![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/our-pretty-seaside-town-has-been-left-to-rot-the-piers-a-glorified-chippy/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/newspress-collage-23265892-1690985419029.jpg&description=A DISCARDED food wrapper blows along the pavement of a deserted street while under murky gun-metal skies, a few brave souls set up camp on the beach. But it's not just the unseasonably grey summer weather that has cast a cloud over the seaside resort of Cleethorpes. 16 Cleethopes was once a vibrant and bustling seaside town popular with tourists from around the world Credit: Hull News and Pictures 16 It's now a far cry from its glory days with job losses and an increase in crime rates Credit: Hull News and Pictures The town on Lincolnshire's east coast has been hit hard by years of economic downturns and a rising crime rate. Last week it was revealed jobs in once-loved British seaside towns have plummeted by 50,000 in a decade - with Cleethorpes seeing 2,700 jobs go. Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has promised to "make our seaside towns great again" by slashing and reforming business rates. She also said she would ensure sewage being pumped into the sea was banned, and aim to boost tourism. But when The Sun visited, locals aren't convinced. Nichola Porter, 40, who works as a care assistant, says: "Oh don't get me started on bloody Labour. "They all say everything but none of them bring anything to the table. I can't see anything changing. Things are far too gone." She adds: "It's a dead end now. Everything is closed. There's nothing much going on. With everyone struggling it's getting worse." It's mid-afternoon but several shops and businesses at The North Prom have been deserted. 16 Many of the shops are permanently closed, including these in the once-bustling market Credit: Hull News and Pictures A cafe which boasts of selling "the biggest breakfast on the prom" has its graffiti-clad shutters down, and the souvenir shop next door is also closed - both once part of the enormous indoor market now left to rot. It used to be a big attraction, and was the first market to be allowed to open on a Sunday, but it shut down 12 years ago. Cleethorpe's once busy theme park,){kind=link}
A DISCARDED food wrapper blows along the pavement of a deserted street while under murky gun-metal skies, a few brave souls set up camp on the beach.
But it’s not just the unseasonably grey summer weather that has cast a cloud over the seaside resort of Cleethorpes.
The town on Lincolnshire’s east coast has been hit hard by years of economic downturns and a rising crime rate.
Last week it was revealed jobs in once-loved British seaside towns have plummeted by 50,000 in a decade – with Cleethorpes seeing 2,700 jobs go.
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has promised to “make our seaside towns great again” by slashing and reforming business rates.