The Seal Sanctuary Wildlife Centre — Attraction in East Lindsey

Visited here a couple of times throughout the years. It's a locally ran rescue in opposition to a business so it relies on donations and the visitors to the centre to keep the animals safe, fed and healthy and to deal with any other rescues that may need help. Although it is primarily a seal sanctuary there are a good mix of other rescue animals here too. Some are in rehabilitation to go back to the wild while some are sadly not suitable for release. The admission fee was reasonably priced and we were there for a good few hours so you do get value for money. There is a small gift shop and cafe on site too as well as toilets. There are discounts for oap and children /families. Drinks were reasonably priced.Animal food for the goats and chickens is available. The site is split into sections with current rescues being in a "seal hospital" type area when you first walk in. The sanctuary is well split into areas for general animal grouping. There are a few farm animals, exotic animals, monkeys, birds of prey as well as any general rescues that may need help such as owls, foxes etc. Where the animals are there is a reasonable amount of information on the animals. There is also a history section with information on prehistoric animals. There is an outdoor area where the cafe is, the site is OK for pushchairs and wheelchair use. The staff are absolutely brilliant and will answer any questions you have. There are feeding times up for the live in seals and information on them is given during the talks. I highly recommend a visit here. Parking is £1 but is close to the beach so you can leave the car there and go in...

We visited this place whilst on holiday to Golden Sands. We were located in the vans closest to the Seal Sanctuary and it was honestly a 5 minute walk at best (with a disabled adult and a heavily pregnant adult walking it). The staff we encountered were absolutely lovely and helpful, and knew a lot about the animals they were currently caring for. We asked about the seal at the start (pictured) who was bleeding and the receptionist gave us information on his recovery with confidence. It took us in total about 3.5hrs to get around, this is with again a heavily pregnant woman and a disabled woman, 2 kids, a pram and 2 men. There were plenty of park benches to sit and eat a picnic, which we chose to do and if you choose to, there is a cafe with fair prices (£7.99 for adult meals, £5.99 for childrens). Drinks were also an average price (£1.50 for a can, £1.50 for a coffee). They also had a big jenga and a naughts and crosses for the children to play with, alongside an onsite children's play area & sand pit (nothing huge or special, but enough to keep kids entertained). This place is a good place to come if you are not expecting a full day out, rather a few hours and also come into it with the expectation of it being a recovery centre for animals, not a zoo. Our kids thoroughly enjoyed it, and although we wouldn't go back again (as it's a one time adventure, in our opinion) we do not regret spending the £42 to get in.

I would just say that it is quite hilly, if you struggle with mobility or pain when walking I would personally take some aide with you to help you get...

Whilst staying in the neighboring Haven campsite we decided to have a walk across the road to the Seal sanctuary.

All I'm going to say is it's most definitely worth the trip, All though it's only a small sanctuary (in ground coverage) the amount of animals they look after is immense.

On arrival there are two lovely (older) seals in an enclosure before you enter the site both of which are blind, one of which was happily sunbathing as we walked in.

Once inside the park the animals were all out and active and happy to see people walking past there enclosure's.

The small aviary near the cafe holds a varied selection of parrots including what I can only say is a bipolar little green ringneck(could be a different species I'm not into birds) that once you walk close it becomes very vocal and appears friendly then suddenly wants to rip your face off 😅😅

The reptile shed is only small but as you enter the iguana makes itself known with a reptile nod of it's head.

Whilst wandering around the park you walk round corners to be greeted by different animals from different regions all of which are out and active unlike some zoo's I've visited in the past.

I could keep going about how good this park is but I won't,

Don't take my word for it visit the sanctuary yourselves and make up your own mind, All I'm going to say is for the price we paid it was definitely worth it even if it did start to rain whilst...