Scunthorpe
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Scunthorpe is a town within North Lincolnshire
, England. It is the administrative centre of the North Lincolnshire unitary authority
, and had an estimated total resident population of 72,514 in 2010. A predominantly industrial town, Scunthorpe, the United Kingdom
's largest steel processing centre, is also known as the "Industrial Garden Town". It is the third largest settlement in Lincolnshire
after Grimsby
and Lincoln
.
(1086) as Escumetorp, which is Old Norse for "Skuma's homestead", a site which is believed to be in the town centre close to where the present-day Market Hill is located.
on 27 February 2008, with a magnitude of 5.2. Significant shocks were felt in Scunthorpe and the surrounding North Lincolnshire area. The main 10-second quake, which struck at 00:56 GMT at a depth of 15.4 km (9.6 mi), was the biggest recorded example since one with a magnitude of 5.4 struck north Wales in 1984.
Scunthorpe was made up of 5 small villages. These were Scunthorpe, Frodingham, Crosby, Brumby and Ashby. They later joined up to make Scunthorpe as we know today. The town itself lies on a rich bed of iron ore and limestone
– crucial in the manufacturing of steel. In 1981 it was decided to close all the local mines and quarries and outsource the iron ore from abroad, the local ore being around 20% iron and the foreign ore being 60–70% iron. At the same time, British Steel
closed all its other mining operations around the UK.
There are still many millions of tonnes of proven reserves of ore in Scunthorpe but it is cheaper to use imports for the time being.
was mined in the area as early as the Roman
occupation , but the deposits lay forgotten until the 19th century. The rediscovery of iron ore in 1859 by Rowland Winn
on the land of his father, Charles, resulted in the development of an iron and steel industry and rapid population growth.
Iron ore was first mined in the Scunthorpe area in July 1860. Owing to the lack of a mainline railway the ore was transferred to a wharf at Gunness
(or Gunhouse), initially by cart then by a narrow gauge railway, for distribution by barge or mainline rail from Keadby
. Winn knew that the best way of exploiting the iron ore fields was for a rail link to be built from Keadby to Barnetby
. He campaigned tirelessly for the link; construction work started in mid-1860 and was complete in 1864. He persuaded the Dawes brothers, to whose ironworks the ore was being supplied, to build an ironworks at the site of the iron ore fields at Scunthorpe. Construction of Scunthorpe's first ironworks, the Trent Ironworks, began in 1862, with the first cast from the blast furnace
being tapped on 26 March 1864.
Other ironworks followed: building of the Frodingham Ironworks began in 1864; North Lincoln Ironworks in 1866; Redbourn Hill Iron & Coal Company in 1872; Appleby Ironworks blew in their first blast furnace in 1876; and the last constructed being John Lysaght's Iron and Steelworks in 1911, with production starting in 1912. Crude steel
had been produced at Frodingham Ironworks in 1887 but this proved not to be viable. Maxmilian Mannaburg came to Frodingham Ironworks in 1889 to help build and run the steelmaking plant and on the night of 21 March 1890 the first steel was tapped.
Rowland Winn is remembered in the town by three street names: Rowland Road, Winn Street and Oswald Road. He assumed the title Lord St Oswald
in 1885. Nostell Road was also named after the family seat Nostell Priory
.
The Flixborough disaster
in June 1974 damaged local buildings.
in the borough
and unitary authority of North Lincolnshire
. The town forms six of the borough's seventeen wards, namely Ashby, Brumby, Crosby & Park, Frodingham, Kingsway with Lincoln Gardens and Town. The Scunthorpe wards elect 16 of the borough's 43 councillors. As of 2008, all are members of the Labour party
. The councillors form the Charter Trustees
of the Town of Scunthorpe and they continue to elect a town mayor
.
North Lincolnshire Council is based in Pittwood House off Ashby Road (former A159
) next to Festival Gardens. It opened in 1963 as the Civic Centre, and was the home of Scunthorpe Borough Council until 1996. It was named after Edwin Pittwood, a local Labour politician, who worked in the opencast ironstone workings near Normanby Park. There are also offices at Church Square House near the Scunthorpe Market.
part of Lincolnshire
, in 1889 the area was included in the Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey administrative county
. Separate local government began in 1890 when the Scunthorpe local board of health
was formed. In 1894 the local board was replaced with an urban district
council. Ten years later the neighbouring townships of Brumby and Frodingham (including Crosby) were also constituted an urban district
. The two urban districts were amalgamated, along with the parish of Ashby in 1919 to form a new Scunthorpe urban district. Scunthorpe received a charter incorporating the town as a municipal borough
in 1936.
Local authority boundary changes brought the town into the new county of Humberside
in 1974, and a new non-metropolitan district
, the Borough of Scunthorpe was formed with the same boundaries as the old municipal borough. The opening of the Humber Bridge
on 24 June 1981 provided a permanent link between North and South Humberside but did not secure Humberside's future. To the relief of its many detractors, the county of Humberside (and Humberside County Council) was abolished on 1 April 1996 and succeeded by four unitary authorities.
The previous Humberside districts of Glanford
and Scunthorpe, and that part of Boothferry district south of the northern boundaries of the parishes of Crowle, Eastoft
, Luddington
, Haldenby and Amcotts, now compose the unitary authority of North Lincolnshire
. On amalgamation charter trustees
were formed for Scunthorpe, and they continue to elect a town mayor
.
When Scunthorpe was incorporated as a borough in 1936, it also received a grant of a coat of arms
from the College of Arms
. These arms were transferred to the new borough council formed in 1974, and are now used by the town's charter trustees.
The green shield and golden wheatsheaf recall that the area was until recently agricultural in nature. Across the centre of the shield is a length of chain. This refers to the five villages of Crosby, Scunthorpe, Frodingham, Brumby & Ashby linking together as one. At the top of the shield are two fossils of the species gryphoea incurva. These remains of oysters, known as the "devil's toenails", were found in the rock strata from which ironstone was quarried.
The crest, on top of the helm, shows a blast furnace. This is also referred to in the Latin
motto: Refulget labores nostros coelum or The heavens reflect our labours popularly attributed to the glow observed in the night sky from the steelmaking activities.
) which slopes down towards the Trent. The surrounding environs are largely low lying hills and plains. Although the town itself is heavily industrial it is surrounded by fertile farmland and wooded areas. In terms of general location it lies a mile east of the River Trent
, 8 miles (12.9 km) south of the Humber Estuary, 15 miles (24.1 km) west of the Lincolnshire Wolds
and 25 miles (40.2 km) north of Lincoln
. The town is situated at the terminus of the M181
, 42 miles (67.6 km) from Sheffield
.
Nearby towns and cities are Hull
(18 miles northeast), Doncaster
(20 miles west) and Grimsby
(22 miles east).
From its position at the heart of North Lincolnshire
it is roughly 5 miles (8 km) south/south-east to Lincolnshire
proper, 10 miles (16.1 km) west to South Yorkshire
, 8 miles (12.9 km) north by northwest to the East Riding of Yorkshire
and 15 miles (24.1 km) east to North East Lincolnshire
.
The steel industry is still the major employer in the area and the largest operator within it is the Indian-owned firm Corus
. (2011 saw TATA Steel take over Corus) However the industry has shrunk in recent years, following the closure of the Normanby Park works (also known as Lysaght's) and the huge Redbourn complex in the early 1980s; the number employed in the industry fell from 27,000 at its height to around 4,500 (not including outside contractors, such as Hanson plc
) today.
Despite this it is still the major integrated steel works in Britain. There is also a lime works nearby, involved in the production of steel. The cooling towers can be seen close to Brigg Road (A1029). Parts of the plant include the continuous casting plant and the blast furnace and rod mill. Limestone
is provided by Singleton Birch at the nearby quarry in Melton Ross. Limestone is used as a flux for the blast furnace
, which produces calcium silicate
. TATA Steel (formerly Corus) at Scunthorpe has four blast furnaces. These blast furnaces have got names instead of numbers and are the only known blast furnaces to have names. The blast furnaces are named after four famous monarchs and are nicknamed the "four queens". The names of the four blast furnaces are Mary, Bess, Anne and Victoria.
