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Tower Gardens · Skegness

Café Dansant

French for a tea dance — and the name of a café on Skegness’s Tower Esplanade in the 1920s.

  1. Teas & coffees
  2. Homemade cakes
  3. Treats & light meals
  4. A view of the gardens
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The front of Café Dansant: brick pavilion with tall glass doors, customers at tables behind dark screens printed with the café’s name

1920s

The name came back.

The first Café Dansant ran on the Tower Esplanade in the 1920s, in the town’s early days as a seaside resort. Today’s café, in the Tower Gardens Pavilion, borrowed the name — a member of the public suggested it, for its history.

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Address
Tower Gardens Pavilion, Rutland Road
Skegness PE25 2AXAt the rear of Tower Gardens, a short walk from the beach.
Hours
Monday – Saturday, 10am – 3pm
Closed SundaysAs listed on Google. Worth checking Facebook before a special trip.
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Ratings
Google 4.6 out of 5 · Food hygiene 541 Google reviews · Food Standards Agency, May 2026
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Tower Gardens Pavilion · Skegness

Tea by the bandstand.

A café at the front of the Tower Gardens Pavilion, looking out over the lawns and the bandstand at their centre. A short walk from the beach.

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A bacon and egg sandwich on white bread, on a plate outside with the bandstand behind

On the counter

  • Teas & coffees
  • Homemade cakes
  • Treats & light meals

Visit

Address
Tower Gardens Pavilion, Rutland Road
Skegness PE25 2AXAt the rear of Tower Gardens, a short walk from the beach.
Hours
Monday – Saturday, 10am – 3pm
Closed SundaysAs listed on Google. Worth checking Facebook before a special trip.
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Ratings
Google 4.6 out of 5 · Food hygiene 541 Google reviews · Food Standards Agency, May 2026
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Doors open onto the gardens.

Café Dansant sits right at the front of the Tower Gardens Pavilion, behind large bifold doors with a panoramic view of the gardens. In warmer months the tables spill outside.

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The brick Tower Gardens Pavilion with its glass doors open and people sitting at tables outside

4.6

Google rating, from 41 reviews

5

Food hygiene rating (May 2026)

♿

Wheelchair accessible, with a Changing Places facility in the pavilion

Visit

Address
Tower Gardens Pavilion, Rutland Road
Skegness PE25 2AXAt the rear of Tower Gardens, a short walk from the beach.
Hours
Monday – Saturday, 10am – 3pm
Closed SundaysAs listed on Google. Worth checking Facebook before a special trip.
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Ratings
Google 4.6 out of 5 · Food hygiene 541 Google reviews · Food Standards Agency, May 2026
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Tower Gardens
Pavilion

The café in the pavilion.

The Tower Gardens Pavilion is Skegness’s community hub: a hall, a home for the Town Council, and at the front, Café Dansant.

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The front of Café Dansant: brick pavilion with tall glass doors, customers at tables behind dark screens printed with the café’s name

Run by the town

Skegness Town Council runs the café to help look after the gardens and the building.

Pull up a chair

There’s a Chatty Café table on Wednesdays, 11am to 1pm — a table set aside for anyone who fancies a chat.

Visit

Address
Tower Gardens Pavilion, Rutland Road
Skegness PE25 2AXAt the rear of Tower Gardens, a short walk from the beach.
Hours
Monday – Saturday, 10am – 3pm
Closed SundaysAs listed on Google. Worth checking Facebook before a special trip.
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Ratings
Google 4.6 out of 5 · Food hygiene 541 Google reviews · Food Standards Agency, May 2026
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Notice

Your community café in Tower Gardens.

Homemade cakes, teas, coffees and light meals at the front of the pavilion. Run by Skegness Town Council for the gardens and the building.

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A bacon and egg sandwich on white bread, on a plate outside with the bandstand behind

Every Wednesday

Chatty Café table

11am – 1pm. Sit down, say hello.

Opening hours

Mon – Sat, 10 – 3

Closed Sundays.

An iced coffee held up in front of the lawns and the bandstand in Tower Gardens

Visit

Address
Tower Gardens Pavilion, Rutland Road
Skegness PE25 2AXAt the rear of Tower Gardens, a short walk from the beach.
Hours
Monday – Saturday, 10am – 3pm
Closed SundaysAs listed on Google. Worth checking Facebook before a special trip.
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Café DansantThe café’s own Facebook page
Ratings
Google 4.6 out of 5 · Food hygiene 541 Google reviews · Food Standards Agency, May 2026
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Skegness · Lincolnshire coast

Follow the path to the pavilion.

Café Dansant is at the back of Tower Gardens, in the Tower Gardens Pavilion on Rutland Road — a short walk from the beach.

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  1. The beachA short walk away
  2. Tower GardensLawns, paths and benches
  3. The bandstandAt the centre of the gardens
  4. Café DansantFront of the pavilion, doors onto the gardens
The brick Tower Gardens Pavilion with its glass doors open and people sitting at tables outside

Visit

Address
Tower Gardens Pavilion, Rutland Road
Skegness PE25 2AXAt the rear of Tower Gardens, a short walk from the beach.
Hours
Monday – Saturday, 10am – 3pm
Closed SundaysAs listed on Google. Worth checking Facebook before a special trip.
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Café DansantThe café’s own Facebook page
Ratings
Google 4.6 out of 5 · Food hygiene 541 Google reviews · Food Standards Agency, May 2026
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