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Cleethorpes’ iconic Kingsway Hotel is changing hands.

The seafront business, renowned for its fine dining and traditional standards, has been bought by a resort-based family, who have significant local property and business interests.

Husband and wife David and Jennifer Christian are taking it on in an undisclosed deal, adding it to the Tale of Two bar and restaurant business they own. 

The Kingsway has been in the Harris family ownership for almost 100 years - since 1926 - with brothers David and Christopher running it in recent years.

Rumours of a sale emerged late last year but were strenuously denied at the time, with talks of a potential brand franchise heading for Cleethorpes.  The Kingsway location beyond the Central Promenade and enviable footprint between two recent apartment developments, had added to speculation about what its future may be throughout the years, as the owners resisted modernisation, retaining a classic style lapped up by patrons.

It survived the arrival and expansion of Premier Inn, and now the Christians are understood to be keen to take it forward as a much-loved going concern.

Featuring 49 bedrooms - many looking out across the mouth of the Humber - with extensive dining and function facilities, it is regarded as something on an institution, and is consistently highly rated by guests and diners.

Through the decades it has hosted many a celebrity while playing venues in the area, and has benefited from the influx of offshore wind work as well as a strong regular and loyal tourist clientele.