Pier Gardens will be closed from Tuesday, February 10, and is expected to remain closed during the project’s 15-month duration
Ivan Morris Poxton Local Democracy Reporter
14:14, 03 Feb 2026
An impression of contemplation space planned in the revamped Pier Gardens, Cleethorpes(Image: North East Lincolnshire Council)
Work on site on the rejuvenation of Pier Gardens, Cleethorpes, will begin next week. It follows the council awarding London-based landscape firm Maylim as the contractor for the project.
Pier Gardens will be closed to the public from Tuesday, February 10. They are set to remain closed during the expected 15 months to transform it.
Maylim is a landscape contractor specialising in both hard and soft landscaping, paving, highways and civil engineering. Previous projects carried out by the company have included several landscaping schemes in London, as well as regeneration projects in other towns and cities.
It has been awarded a £7.9m contract to carry out the transformation of the popular green space in the resort. It is one of three Government Levelling Up Fund-backed regeneration schemes in Cleethorpes, the others involving a new tourism-focused building in Sea Road and pedestrianisation of Market Place.
Tom Taylor, project lead from Maylim, said in reaction to the Pier Gardens contract award: “We are really pleased to have secured this project and make the space something for people to be proud of. When I first saw the plans, I could really see this was a project which was designed to bring the community together, and make them a beautiful space that people will want to spend time in.
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“We’re looking forward to working with the community through local employment and businesses opportunities, along with a series of events to engage the whole community.” The public may see activity on site from Monday, February 9.
The gardens will be closed to the public from Tuesday, February 10. Fencing will be installed around them, the pathways leading to them from Central Prom, and also a small area of pavement on Alexandra Road to allow the contractors to take over the site area and create a vehicle delivery access route into the gardens, approximately opposite the end of Dolphin Street.
Work on the Pier Gardens project will take approximately 15 months to complete, with the site closed for the project’s duration. Maylim beat off competition from six other bidders.
Elements included in the plans include a water play area, outdoor educational space, a contemplation area, and children’s play towers. A small skate park is also planned, while the play towers are subject to planning permission being granted.
An illustrative site plan for the rejuvenation of Pier Gardens, Cleethorpes(Image: North East Lincolnshire Council)
“Landscaping changes over the years – just look at previous formal gardens in stately homes that were designed centuries ago,” said council leader Cllr Philip Jackson (Conservative – Waltham Ward). “That’s essentially what Pier Gardens used to be when the railway first came to town.
“It’s time for us to change this and make them fit for the future, and I’m looking forward to seeing this project on the ground in the coming weeks.” Pier Gardens owes its origins to an Act of Parliament in 1842, setting aside 2.5 acres of Cleethorpes seafront for public recreation.
In 1881, the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway company (MSLR) was given approval to spend around £30,000 (£3.2m in modern money, according to the Bank of England) to build two promenades, stabilise the cliff and landscape the top of the cliff into public gardens. This resulted in the opening of Cliff Gardens in 1885 by HRH Prince Albert Victor Christian Edward of Wales KG, the eldest son of the then-Prince of Wales and Princess Alexandra.
An entry fee was required to visit the gardens until 1939. It has been free ever since.
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