Editing Mablethorpe (section)

{{Short description|Seaside town in East Lindsey, Lincolnshire}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2014}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
|coordinates = {{coord|53.3409|0.261|display=inline,title}}
|label_position = left
|official_name = Mablethorpe
| static_image_name = {{multiple images
| image1 = St. Mary's Parish Church, Mablethorpe - geograph.org.uk - 143686.jpg
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| image2 = Mablethorpe sandtrain - geograph.org.uk - 4099475.jpg
| image3 = Mablethorpe High Street - geograph.org.uk - 3723723.jpg
| image4 = Seats on ramp to beach from Mablethorpe town centre - geograph.org.uk - 3386601.jpg
| image5 = Promenade, Mablethorpe - geograph.org.uk - 4377156.jpg
| image6 = Mablethorpe on a January afternoon, aerial 2015 - geograph.org.uk - 4304729.jpg
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| static_image_caption = Clockwise from top: [[St Mary's Church, Mablethorpe|St Mary's Church]], Sandtrain on Mablethorpe Beach, High Street, Seats on ramp looking towards town centre, Promenade and aerial view of Mablethorpe
|population = 12,668
|population_ref = (2011. with [[Sutton-on-Sea]])
|civil_parish =           [[Mablethorpe and Sutton]]
 | parts_type               = Areas of the town
 | p1                       = Miami Beach
 | p2                       = [[Saltfleetby]]
 | p3                       = [[Saltfleetby All Saints]]
 | p4                       = [[Saltfleetby St Clements]]
 | p5                       = [[Saltfleetby St Peter]]
 | p6                       = [[Sandilands, Lincolnshire|Sandilands]]
 | p7                       = [[Sutton-on-Sea]]
 | p8                       = [[Theddlethorpe]]
 | p9                       = [[Theddlethorpe All Saints]]
 | p10                     = [[Theddlethorpe St Helen]]
 | p11                     = [[Thorpe. Lincolnshire|Thorpe]]
 | p12                     = [[Trusthorpe]]
|shire_district = [[East Lindsey]]
|shire_county = [[Lincolnshire]]
|region = East Midlands
|constituency_westminster = [[Louth and Horncastle (UK Parliament constituency)|Louth and Horncastle]]
|post_town = MABLETHORPE
|postcode_district = LN12
|postcode_area = LN
|dial_code = 01507
|os_grid_reference = TF506850
|london_distance_mi = 130<!-- straight line per MOS – constant and comparable with other place distances -->
|london_direction = SSW
}}
'''Mablethorpe''' is a [[seaside town]] in the [[civil parish]] of [[Mablethorpe and Sutton]], in the [[East Lindsey]] district of [[Lincolnshire]], England.<ref name=EX283>OS Explorer map 283:Louth and Mablethorpe: (1:25 000):{{ISBN|978 0319238240}}</ref> In 1961 the civil parish had a population of 3,611.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10434774/cube/TOT_POP |title=Population statistics Mablethorpe AP/CP through time|publisher=[[A Vision of Britain through Time]]|accessdate=7 September 2023}}</ref> On 1 April 1974 the parish was changed to form "Mablethorpe and Sutton".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/louth.html|title=Louth Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=7 September 2023}}</ref> The population including nearby [[Sutton-on-Sea]] was 12,531 at the 2011 census and estimated at 12,633 in 2019.<ref>[https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastmidlands/lincolnshire/E34000776__mablethorpe/ City Pop site. Retrieved 13 April 2021.]</ref>

The town was visited regularly by [[Alfred, Lord Tennyson]], a 19th-century [[Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom]]. Some town features have been named after him, such as Tennyson Road and the now closed Tennyson High School.