What's going on at Butlins Skegness?

Free! Splash world

Free water action with –

Grown-ups can have a serious swim early in the morning.

Outdoor pool open June to August ( weather permitting )

FREE! Sports

Extra costs for:

Football 2008

 Watch live football throughout June and July, all matches will be shown in Hotspots, and all England matches in Sun & Moon.

Free! Funfair

White knuckle thrills! – Special area for tiny tots with free rides (height rest. apply)

ABC Cinema

Daily screenings with the latest blockbusters, small fee applies.

Purpose Built Go-Karts

Small fee applies

Billy Bear

Summer of Billy bear; join him for a disco, mini adventures, Picnic party, Dances, fun & Games all in the pavilion

Bob the Builder

Look out for him in his yard with Wendy, Pilchard, and Spud, Mini shows throughout the day.  There's 2 mini Bob adventures everyday, there's the chance to meet them and even have your photo taken with them all!

Skyline Pavilion

The ultimate atmosphere and experience!  From Bars, cafes, to shops and Amusements arcades.
See all the children’s favourites

The Skyline gang! – Performing shows and comedy tricks during the day.
At puppet castle – Billy and the haunted House.
There's in-line skating and boxing performances.

Centre Stage

A huge dance floor, room for pushchair's, refreshments with spectacular shows to watch, quiz nights and pantomimes.

Special reds venue

Just outside the pavilion, with cover bands, excellent views of the stage, good comedians and a huge dance floor.

Bar Rosso

Classic wines, beer and fancy cocktails open late every night.

Hotshots

Jaks

Child free zone to sit and relax. Top quality DJ’s, with a late bar.

Green Baize Snooker Club

The place to be for free snooker and darts.

Crazy Horse Salon

Late night entertainment for drinking and dancing.

The Supervised Nursery

Is Open 7 days a week, 9am – 6pm.
Nursery sessions 10am-12pm then 2pm – 4pm.
The fee is approx £3.50 per child for a 2hour session.
These excellent facilities are inspected by Ofsted, and run by NNEB qualified nursery nurses.  Here the children can be involved in Messy play, Water and sand play, Marble painting, hand prints, playdough fun, dressing up, role play, soft play, toys, books and drawing!
                  

Free! For the Under 5’s

Bob’s activities are free! And daily sessions are available, such as Bob’s picture puzzle, Wendy’s cool cooking, dizzy dance steps, spuds with Spud.
Kids club session – treasure hunt, story time, dressing up, painting, music, parachute games, cool cooking, arts and crafts, character appearance, art competitions, fairy tale fun, puppet crafts.  (Children under 8 to be supervised)

Kids Club 5-8,  9-12 and teenagers 13-17

The junior redcoat academy – every child will receive a passport to fun on the first day of there holiday.  It lists all the activities on throughout the day and after each activity the redcoats will stamp the passport to enable them to qualify as a junior redcoat! (Children under 8 to be supervised in kids club)

5-8 Kids club – 

9-12 kids club –

Teenagers 13-17

There’s plenty for the teenagers too, treat the girls to a session in the Spa, make up tips and a make over, for just £10.
They can also take part in the following-
TV Making, camera crazy, sports sessions, Teen challenge, bowling, Pool competition, chill out at the fun fair, games & Challenge night, Karaoke, splash attack,  Chill out@the zone, movie madness, film making, puppetry skills, Themed Club nights, D J Workshop, Dance workshop, street dance, or for an extra fee they can go on the crazy golf or go Karts.  On certain times they can join the pop academy!

New entertainment for all ages.

Junior Ranger – A chance to handle exciting and un-usual animals, chance to learn and explore these species: - There could be, giant snails, cockroaches, stick insects, spiders, snakes, rabbits, rats, birds of prey, lambs ducks, piglets, and there’s the hawk experience.
Mr Bunhead – TV’s scientist from skyone and Blue Peter on road, mad experiments with explosive entertainment.
Active kids! – Fun fitness sessions for kids and Adults, Dance with the gang, Learn Billy’s Walk, Meet TV personalities, Music and movement, Billy’s sports day! Plenty for all!!!
Creative kids – Arts and craft sessions, drawing, painting, modeling, Bob’s cooking.
Rhythm Kids – Huge music and dance events for the family.
The Gunge- Gunge Mum and Dad, and win prizes.
One Big Night- Huge production show, illusions and acrobats.
Rentaghost- Funny scary spooktacular musical with Joe Pascquale.
Milkshake live- TV presenter show, songs, dancing and stories.
Traditional Panto-Snow White
Live Karaoke- Your chance to perform with live band.
Character Explosion- Family show with all kids characters
Remember When- Nostalgic look, music and fashion from the 60’s, 70’s 80’s and 90’s.
Celebrate the 60’s- Original artists, sporting stars and celebrities from the era.
Teddy Picnic- Big Teddy show with food, fun and games with the redcoats.
Puppet Castle- See billy in his haunted house!
Hard Drive- aerial spectacular exclusive to Butlins.
Extreme Extreme – featuring skateboarding BMX’ing, rollerblades in impressive demonstrations.  Join in and win prizes.
The X Factor – See some acts from the TV Show such as ‘Tabby’
Brazilian Sunshine Tour- See dancers, athletes and a group of footballers performing martial arts dance, the glamorous samba-samba, learn the dance! And share the secrets of their skills.
Pop Academy – For an extra fee of £50 (limited numbers as very popular, please ring Butlins for availability and more info) have lessons in vocal harmonies, stage dance, perform live and have it recorded on DVD to take home.
Street Circus - watch out for some of the best circus performers from around the world, tricks with fire and acts with robots.
Party time for the little ones- Early evening shows put together with all the family favourite characters so the little ones don’t miss out.
Superslam wrestling – Voted the kids favourite attraction, see the muscle bound heroes slug it out.
The skyline gang -  All your favourite Butlins characters all-singing and all-dancing.
Party time 4 little ones – A chance for the little ones to meet all their favourite characters.  Great evening shows, during 2-6 October.
Trip back in time? – Have a look at the historic Butlins 1930’s holiday chalet.

Eating and drinking on site

There are many cuisine styles at Butlins, they cater for young families with all changing facilities, bottle warming, even crayons for the toddlers.  The restaurants can also cater for food allergies. (Please phone Butlins for more information)
There’s the yacht club, which has a wide range of cuisine – gourmet dishes as well as the old classics.  There is also a Burger king, Papa-johns Pizza house, finnigans fish and chips, the Sun & Moon, serving traditional pub food all day, and the skyline café.

And to shop??

Butlins is a supermarket for shopping.

The Spa = health and relaxation

With prices from £18 for a 3-hour experience and treatments from £20, you can afford an extra treat during your stay, by qualified professionals.  There’s back massage, manicures, stone massage, chocolate body treatment, the juice bar, crystal steam bath, the fitness suite, Atlantic storm shower, hydro spa, cold drench and sauna.  Available to both men and women, and can be booked in advance or on arrival.