Skegness is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, on the Lincolnshire coast of the North Sea, 43 miles east of Lincoln. In the 2011 census Skegness civil parish had a population of 19,579.The worlds first Butlin's holiday resort opened in Skegness in 1936. Continue reading... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.