Skegness Model Village was created over two years and opened to the public in 1962. It is located on the sea front in Skegness and managed by the aquarium next door. The model village consists of a model railway, a working model fairground, and a model village in landscaped gardens. Unfortunately, the last caretakers of the model village left the buildings out to the elements over the winter, so they got largely damaged although most were repaired when I visited. The train and some of the model fairground were not running at the time of my visit. The new management have been repairing the town and gardens from previous neglect. I really enjoyed my visit.
Walking around the model village, one of the things I noticed were the funny names on the buildings and the attention to all of the little details. Comical names were used for the different businesses.
There is a retro lido.
A farmhouse.
"Semore Clearly Optician" and "Lucy Lastic Panties".
"Willie Cheatum Greengrocers", "Bristle and Grunt pork butchers", and "The House of the Rising Bun, Nobody Does it Butter" bakery.
There was also a haunted abbey, complete with haunted skeletons and ghosts in the windows and graves.
A water feature winded itself around the model village. (There was a duck enjoying some time in one area of the water that was a little overgrown and a bird cleaning itself here by the boat house.)
"W.E Slapiton Painter and Decorator". Notice the little dog.
The cathedral had a wedding going on, and the bells were sounding as you approached it.
The Skegness Model Village is an absolute gem of a place. It was really a fun visit, and I was the only visitor for most of the time.
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