby

A group of artists were joined by North East Lincolnshire’s Mayor for the official reveal of a magnificent new mural depicting much-loved scenes in Grimsby. The Great Wall of Grimsby, which can be found on the Needham’s Butchers building in Garibaldi Street, includes meticulously detailed characters, shopfronts, buildings and lost landmarks from the town. Artist…

1 year ago | Culture, events and tourism
Artists and guests at the unveiling of the Great Wall of Grimsby mural.

School’s out, fun’s in!

With the summer holidays in full swing, here’s a roundup of the fab things to do in Cleethorpes and North East Lincolnshire this August. The team behind Discover North East Lincolnshire has just sent their latest e-newsletter and it’s full of ideas for things to do in the area for the next couple of months….

2 years ago | Culture, events and tourism
Cleethorpes boating lake

Coastal businesses to benefit from green tourism programme

Tourism businesses along the coast of Greater Lincolnshire are being invited to take part in a new programme to help them take advantage of being more environmentally sustainable. Considerate Group have been commissioned by the county council and Greater Lincolnshire LEP to deliver a Green Tourism Ambassador Training Program – working with a selection of…

2 years ago | Business and investment
Stainless steel recycling sculpture on Cleethorpes North Prom

Music Hub for young people enters into new partnership

The North East Lincolnshire Music Education Hub is to enter into a new partnership arrangement with the Music Education Hub in Hull. Established in 2012, the North East Lincolnshire-based Hub has been successful in attracting Arts Council England grants of over two hundred thousand pounds each year to our area to help thousands of children…

2 years ago | Children and families