Colours Guest House

The front door clicks open to the smell of toast and the kind of proper cup of tea you can't quite manage in a tent — this is coastal Lincolnshire lodging for when canvas won't cut it.

Colours Guest House offers both indoor rooms and camping pods, so you can bring the family or the dog (worth asking ahead) and still wake up close to Mablethorpe's long sandy beaches without the 3am tent-zip dash in a gale. The pods give you that camping feeling with a solid roof overhead, while the guest house rooms are the full cooked-breakfast experience. It's a good shout for seaside weekenders, older kids keen on the arcades and fish and chips, or anyone testing the waters before committing to a week under canvas on the Lincolnshire coast.

Year-round opening means you can dodge the summer crush or brave a proper winter beach walk. Facilities aren't heavily listed, so it's worth ringing ahead about campfires and what's actually on offer in the pods. Expect a friendly, no-fuss base within easy reach of the prom.