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Free and cheap days out with children in Cleethorpes
The beach starts about two minutes from the station, which is the shortest walk from platform to sand on the network.
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Seawick sits at St Osyth, near Clacton-on-Sea. Here is what the park is near, and the local attraction worth building a day around.
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