Other industries in the town include those associated with the steelworks such as engineering, along with food production, distribution and retailing – most of these now employing a large Polish
and Slovak workforce. BOC
have a plant just north of the town next to the A1029. Near to BOC is the well established waste management firm, Bell Waste Control, which services the majority of industry in Scunthorpe and the surrounding areas. On the Foxhills Industrial Park, north of the A1077 northern bypass, are many distribution companies, notably a large building owned by the Nisa Today
co-operative type mutual organisation which has its UK headquarters there. 2 Sisters have a large chicken processing plant in the town. Key Country Foods produces meat products on an industrial scale. The Sauce Company produces sauces, soups and other foodstuffs for the catering and supermarket sectors. Ericsson
produces printed circuit boards for the telecommunications industry. There are a number of other firms, mostly involved in manufacturing and light engineering.
The town has struggled to develop after the downsizing of traditional heavy industry in the 1980s and 1990s, and while the town was made a priority development area in that period no multinationals or blue chips have moved in to fill the gap – as a consequence the local labour force mainly comprises semi-skilled and unskilled labour. In the 2001 census 19.3% of the working age population were economically inactive.
According to the Environment Agency
in the year 2000, Scunthorpe was home to one of the biggest polluting businesses in the United Kingdom, Corus, whose sites in the town and at Llanwern
and Port Talbot
produced more dioxins
than the next 15 biggest polluters.
The environmental charity Greenpeace
also listed the town as a PVC toxic hotspot.
Corus handed the site near Lakeside to TATA Steel, end 2010 beginning 2011.
However the size of the remaining retail units reflects the size of the area's population and with larger shopping facilities within reasonable travelling distance in Grimsby
, Hull
, Doncaster
, Lincoln
, Leeds
and at Meadowhall
, Sheffield
many locals often travel to these towns for major purchases.
All the big food retailers are represented in the area; There is a Tesco Extra opposite the football ground, while Sainsbury's (formerly a Safeway
) have their store on the site of the old football ground. Morrisons
have a store at the bottom of Mortal Ash Hill (known locally as "Motlash") (A18 road) at the Lakeside Retail Park, on the eastern entrance to the town while Asda
have a store on Burringham Road
In 2011 Asda opened another store in the former Netto, on Charlton Street.
stands in the centre of the town on Doncaster Road. It is an entertainment centre that hosts live music, comedy and award ceremonies. It is presently undergoing a multi-million pound regeneration by the local council. Scunthorpe has many pubs and bars, and there are also several clubs. Scunthorpe also has a multiplex cinema (the Vue cinema located near the town centre bus station), leisure centre, museum, galleries and craft centres.
lies on the South TransPennine Line which has trains from Manchester Airport
to Cleethorpes
. The town lies five miles (8 km) north of the M180
. Before this motorway was opened in 1979, all the east-west goods traffic took the A18 to Grimsby
. Humberside Airport
is a short drive to the east along the M180. The town's bus station is off Fenton Street. The bus station is predominantly used by Stagecoach In Lincolnshire, that operate services within and out of the town, followed by Hornsby Travel.
is on Oswald Road, near the railway station
. St John the Evangelist Church (built in 1891 by Lord St Oswald
) in Church Square is now the 20–21 Visual Arts Centre. The Plowright Theatre, named after Joan Plowright
, is on Laneham Street (off the west end of High Street). It was built in 1958 as Scunthorpe Civic Theatre.
Print
The local newspaper is the Scunthorpe Telegraph
(formerly the Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph) with an online version called this is scunthorpe.co.uk. There is also a weekly freesheet, the Scunthorpe Target.
Programme BSF. The first of these school to benefit will be Brumby Engineering College
on Cemetery Road. FTC – specialising in performing arts, maths and computing on Foxhills Road is in the north of the town near Crosby and was the town's first specialist school. Originally a Technology College known as Foxhills Technology College, FTC became Scunthorpe's first Performing Arts College in 2007, adding specialisms in Maths and Computing in 2008 following Government designation as Scunthorpe's first High Performing Specialist School. Frederick Gough School
; a specialist language college on Grange Lane South, is to the south of the town in Bottesford
. Melior Community College
; this was formed by the merger of South Leys Business & Enterprise College on Enderby Road and Thomas Sumpter Comprehensive School
which is on Chandos Road to the east of the town; and will be the site of the new school. St.Bede's Catholic School is a specialist mathematics and computing college, which is governed by the Roman Catholic Church
. St Hugh's Communication and Interaction Specialist College, a school for students aged 11–19 with moderate to complex learning needs associated with physical and social problems. The former High Ridge Specialist Sports College on Doncaster Road became the town's first academy opening on 1 September 2008. It is now known as The St Lawrence Academy; it still retains Sport as its specialism but it is now sponsored by the Church of England
, The Most Rev. and Rt Hon. The Lord Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams
officially opened the new school on 14 October 2008. The school is to be completely rebuilt by 2013.
The second stage of refurbishment is to begin in 2013 to include the seven remaining rural Secondary Schools.
on West Common Lane, is among the top 10 sixth form college
s in the country. North Lindsey College
is close by on Kingsway (A18).
On 30 November 2010, Students, Unions and members of the public joined a series of nationwide 2010 UK Student Protests outside John Leggott College
. The protest was against the Parliamentary plans to increase University
tuition fees. The local newspaper, The Scunthorpe Telegraph published many articles about the protest.
. According to Home Office
data the area has crime rates higher than the national average, especially in the categories of violence against the person, sexual offences, burglary and theft of motor vehicles.
(nicknamed "The Iron") who play at Glanford Park
. For most of its existence in the professional game (since only 1950) it has been in the basement league of the English game. At the end of the 2006–7 season they won promotion to the Football League Championship
as champions of League One
, amassing a total of 91 points, being promoted at home to Huddersfield Town
: having been top since January: despite being outsiders for a considerable amount of that time, and being promoted with 3 games to spare. This being the first time they have played at this level for 44 years. This was to last just one season as the club were relegated on 12 April 2008, with three games to spare, away to Crystal Palace
. However, they returned to the Championship after one season, winning the League One playoffs in May 2009.
In the last financial year for which accounts are available (the year ending June 2009) the club made a loss of over £1,000,000 with turnover down by over 17%.
Kevin Keegan
and Ray Clemence
both played for Scunthorpe United
in the early 1970s before being signed for Liverpool
. Former England cricket captain Ian Botham
played a number of games for the club, being a resident of nearby Epworth at that time and in an attempt to keep fit during the winter months.
Local teams play in the Scunthorpe & District Football League
.
at Heslam Park, close to Brumby on Ashby Road. Scunthorpe Barbarians
play rugby league
also at Heslam Park.
team known as the Scunthorpe Scorpions
who compete in the British Premier League, the sport's second tier in Britain.
The speedway team has been running since 2005 and won a grand slam of the Conference League trophies in both 2006 and 2007. It runs at the Eddie Wright Raceway
, which is a mile north of the town on Normanby Road (B1430).
The Eddie Wright Raceway
is also host to the sport of stock car racing
, the town has featured stock car racing at two other venues in its past, 2009 saw a return to the town of the oval racing sport
, the town's former Labour MP. Around the running track is a cycle track used by Polytechnic Cycle Club.
The leisure centre is on Carlton Street opposite the bus station via a footbridge. The Scunthorpe Anchor swimming club are based at the Riddings Pool on Enderby Road next to South Leys School in Yaddlethorpe.
