The Vine Walk is a tranquil wooded footpath walk.
The Vine is one of the best short walks in Skegness there’s lots of birds and squirrels in the Vine and a playing field where you can play ball games
The Vine Walk starts from Richmond Drive and finishes on Drummond Road just off the beach.
Once your on the Walk you can’t get lost, just stay on the path. The vine is sign posted all the way along, so there’s no fear of not knowing where to go.
The Vine Walk takes 30-45 mins to walk through.
To start the Vine Walk keep going up Richmond Drive passed Tescos and Richmond Primary school until you get to a path that says public footpath and a billboard advertising the Vine Hotel opposite Richmond caravan park, follow the foot paths all the way through to Drummond road, from there you can either cross the road and walk straight up to the Skegness beach or turn left and walk down Drummond Road towards Tower Cinema.
The walk is straight forward and is paved all the way through. there are a couple of quiet roads to cross, all you do is cross the road and continue the walk that will be straight in front of you there’s public foot path signs all the way along the Vine.
The Vine walk is a lovely place to take the kids, there’s lots of squirrels to spot as well as little birds to listen to singing in the trees, we’ve seen tree creepers, finches and tits (not the female kind :-)) there are lots of variety of trees and wild flowers at different times of year litter the undergrowth as well as fungi in autumn.
The playing field can be found at the start of the Vine Walk off Richmond drive, follow the path until the path widens out and there is a cluster of tree behind these trees there is a playing field, usually there is people playing on it, so you should be able to hear where the field is. if you still can’t find it there is always dog walkers who are happy to help if you ask.
The Vine is a hidden away gem and you wont be disappointed if you give it a go when you visit Skegness.
Skegness Attractions Star Rating for The Vine Walk 8/10
On the morning of 31st August at around 7.10 i was on my way back to the caravan with my young dog. I came out of the playing field onto the path heading back to the Richmond site when I spotted a animal on the path maybe 100 m in front. It saw me and moved into the bushes by the fence to the right. It then ran mostly hidden towards the playing fields and when it came out of the bushes looked like either a deer or a wallaby. Very fast and shy so it could not have been a dog. A dog would have come towards us if it was hungry and its natural for a dog to be inquisitive. Any Ideas.
Sounds like you spotted a Muntjac Deer on your walk.
We see muntjacs occasionally when walking down the Vine, it’s usually as it’s starting to drop dark.
As a visitor to Skegness I think you’ve been lucky to spot one, they tend to remain hidden.
We regularly walk around Skegness at night (we walk 2 1/2 to 5 miles a day) and have once seen a muntjac walking on the main Skegness beach (where the bus shelters are). That was unusual.
If you want to see more deer: muntjac and roe deer you should head up to Gibraltar Point Nature Reserve at dusk or early in the morning. There’s a fair amount of them on the nature reserve.
Most interesting wild life encounter in Skeg was a solitary otter in Skegness boating lake, now that was surprising.