[4] The town was visited regularly by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, a 19th-century Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom.

Mablethorpe Hall is to the west of the town along Alford Road near the Church of St Mary.

It was closed temporarily in 1917 due to crew shortages in the First World War but the closure was made permanent in 1920.

[12] Mablethorpe and much of east Lincolnshire lost its rail service in 1970 to the Beeching Axe, despite its long history.

The original parish of Mablethorpe covers a rectangular area inland along Alford Road towards Maltby le Marsh, as far as Grange Leisure Park, where Earl's Bridge crosses West Bank.

[16][17][18][19] The south of the former parish follows the Trusthorpe Drains, which are crossed at Bamber's Bridge on Mile Lane.

To the north is the large parish of Theddlethorpe St Helen, which extends to the River Great Eau at Saltfleetby.

[22] There are four supermarkets – a Co-op (which also includes a branch of Boyes), Lidl and from October 2021 the very first Tesco opened its doors.

One of Mablethorpe's long-standing features, its sand train, takes visitors to and from the northern end of the beach.

The seafront also gained a skatepark in 2008, which includes a small funbox, a spine and two quarter pipes.

To the west is the Bambers wind farm, housing eight turbines and producing five MW of power since November 2004.

An extension called Bambers II opened in November 2006 and produces an additional five MW of power.

[27] The two turbines of Mablethorpe wind farm, which produce 1.2 MW of power, were the first such in Lincolnshire when built in July 2002.

All three wind farms are owned by Ecotricity and stand at the corner of West Bank and the Trusthorpe Drains.

[32] Privately owned beach huts compete in outward design, amidst a backdrop of poetry, music, and drama.