The Pods
, a leisure centre
near Central Park is currently in the final stages of construction. When opened, the leisure centre will have two swimming pools, a state of the art gym
, a dance studio
, a creche
and a cafe
. The estimated date of completion is Summer 2011.
As part of the project, Central Park is being improved. These expensive improvements are also in their final stage. North Lincolnshire Council's website regularly show photographs and videos of how the work is progressing.
published a book Spike Milligan, Indefinite Articles and Scunthorpe. The inclusion of the town's name in a comedy book caused much anger in the area to which Milligan replied: "We should like the people of Scunthorpe to know that the references to Scunthorpe are nothing personal. It is a joke, as is Scunthorpe".
's obscenity
filter (among others) refused to accept the name of the town due to its inclusion of the embedded word cunt
, which the filter rejected as obscene. Some online forums such as Ultimate Guitar forums (which has recently been resolved) display the name as S****horpe, while Fark.com
would display it as Scoonthorpe. This situation is known in the computing world as the Scunthorpe problem
and is still an issue to Scunthorpe-based internet users.
was the Labour
Member of Parliament
for the Scunthorpe constituency
between 1987 and 2010. In 2009 he was accused by the Daily Telegraph
of continuing to claim £30,000 from parliamentary expenses for a mortgage that had already been repaid. This led to campaigning group Independents to Save Queen Mary's Hospital reporting him to City of Westminster police alleging fraud and theft. In February 2010, the Crown Prosecution Service
informed the Metropolitan Police that it intended to charge him with two counts of false accounting. In the 2010 general election, Nic Dakin
was elected as the new MP
for the Scunthorpe constituency
.
writer Ted Lewis
, who lived in nearby Barton-upon-Humber
, featured the town in some of his novels about low-life 1960s gangster Jack Carter. The most famous of these books, Jack's Return Home
saw the main character return from London to his home-town of Scunthorpe to avenge his brother's death. The story itself was based on the background to the real-life murder of Sunderland fruit machine cash collector Angus Sibbet in 1967, in what was known as the One-armed bandit murder
.
The film rights to this book were purchased by MGM who transferred the setting from Scunthorpe to Newcastle upon Tyne
and released the film in 1971 as the cult British crime thriller Get Carter
, starring Michael Caine
in the eponymous lead role. However none of the production was shot in the area, being filmed entirely on location on Tyneside
.
, France
Lüneburg
, Germany
Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski
, Poland
North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area in the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. For ceremonial purposes it is part of Lincolnshire....
, England. It is the administrative centre of the North Lincolnshire unitary authority
Unitary authority
A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national...
, and had an estimated total resident population of 72,514 in 2010. A predominantly industrial town, Scunthorpe, the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
's largest steel processing centre, is also known as the "Industrial Garden Town". It is the third largest settlement in Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
after Grimsby
Grimsby
Grimsby is a seaport on the Humber Estuary in Lincolnshire, England. It has been the administrative centre of the unitary authority area of North East Lincolnshire since 1996...
and Lincoln
Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Lincoln is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England.The non-metropolitan district of Lincoln has a population of 85,595; the 2001 census gave the entire area of Lincoln a population of 120,779....
.
Etymology
The town appears in the Domesday BookDomesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
(1086) as Escumetorp, which is Old Norse for "Skuma's homestead", a site which is believed to be in the town centre close to where the present-day Market Hill is located.
Geology
Scunthorpe was close to the epicentre (this was centred at Ludford ,near Louth) of one of the largest earthquakes experienced in the British Isles2008 Lincolnshire earthquake
The 2008 Lincolnshire earthquake struck Lincolnshire, in the United Kingdom, on 27 February 2008 at 00:56:47.8s GMT. According to the British Geological Survey, the quake registered a reading of 5.2 on the Richter scale with the epicentre 2.5 miles north of Market Rasen and 15 miles ...
on 27 February 2008, with a magnitude of 5.2. Significant shocks were felt in Scunthorpe and the surrounding North Lincolnshire area. The main 10-second quake, which struck at 00:56 GMT at a depth of 15.4 km (9.6 mi), was the biggest recorded example since one with a magnitude of 5.4 struck north Wales in 1984.
Scunthorpe was made up of 5 small villages. These were Scunthorpe, Frodingham, Crosby, Brumby and Ashby. They later joined up to make Scunthorpe as we know today. The town itself lies on a rich bed of iron ore and limestone
Limestone
Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....
– crucial in the manufacturing of steel. In 1981 it was decided to close all the local mines and quarries and outsource the iron ore from abroad, the local ore being around 20% iron and the foreign ore being 60–70% iron. At the same time, British Steel
British Steel
British Steel was a major British steel producer. It originated as a nationalised industry, the British Steel Corporation , formed in 1967. This was converted to a public limited company, British Steel PLC, and privatised in 1988. It was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index...
closed all its other mining operations around the UK.
There are still many millions of tonnes of proven reserves of ore in Scunthorpe but it is cheaper to use imports for the time being.
Industrial history
IronstoneIronstone
Ironstone is a sedimentary rock, either deposited directly as a ferruginous sediment or created by chemical repacement, that contains a substantial proportion of an iron compound from which iron either can be or once was smelted commercially. This term is customarily restricted to hard coarsely...
was mined in the area as early as the Roman
Roman Britain
Roman Britain was the part of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire from AD 43 until ca. AD 410.The Romans referred to the imperial province as Britannia, which eventually comprised all of the island of Great Britain south of the fluid frontier with Caledonia...
occupation , but the deposits lay forgotten until the 19th century. The rediscovery of iron ore in 1859 by Rowland Winn
Rowland Winn, 1st Baron St Oswald
Rowland Winn, 1st Baron St Oswald was an English industrialist and Conservative Party politician.The eldest son of Charles Winn of Nostell Priory, near Wakefield, he lived in 1850s in another family property, Appleby Hall near Scunthorpe, and married Harriet Dumaresque...
on the land of his father, Charles, resulted in the development of an iron and steel industry and rapid population growth.
Iron ore was first mined in the Scunthorpe area in July 1860. Owing to the lack of a mainline railway the ore was transferred to a wharf at Gunness
Gunness
Gunness is a civil parish and small village situated on the east bank of the River Trent and deriving its name from forming a ness or promontory in the River Trent....
(or Gunhouse), initially by cart then by a narrow gauge railway, for distribution by barge or mainline rail from Keadby
Keadby
Keadby is a small village lying just off the A18, west of Scunthorpe, in North Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the West bank of the River Trent. It is pronounced "Kidby"....
. Winn knew that the best way of exploiting the iron ore fields was for a rail link to be built from Keadby to Barnetby
Barnetby
Barnetby is a village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England, between Scunthorpe and Grimsby. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,593. Barnetby railway station serves the village and surrounding area...
. He campaigned tirelessly for the link; construction work started in mid-1860 and was complete in 1864. He persuaded the Dawes brothers, to whose ironworks the ore was being supplied, to build an ironworks at the site of the iron ore fields at Scunthorpe. Construction of Scunthorpe's first ironworks, the Trent Ironworks, began in 1862, with the first cast from the blast furnace
Blast furnace
A blast furnace is a type of metallurgical furnace used for smelting to produce industrial metals, generally iron.In a blast furnace, fuel and ore and flux are continuously supplied through the top of the furnace, while air is blown into the bottom of the chamber, so that the chemical reactions...
being tapped on 26 March 1864.
Other ironworks followed: building of the Frodingham Ironworks began in 1864; North Lincoln Ironworks in 1866; Redbourn Hill Iron & Coal Company in 1872; Appleby Ironworks blew in their first blast furnace in 1876; and the last constructed being John Lysaght's Iron and Steelworks in 1911, with production starting in 1912. Crude steel
Steel
Steel is an alloy that consists mostly of iron and has a carbon content between 0.2% and 2.1% by weight, depending on the grade. Carbon is the most common alloying material for iron, but various other alloying elements are used, such as manganese, chromium, vanadium, and tungsten...
had been produced at Frodingham Ironworks in 1887 but this proved not to be viable. Maxmilian Mannaburg came to Frodingham Ironworks in 1889 to help build and run the steelmaking plant and on the night of 21 March 1890 the first steel was tapped.
