Chapel Saint Leonards

Chapel St. Leonards is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 5mi north from the resort of Skegness. The village is a location for caravan park holidays, is next to several miles of beach, and close to Fantasy Island, market towns, and the Lincolnshire Wolds. A Chapel St. Leonards landmark is Chapel Point, 1mi north from the centre of the village. It is a restored part of a major Second World War coastal defence line; the restoration included the gun structure and the viewing platform. In recent years Chapel Point has become a location for birdwatchers, being visited by migrating birds such as the Mediterranean gull. GovernanceAn electoral ward in the same exists. This ward stretches west to Hogsthorpe with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 4, 684. Chapel and churchThe name of the village derives from a chapel at Mumby dedicated to St Leonard; the village history is tied to that of Mumby, both at one time being part of the same ecclesiastical parish.

Chapel St. Leonards is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 5mi north from the resort of Skegness. The village is a location for caravan park holidays, is next to several miles of beach, and close to Fantasy Island, market towns, and the Lincolnshire Wolds. A Chapel St. Leonards landmark is Chapel Point, 1mi north from the centre of the village. It is a restored part of a major Second World War coastal defence line; the restoration included the gun structure and the viewing platform. In recent years Chapel Point has become a location for birdwatchers, being visited by migrating birds such as the Mediterranean gull. GovernanceAn electoral ward in the same exists. This ward stretches west to Hogsthorpe with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 4, 684. Chapel and churchThe name of the village derives from a chapel at Mumby dedicated to St Leonard; the village history is tied to that of Mumby, both at one time being part of the same ecclesiastical parish.