Rowland Winn is remembered in the town by three street names: Rowland Road, Winn Street and Oswald Road. He assumed the title Lord St Oswald
Baron St Oswald
Baron St Oswald, of Nostell in the County of York, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1885 for the industrialist and Conservative politician Rowland Winn, a former Member of Parliament for North Lincolnshire. His son, the second Baron, represented Pontefract in the...
in 1885. Nostell Road was also named after the family seat Nostell Priory
Nostell Priory
Nostell Priory is a Palladian house located in Nostell, near Crofton close to Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, approached by the Doncaster road from Wakefield...
.
The Flixborough disaster
Flixborough disaster
The Flixborough disaster was an explosion at a chemical plant close to the village of Flixborough, England, on 1 June 1974. It killed 28 people and seriously injured 36.-Background:...
in June 1974 damaged local buildings.
Governance
Scunthorpe forms an unparished areaUnparished area
In England, an unparished area is an area that is not covered by a civil parish. Most urbanised districts of England are either entirely or partly unparished. Many towns and some cities in otherwise rural districts are also unparished areas and therefore no longer have a town council or city...
in the borough
Borough
A borough is an administrative division in various countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing township although, in practice, official use of the term varies widely....
and unitary authority of North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area in the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. For ceremonial purposes it is part of Lincolnshire....
. The town forms six of the borough's seventeen wards, namely Ashby, Brumby, Crosby & Park, Frodingham, Kingsway with Lincoln Gardens and Town. The Scunthorpe wards elect 16 of the borough's 43 councillors. As of 2008, all are members of the Labour party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
. The councillors form the Charter Trustees
Charter Trustees
In England and Wales, charter trustees are set up to maintain the continuity of a town charter or city charter after a district with the status of a borough or city has been abolished, until such time as a parish council is established...
of the Town of Scunthorpe and they continue to elect a town mayor
Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
.
North Lincolnshire Council is based in Pittwood House off Ashby Road (former A159
A159 road
The A159 is a 16 mile-long single carriage A-road, running between Scunthorpe and Gainsborough in Lincolnshire.- Route :...
) next to Festival Gardens. It opened in 1963 as the Civic Centre, and was the home of Scunthorpe Borough Council until 1996. It was named after Edwin Pittwood, a local Labour politician, who worked in the opencast ironstone workings near Normanby Park. There are also offices at Church Square House near the Scunthorpe Market.
Civic history
HistoricallyHistoric counties of England
The historic counties of England are subdivisions of England established for administration by the Normans and in most cases based on earlier Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and shires...
part of Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
, in 1889 the area was included in the Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey administrative county
Administrative counties of England
Administrative counties were a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government from 1889 to 1974. They were created by the Local Government Act 1888 as the areas for which county councils were elected. Some large counties were divided into several administrative...
. Separate local government began in 1890 when the Scunthorpe local board of health
Local board of health
Local Boards or Local Boards of Health were local authorities in urban areas of England and Wales from 1848 to 1894. They were formed in response to cholera epidemics and were given powers to control sewers, clean the streets, regulate slaughterhouses and ensure the proper supply of water to their...
was formed. In 1894 the local board was replaced with an urban district
Urban district
In the England, Wales and Ireland, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected Urban District Council , which shared local government responsibilities with a county council....
council. Ten years later the neighbouring townships of Brumby and Frodingham (including Crosby) were also constituted an urban district
Urban district
In the England, Wales and Ireland, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected Urban District Council , which shared local government responsibilities with a county council....
. The two urban districts were amalgamated, along with the parish of Ashby in 1919 to form a new Scunthorpe urban district. Scunthorpe received a charter incorporating the town as a municipal borough
Municipal borough
Municipal boroughs were a type of local government district which existed in England and Wales between 1835 and 1974, in Northern Ireland from 1840 to 1973 and in the Republic of Ireland from 1840 to 2002...
in 1936.
Local authority boundary changes brought the town into the new county of Humberside
Humberside
Humberside was a non-metropolitan and ceremonial county in Northern England from 1 April 1974 until 1 April 1996. It was composed of land from either side of the Humber Estuary, created from portions of the East and West ridings of Yorkshire and parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire...
in 1974, and a new non-metropolitan district
Non-metropolitan district
Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially shire districts, are a type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties in a so-called "two-tier" arrangement...
, the Borough of Scunthorpe was formed with the same boundaries as the old municipal borough. The opening of the Humber Bridge
Humber Bridge
The Humber Bridge, near Kingston upon Hull, England, is a 2,220 m single-span suspension bridge, which opened to traffic on 24 June 1981. It is the fifth-largest of its type in the world...
on 24 June 1981 provided a permanent link between North and South Humberside but did not secure Humberside's future. To the relief of its many detractors, the county of Humberside (and Humberside County Council) was abolished on 1 April 1996 and succeeded by four unitary authorities.
The previous Humberside districts of Glanford
Glanford
Glanford was, from 1974 to 1996, a local government district with borough status in the non-metropolitan county of Humberside, England.-Creation:...
and Scunthorpe, and that part of Boothferry district south of the northern boundaries of the parishes of Crowle, Eastoft
Eastoft
Eastoft is a village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England. It lies within the Isle of Axholme, north-east of Crowle on the A161.The 2001 census recorded a parish population of 378.-History:...
, Luddington
Luddington
- Places :*Luddington, North Lincolnshire*Luddington-in-the-Brook, Northamptonshire*Luddington, Warwickshire-People:*Sir Donald Luddington , British colonial government official and civil servant...
, Haldenby and Amcotts, now compose the unitary authority of North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area in the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. For ceremonial purposes it is part of Lincolnshire....
. On amalgamation charter trustees
Charter Trustees
In England and Wales, charter trustees are set up to maintain the continuity of a town charter or city charter after a district with the status of a borough or city has been abolished, until such time as a parish council is established...
were formed for Scunthorpe, and they continue to elect a town mayor
Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
.
Coat of arms
Coat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
from the College of Arms
College of Arms
The College of Arms, or Heralds’ College, is an office regulating heraldry and granting new armorial bearings for England, Wales and Northern Ireland...
. These arms were transferred to the new borough council formed in 1974, and are now used by the town's charter trustees.
The green shield and golden wheatsheaf recall that the area was until recently agricultural in nature. Across the centre of the shield is a length of chain. This refers to the five villages of Crosby, Scunthorpe, Frodingham, Brumby & Ashby linking together as one. At the top of the shield are two fossils of the species gryphoea incurva. These remains of oysters, known as the "devil's toenails", were found in the rock strata from which ironstone was quarried.
The crest, on top of the helm, shows a blast furnace. This is also referred to in the Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
motto: Refulget labores nostros coelum or The heavens reflect our labours popularly attributed to the glow observed in the night sky from the steelmaking activities.
Geography
Scunthorpe lies on an escarpment of ridged land (the Lincoln CliffLincoln Cliff
The Lincoln Cliff is the portion of a major escarpment that runs north-south through Lindsey and Kesteven, in central Lincolnshire and is a prominent landscape feature in a generally flat portion of the county...
) which slopes down towards the Trent. The surrounding environs are largely low lying hills and plains. Although the town itself is heavily industrial it is surrounded by fertile farmland and wooded areas. In terms of general location it lies a mile east of the River Trent
River Trent
The River Trent is one of the major rivers of England. Its source is in Staffordshire on the southern edge of Biddulph Moor. It flows through the Midlands until it joins the River Ouse at Trent Falls to form the Humber Estuary, which empties into the North Sea below Hull and Immingham.The Trent...
, 8 miles (12.9 km) south of the Humber Estuary, 15 miles (24.1 km) west of the Lincolnshire Wolds
Lincolnshire Wolds
The Lincolnshire Wolds is a range of hills in the county of Lincolnshire, England. It is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty , and the highest area of land in eastern England between Yorkshire and Kent...
and 25 miles (40.2 km) north of Lincoln
Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Lincoln is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England.The non-metropolitan district of Lincoln has a population of 85,595; the 2001 census gave the entire area of Lincoln a population of 120,779....
. The town is situated at the terminus of the M181
M181 motorway
The M181 motorway links the town of Scunthorpe, England, to the M180 motorway. A spur of the M180, the road is virtually straight through its entire length...
, 42 miles (67.6 km) from Sheffield
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...
.
Nearby towns and cities are Hull
Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...
(18 miles northeast), Doncaster
Doncaster
Doncaster is a town in South Yorkshire, England, and the principal settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. The town is about from Sheffield and is popularly referred to as "Donny"...
(20 miles west) and Grimsby
Grimsby
Grimsby is a seaport on the Humber Estuary in Lincolnshire, England. It has been the administrative centre of the unitary authority area of North East Lincolnshire since 1996...
(22 miles east).
From its position at the heart of North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area in the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. For ceremonial purposes it is part of Lincolnshire....
it is roughly 5 miles (8 km) south/south-east to Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
proper, 10 miles (16.1 km) west to South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of 1.29 million. It consists of four metropolitan boroughs: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and City of Sheffield...
, 8 miles (12.9 km) north by northwest to the East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire
The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire, is a local government district with unitary authority status, and a ceremonial county of England. For ceremonial purposes the county also includes the city of Kingston upon Hull, which is a separate unitary authority...
and 15 miles (24.1 km) east to North East Lincolnshire
North East Lincolnshire
North East Lincolnshire is a unitary authority in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, bordering the unitary authority of North Lincolnshire and the administrative county of Lincolnshire...
Climate
Like most of the United Kingdom, Scunthorpe has an oceanic climateOceanic climate
An oceanic climate, also called marine west coast climate, maritime climate, Cascadian climate and British climate for Köppen climate classification Cfb and subtropical highland for Köppen Cfb or Cwb, is a type of climate typically found along the west coasts at the middle latitudes of some of the...
.
Industry
Corus Group
Tata Steel Europe is a multinational steel-making company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the second-largest steel-maker in Europe and is a subsidiary of Tata Steel of India, one of the ten largest steel producers in the world.Corus Group was formed through the merger of Koninklijke...
. (2011 saw TATA Steel take over Corus) However the industry has shrunk in recent years, following the closure of the Normanby Park works (also known as Lysaght's) and the huge Redbourn complex in the early 1980s; the number employed in the industry fell from 27,000 at its height to around 4,500 (not including outside contractors, such as Hanson plc
Hanson plc
Hanson plc is a British based international building materials company, headquartered in Maidenhead. Traded on the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index for many years, the company was acquired by a division of German rival Heidelberg Cement in August 2007.-History:Hanson...
) today.
Despite this it is still the major integrated steel works in Britain. There is also a lime works nearby, involved in the production of steel. The cooling towers can be seen close to Brigg Road (A1029). Parts of the plant include the continuous casting plant and the blast furnace and rod mill. Limestone
Limestone
Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....
is provided by Singleton Birch at the nearby quarry in Melton Ross. Limestone is used as a flux for the blast furnace
Blast furnace
A blast furnace is a type of metallurgical furnace used for smelting to produce industrial metals, generally iron.In a blast furnace, fuel and ore and flux are continuously supplied through the top of the furnace, while air is blown into the bottom of the chamber, so that the chemical reactions...
, which produces calcium silicate
Calcium silicate
Calcium silicate is the chemical compound Ca2SiO4, also known as calcium orthosilicate and sometimes formulated 2CaO.SiO2. It is one of group of compounds obtained by reacting calcium oxide and silica in various ratios e.g. 3CaO.SiO2, Ca3SiO5; 2CaO.SiO2, Ca2SiO4; 3CaO.2SiO2, Ca3Si2O7 and...
. TATA Steel (formerly Corus) at Scunthorpe has four blast furnaces. These blast furnaces have got names instead of numbers and are the only known blast furnaces to have names. The blast furnaces are named after four famous monarchs and are nicknamed the "four queens". The names of the four blast furnaces are Mary, Bess, Anne and Victoria.
Other industries in the town include those associated with the steelworks such as engineering, along with food production, distribution and retailing – most of these now employing a large Polish
Poles
thumb|right|180px|The state flag of [[Poland]] as used by Polish government and diplomatic authoritiesThe Polish people, or Poles , are a nation indigenous to Poland. They are united by the Polish language, which belongs to the historical Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages of Central Europe...
and Slovak workforce. BOC
The BOC Group
The BOC Group plc was the official name of the multinational industrial gas and British based company more commonly known as BOC, and now a part of The Linde Group. In September 2004, BOC had over 30,000 employees on six continents, with sales of over £4.6 billion. BOC was a constituent of the...
have a plant just north of the town next to the A1029. Near to BOC is the well established waste management firm, Bell Waste Control, which services the majority of industry in Scunthorpe and the surrounding areas. On the Foxhills Industrial Park, north of the A1077 northern bypass, are many distribution companies, notably a large building owned by the Nisa Today
Nisa Today
Nisa-Today's is a brand and buying group of independent retailers and wholesalers in the United Kingdom...
co-operative type mutual organisation which has its UK headquarters there. 2 Sisters have a large chicken processing plant in the town. Key Country Foods produces meat products on an industrial scale. The Sauce Company produces sauces, soups and other foodstuffs for the catering and supermarket sectors. Ericsson
Ericsson Mobile Platforms
Ericsson Mobile Platforms was the name of the company within the Ericsson group that supplied mobile platforms, i.e. the technological basis on which a cellular phone product can be built...
produces printed circuit boards for the telecommunications industry. There are a number of other firms, mostly involved in manufacturing and light engineering.
The town has struggled to develop after the downsizing of traditional heavy industry in the 1980s and 1990s, and while the town was made a priority development area in that period no multinationals or blue chips have moved in to fill the gap – as a consequence the local labour force mainly comprises semi-skilled and unskilled labour. In the 2001 census 19.3% of the working age population were economically inactive.
According to the Environment Agency
Environment Agency
The Environment Agency is a British non-departmental public body of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and an Assembly Government Sponsored Body of the Welsh Assembly Government that serves England and Wales.-Purpose:...
in the year 2000, Scunthorpe was home to one of the biggest polluting businesses in the United Kingdom, Corus, whose sites in the town and at Llanwern
Llanwern
Llanwern is an electoral ward and community in the urban-rural fringe of the City of Newport, South Wales. Llanwern ward is bounded by the M4 and Langstone to the north, Ringland, Liswerry and the River Usk to the west, the River Severn to the south and the city boundary to the east...
and Port Talbot
Port Talbot
Port Talbot is a town in Neath Port Talbot, Wales. It had a population of 35,633 in 2001.-History:Port Talbot grew out of the original small port and market town of Aberafan , which belonged to the medieval Lords of Afan. The area of the parish of Margam lying on the west bank of the lower Afan...
produced more dioxins
Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds
Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds are by-products of various industrial processes, and are commonly regarded as highly toxic compounds that are environmental pollutants and persistent organic pollutants . They include:...
than the next 15 biggest polluters.
The environmental charity Greenpeace
Greenpeace
Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over forty countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, The Netherlands...
also listed the town as a PVC toxic hotspot.
Corus handed the site near Lakeside to TATA Steel, end 2010 beginning 2011.
Retail
Scunthorpe has two major shopping centres: the covered Foundry Shopping Centre and the part-covered Parishes Centre. The former was constructed in the late 1960s/early 1970s during a wholesale reconstruction of the old town; the latter was constructed in the early part of the 2000s decade on the site of the town's old bus station. There are also many well known retailers on High Street but on 6 January 2011 Marks and Spencer closed their store in the town after 80 years of tradingHowever the size of the remaining retail units reflects the size of the area's population and with larger shopping facilities within reasonable travelling distance in Grimsby
Grimsby
Grimsby is a seaport on the Humber Estuary in Lincolnshire, England. It has been the administrative centre of the unitary authority area of North East Lincolnshire since 1996...
, Hull
Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...
, Doncaster
Doncaster
Doncaster is a town in South Yorkshire, England, and the principal settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. The town is about from Sheffield and is popularly referred to as "Donny"...
, Lincoln
Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Lincoln is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England.The non-metropolitan district of Lincoln has a population of 85,595; the 2001 census gave the entire area of Lincoln a population of 120,779....
, Leeds
Leeds
Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
and at Meadowhall
Meadowhall
Meadowhall is an indoor shopping centre in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It lies three miles north east of Sheffield city centre and four miles from Rotherham town centre....
, Sheffield
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...
many locals often travel to these towns for major purchases.
All the big food retailers are represented in the area; There is a Tesco Extra opposite the football ground, while Sainsbury's (formerly a Safeway
Safeway (UK)
Safeway was a chain of supermarkets and convenience stores in the United Kingdom. It started as a subsidiary of the American Safeway Inc., before being sold off in 1987....
) have their store on the site of the old football ground. Morrisons
Morrisons
Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc is the fourth largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, headquartered in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The company is usually referred to and is branded as Morrisons formerly Morrison's, and it is part of the FTSE 100 Index of companies...
have a store at the bottom of Mortal Ash Hill (known locally as "Motlash") (A18 road) at the Lakeside Retail Park, on the eastern entrance to the town while Asda
Asda
Asda Stores Ltd is a British supermarket chain which retails food, clothing, general merchandise, toys and financial services. It also has a mobile telephone network, , Asda Mobile...
have a store on Burringham Road
In 2011 Asda opened another store in the former Netto, on Charlton Street.
Entertainment
The site of the Baths HallBaths Hall
The Baths Hall is an entertainment venue in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, England. It hosts many types of entertainment, including live music and comedy on a regular basis.-History:...
stands in the centre of the town on Doncaster Road. It is an entertainment centre that hosts live music, comedy and award ceremonies. It is presently undergoing a multi-million pound regeneration by the local council. Scunthorpe has many pubs and bars, and there are also several clubs. Scunthorpe also has a multiplex cinema (the Vue cinema located near the town centre bus station), leisure centre, museum, galleries and craft centres.
Transport
Scunthorpe railway stationScunthorpe railway station
Scunthorpe railway station serves the town of Scunthorpe in North Lincolnshire, England. The station is located a short walk from the town centre, on Station Road....
lies on the South TransPennine Line which has trains from Manchester Airport
Manchester Airport railway station
Manchester Airport railway station is the railway station that serves Manchester Airport and is built into the airport's terminal buildings. The station was opened together with the second airport terminal in 1993.- Description:...
to Cleethorpes
Cleethorpes railway station
Cleethorpes railway station is a rail terminus serving the seaside town of Cleethorpes in North East Lincolnshire. The station is operated by First TransPennine Express, and is also served by Northern Rail and East Midlands Trains....
. The town lies five miles (8 km) north of the M180
M180 motorway
The M180 motorway is a short but major motorway in England from junction 5 on the M18 motorway in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster to a point close to Humberside Airport some from the ports of Immingham and Grimsby and the east coast and provides access for major routes to Cleethorpes,...
. Before this motorway was opened in 1979, all the east-west goods traffic took the A18 to Grimsby
Grimsby
Grimsby is a seaport on the Humber Estuary in Lincolnshire, England. It has been the administrative centre of the unitary authority area of North East Lincolnshire since 1996...
. Humberside Airport
Humberside Airport
-Cargo flights:Icelandair Cargo operate a weekly Sunday flight from Keflavík which then departs to Liege-Passenger statistics:-Bus service:An hourly daytime bus service runs from Grimsby and Hull to the airport from Monday to Saturday.-External links:**...
is a short drive to the east along the M180. The town's bus station is off Fenton Street. The bus station is predominantly used by Stagecoach In Lincolnshire, that operate services within and out of the town, followed by Hornsby Travel.
Culture
The North Lincolnshire MuseumNorth Lincolnshire Museum
North Lincolnshire Museum is a local museum in the town of Scunthorpe, north Lincolnshire, England.- Overview :The museum is on Oswald Road, near the Scunthorpe railway station....
is on Oswald Road, near the railway station
Scunthorpe railway station
Scunthorpe railway station serves the town of Scunthorpe in North Lincolnshire, England. The station is located a short walk from the town centre, on Station Road....
. St John the Evangelist Church (built in 1891 by Lord St Oswald
Rowland Winn, 2nd Baron St Oswald
Rowland Winn, 2nd Baron St Oswald was a Conservative Party politician in England.At the 1885 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Pontefract in Yorkshire...
) in Church Square is now the 20–21 Visual Arts Centre. The Plowright Theatre, named after Joan Plowright
Joan Plowright
Joan Ann Plowright, Baroness Olivier, DBE , better known as Dame Joan Plowright, is an English actress, whose career has spanned over sixty years. Throughout her career she has won two Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award and has been nominated for an Academy Award, an Emmy, and two BAFTA Awards...
, is on Laneham Street (off the west end of High Street). It was built in 1958 as Scunthorpe Civic Theatre.
Radio
- Viking FM broadcasts on 96.9 FM from Kingston upon HullKingston upon HullKingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...
, having some of its coverage given to North Lincolnshire, which includes Scunthorpe; - BBC Radio HumbersideBBC Radio HumbersideBBC Radio Humberside is a BBC Local Radio service covering the area of the former English county of Humberside, which was returned to North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire the East Riding of Yorkshire and the City of Kingston upon Hull on 1 April 1996....
is broadcast on 95.9 FM from Kingston upon Hull, with its coverage given to the old county of HumbersideHumbersideHumberside was a non-metropolitan and ceremonial county in Northern England from 1 April 1974 until 1 April 1996. It was composed of land from either side of the Humber Estuary, created from portions of the East and West ridings of Yorkshire and parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire...
, now including the East Riding of Yorkshire and all of North & North East Lincolnshire & all Lincolnshire at certain times. Coverage often includes broadcasts of local football team Scunthorpe United; - BBC Radio LincolnshireBBC Radio LincolnshireBBC Lincolnshire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Lincolnshire — apart from the northern parts, which are covered by BBC Radio Humberside...
broadcast from Lincoln, its coverage covering the entire current county of Lincolnshire.
Regional news programmes
- BBC Look NorthBBC Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)BBC Look North is the BBC's regional TV news service for East Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, north Norfolk and northeast Cambridgeshire produced by BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire...
broadcast by the BBC from Queen's Gardens in Kingston upon Hull with news offices in Grimsby, covering the East Riding of Yorkshire and North & North East Lincolnshire; - CalendarCalendar (News)Calendar is a regional television news and current affairs programme, produced by ITV Yorkshire at its studios in Leeds, serving Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and parts of the North Midlands and North West Norfolk...
, broadcast by ITV Yorkshire from LeedsLeedsLeeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
, West YorkshireWest YorkshireWest Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
with a local crewElectronic news gatheringENG is a broadcasting industry acronym which stands for electronic news gathering. It can mean anything from a lone broadcast journalist reporter taking a single professional video camera out to shoot a story, to an entire television crew taking a production truck or satellite truck on location...
based in nearby Grimsby, covering all of the boroughs of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
Scunthorpe Telegraph
The Scunthorpe Telegraph is a local paid-for newspaper published and distributed weekly in Scunthorpe, England. It was launched on 8 September 1937. Prior to the Scunthorpe Telegraphs launch, the town was served by the Grimsby Evening Telegraph....
(formerly the Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph) with an online version called this is scunthorpe.co.uk. There is also a weekly freesheet, the Scunthorpe Target.
Secondary schools
The secondary schools within North Lincolnshire are currently undergoing a rebuilding programme with an investment of £88 million under the government's Building Schools for the FutureBuilding Schools for the Future
Building Schools for the Future is the name of the previous UK Government's investment programme in secondary school buildings in England. The program is very ambitious in its costs, timescales and objectives, with politicians from all English political parties supportive of the principle but...
Programme BSF. The first of these school to benefit will be Brumby Engineering College
Brumby Engineering College
Brumby Engineering College, formerly Brumby Comprehensive School, is a comprehensive school on Cemetery Road close to the A18 in Scunthorpe , North Lincolnshire, England.-Admissions:...
on Cemetery Road. FTC – specialising in performing arts, maths and computing on Foxhills Road is in the north of the town near Crosby and was the town's first specialist school. Originally a Technology College known as Foxhills Technology College, FTC became Scunthorpe's first Performing Arts College in 2007, adding specialisms in Maths and Computing in 2008 following Government designation as Scunthorpe's first High Performing Specialist School. Frederick Gough School
Frederick Gough School
Frederick Gough School is an 11 - 16 comprehensive serving the people of Scunthorpe.-History:It was opened in 1960 as Ashby and then Bottesford Grammar School, being renamed Frederick Gough Grammar School after Alderman Frederick Gough, the first Chairman of Governors of the school. It became a...
; a specialist language college on Grange Lane South, is to the south of the town in Bottesford
Bottesford, North Lincolnshire
Bottesford is a small town and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England. It is joined to southern Scunthorpe, and is defined by the B1501 road to the north and Bottesford Beck to the south. The River Trent lies to the west, with a boundary line approximately along Grammar School Walk, Richmond...
. Melior Community College
Melior Community College
Melior Community College is a comprehensive in Scunthorpe in the North Lincolnshire LEA for ages 11-16.Following Government plans to improve Schools in the United Kingdom...
; this was formed by the merger of South Leys Business & Enterprise College on Enderby Road and Thomas Sumpter Comprehensive School
Thomas Sumpter Comprehensive School
Thomas Sumpter Comprehensive School was a Secondary school, or Senior School, in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, England. The Head Teacher of the school was Mrs Angela Briggs....
which is on Chandos Road to the east of the town; and will be the site of the new school. St.Bede's Catholic School is a specialist mathematics and computing college, which is governed by the Roman Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
. St Hugh's Communication and Interaction Specialist College, a school for students aged 11–19 with moderate to complex learning needs associated with physical and social problems. The former High Ridge Specialist Sports College on Doncaster Road became the town's first academy opening on 1 September 2008. It is now known as The St Lawrence Academy; it still retains Sport as its specialism but it is now sponsored by the Church of England
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
, The Most Rev. and Rt Hon. The Lord Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams
Rowan Williams
Rowan Douglas Williams FRSL, FBA, FLSW is an Anglican bishop, poet and theologian. He is the 104th and current Archbishop of Canterbury, Metropolitan of the Province of Canterbury and Primate of All England, offices he has held since early 2003.Williams was previously Bishop of Monmouth and...
officially opened the new school on 14 October 2008. The school is to be completely rebuilt by 2013.
The second stage of refurbishment is to begin in 2013 to include the seven remaining rural Secondary Schools.
Primary schools
- Henderson Avenue Primary School
- scunthorpe c of e
- Frodingham Infant School
- Brumby Junior School
- St. Augustin Webster's Catholic Primary School
- Berkeley Junior School
- Crosby Primary School
- Westcliffe Primary School
Study support
Scunthorpe currently has two study support centres, Study United FC and Study Heslam set up with funding from the government's Playing for Success scheme. These are based at Glanford Park, the home of Scunthorpe United Football Club and Heslam Park, home of Scunthorpe rugby & cricket clubs.Further education
John Leggott Sixth-Form College (JLC)John Leggott College
John Leggott College is a sixth form college on West Common Lane, in Old Brumby, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, England.-Technical school:...
on West Common Lane, is among the top 10 sixth form college
Sixth form college
A sixth form college is an educational institution in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Belize, Hong Kong or Malta where students aged 16 to 18 typically study for advanced school-level qualifications, such as A-levels, or school-level qualifications such as GCSEs. In Singapore and India, this is...
s in the country. North Lindsey College
North Lindsey College
North Lindsey College is a further education college in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, England on the A18.-Structure:It is also an associate college of the University of Lincoln providing a wide range of further education and higher education courses...
is close by on Kingsway (A18).
On 30 November 2010, Students, Unions and members of the public joined a series of nationwide 2010 UK Student Protests outside John Leggott College
John Leggott College
John Leggott College is a sixth form college on West Common Lane, in Old Brumby, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, England.-Technical school:...
. The protest was against the Parliamentary plans to increase University
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
tuition fees. The local newspaper, The Scunthorpe Telegraph published many articles about the protest.
Law and order
The area is served by Humberside PoliceHumberside Police
Humberside Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing an area covering the East Riding of Yorkshire, the city of Kingston upon Hull, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire...
. According to Home Office
Home Office
The Home Office is the United Kingdom government department responsible for immigration control, security, and order. As such it is responsible for the police, UK Border Agency, and the Security Service . It is also in charge of government policy on security-related issues such as drugs,...
data the area has crime rates higher than the national average, especially in the categories of violence against the person, sexual offences, burglary and theft of motor vehicles.
Football
The town has a Football League club, Scunthorpe UnitedScunthorpe United F.C.
Scunthorpe United Football Club is an English association football team based in the town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, who play in the Football League One....
(nicknamed "The Iron") who play at Glanford Park
Glanford Park
Glanford Park is a football stadium in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, and the current home of Scunthorpe United. It is the smallest stadium by capacity in the Championship ....
. For most of its existence in the professional game (since only 1950) it has been in the basement league of the English game. At the end of the 2006–7 season they won promotion to the Football League Championship
Football League Championship
The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
as champions of League One
Football League One
Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....
, amassing a total of 91 points, being promoted at home to Huddersfield Town
Huddersfield Town F.C.
Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They currently play in League One...
: having been top since January: despite being outsiders for a considerable amount of that time, and being promoted with 3 games to spare. This being the first time they have played at this level for 44 years. This was to last just one season as the club were relegated on 12 April 2008, with three games to spare, away to Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace F.C.
Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...
. However, they returned to the Championship after one season, winning the League One playoffs in May 2009.
In the last financial year for which accounts are available (the year ending June 2009) the club made a loss of over £1,000,000 with turnover down by over 17%.
Kevin Keegan
Kevin Keegan
Joseph Kevin Keegan, OBE is a former international footballer and former manager of the England national football team and several English clubs, most notably Newcastle United....
and Ray Clemence
Ray Clemence
Raymond Neal "Ray" Clemence, MBE is one of English and European football's most decorated goalkeepers ever and was part of the Liverpool team of the 1970s.-Scunthorpe United:...
both played for Scunthorpe United
Scunthorpe United F.C.
Scunthorpe United Football Club is an English association football team based in the town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, who play in the Football League One....
in the early 1970s before being signed for Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
. Former England cricket captain Ian Botham
Ian Botham
Sir Ian Terence Botham OBE is a former England Test cricketer and Test team captain, and current cricket commentator. He was a genuine all-rounder with 14 centuries and 383 wickets in Test cricket, and remains well-known by his nickname "Beefy"...
played a number of games for the club, being a resident of nearby Epworth at that time and in an attempt to keep fit during the winter months.
Local teams play in the Scunthorpe & District Football League
Scunthorpe & District Football League
The Scunthorpe & District Football League is a football league formed in 1921 catering for clubs in and around Scunthorpe, England. It is not a formal member of the English football pyramid....
.
Rugby
Scunthorpe RUFC play rugby unionRugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
at Heslam Park, close to Brumby on Ashby Road. Scunthorpe Barbarians
Scunthorpe Barbarians
Scunthorpe Barbarians are a rugby league team based in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. They play in the Yorkshire Regional Division of the Rugby League Conference.-History:Scunthorpe Braves were formed in formed in 2006...
play rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
also at Heslam Park.
Motorsports
Scunthorpe also has a speedwayMotorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. Speedway motorcycles use only one gear and have no brakes and racing takes place on a flat oval track usually...
team known as the Scunthorpe Scorpions
Scunthorpe Scorpions
The Scunthorpe Scorpions are a speedway team in the British Premier League. After three successful years in the Conference League the side were accepted into the Premier League for 2008...
who compete in the British Premier League, the sport's second tier in Britain.
The speedway team has been running since 2005 and won a grand slam of the Conference League trophies in both 2006 and 2007. It runs at the Eddie Wright Raceway
Eddie Wright Raceway
The Eddie Wright Raceway is a British race track in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. It is primarily used for motorcycle speedway, but also occasionally hosts stock car racing.-History:The track is located on Normanby Road in Scunthorpe....
, which is a mile north of the town on Normanby Road (B1430).
The Eddie Wright Raceway
Eddie Wright Raceway
The Eddie Wright Raceway is a British race track in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. It is primarily used for motorcycle speedway, but also occasionally hosts stock car racing.-History:The track is located on Normanby Road in Scunthorpe....
is also host to the sport of stock car racing
Stock car racing
Stock car racing is a form of automobile racing found mainly in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Great Britain, Brazil and Argentina. Traditionally, races are run on oval tracks measuring approximately in length...
, the town has featured stock car racing at two other venues in its past, 2009 saw a return to the town of the oval racing sport
- Scunthorpe ScorpionsScunthorpe ScorpionsThe Scunthorpe Scorpions are a speedway team in the British Premier League. After three successful years in the Conference League the side were accepted into the Premier League for 2008...
– Premier League team - Scunthorpe SaintsScunthorpe SaintsScunthorpe Saints are a motorcycle speedway team based in Scunthorpe, England. They race in the National League – the third tier of British league racing. They were formed in 2008 after the Scunthorpe Scorpions were promoted to the Premier League....
– National League (formerly Conference League) team
Athletics
The Appleby-Frodingham Athletic Club uses the 34 acres (137,593.2 m²) site near the Civic Centre for many types of sport. They have a clubhouse and also use Brumby Hall next-door. There is also the Scunthorpe and District Athletics Club. They train at Quibell Park Stadium, Scunthorpe's athletic track on Brumby Wood Lane named after David QuibellDavid Quibell, 1st Baron Quibell
David John Kinsley Quibell, 1st Baron Quibell was a British builder, contractor and Labour Party politician.-Background and education:...
, the town's former Labour MP. Around the running track is a cycle track used by Polytechnic Cycle Club.
The leisure centre is on Carlton Street opposite the bus station via a footbridge. The Scunthorpe Anchor swimming club are based at the Riddings Pool on Enderby Road next to South Leys School in Yaddlethorpe.
The Pods
The Pods
The Pods is a leisure centre in Scunthorpe. It is currently in its final stages of construction before its opening, estimated to be during Summer 2011. The leisure centre will offer a wide range of modern facilities, including two swimming pools, a state of the art gym, a dance studio, a café and a...
, a leisure centre
Leisure centre
A leisure centre in the UK and Canada is a purpose built building or site, usually owned and operated by the city, borough council or municipal district council, where people go to keep fit or relax through using the facilities.- Typical Facilities :...
near Central Park is currently in the final stages of construction. When opened, the leisure centre will have two swimming pools, a state of the art gym
Gym
The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, that mean a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men...
, a dance studio
Dance studio
A dance studio is a space in which dancers learn or rehearse. The term is typically used to describe a space that has either been built or equipped for the purpose....
, a creche
Crèche
Crèche may refer to:*Day care center, an organization of adults who take care of children in place of their parents*Nativity scene, a group of figures arranged to represent the birth of Jesus Christ...
and a cafe
Café
A café , also spelled cafe, in most countries refers to an establishment which focuses on serving coffee, like an American coffeehouse. In the United States, it may refer to an informal restaurant, offering a range of hot meals and made-to-order sandwiches...
. The estimated date of completion is Summer 2011.
As part of the project, Central Park is being improved. These expensive improvements are also in their final stage. North Lincolnshire Council's website regularly show photographs and videos of how the work is progressing.
Spike Milligan
In 1981 the comedian and writer Spike MilliganSpike Milligan
Terence Alan Patrick Seán "Spike" Milligan Hon. KBE was a comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright, soldier and actor. His early life was spent in India, where he was born, but the majority of his working life was spent in the United Kingdom. He became an Irish citizen in 1962 after the...
published a book Spike Milligan, Indefinite Articles and Scunthorpe. The inclusion of the town's name in a comedy book caused much anger in the area to which Milligan replied: "We should like the people of Scunthorpe to know that the references to Scunthorpe are nothing personal. It is a joke, as is Scunthorpe".
Internet obscenity filters
In 1996 there was controversy when AOLAOL
AOL Inc. is an American global Internet services and media company. AOL is headquartered at 770 Broadway in New York. Founded in 1983 as Control Video Corporation, it has franchised its services to companies in several nations around the world or set up international versions of its services...
's obscenity
Obscenity
An obscenity is any statement or act which strongly offends the prevalent morality of the time, is a profanity, or is otherwise taboo, indecent, abhorrent, or disgusting, or is especially inauspicious...
filter (among others) refused to accept the name of the town due to its inclusion of the embedded word cunt
Cunt
Cunt is a vulgarism, primarily referring to the female genitalia, specifically the vulva, and including the cleft of Venus. The earliest citation of this usage in the 1972 Oxford English Dictionary, c 1230, refers to the London street known as Gropecunt Lane...
, which the filter rejected as obscene. Some online forums such as Ultimate Guitar forums (which has recently been resolved) display the name as S****horpe, while Fark.com
Fark.com
Fark is a community website created by Drew Curtis that allows members to comment on a daily batch of news articles and other items from various websites. As of June 2009, the site boasts approximately four million unique visitors per month, which puts it among the top 100 English language websites...
would display it as Scoonthorpe. This situation is known in the computing world as the Scunthorpe problem
Scunthorpe Problem
The Scunthorpe problem occurs when a spam filter or search engine blocks e-mails or search results because their text contains a string of letters that are shared with an obscene word...
and is still an issue to Scunthorpe-based internet users.
Scunthorpe MP Elliot Morley
Elliot MorleyElliot Morley
Elliot Anthony Morley is a former Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Glanford and Scunthorpe from 1987 to 1997 and then Scunthorpe from 1997 to 2010. In 2009, he was accused by The Daily Telegraph of continuing to claim parliamentary expenses for a mortgage that had...
was the Labour
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for the Scunthorpe constituency
Scunthorpe (UK Parliament constituency)
Scunthorpe is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Centred on the town of Scunthorpe in North Lincolnshire, it elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...
between 1987 and 2010. In 2009 he was accused by the Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...
of continuing to claim £30,000 from parliamentary expenses for a mortgage that had already been repaid. This led to campaigning group Independents to Save Queen Mary's Hospital reporting him to City of Westminster police alleging fraud and theft. In February 2010, the Crown Prosecution Service
Crown Prosecution Service
The Crown Prosecution Service, or CPS, is a non-ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for public prosecutions of people charged with criminal offences in England and Wales. Its role is similar to that of the longer-established Crown Office in Scotland, and the...
informed the Metropolitan Police that it intended to charge him with two counts of false accounting. In the 2010 general election, Nic Dakin
Nic Dakin
Nicholas Dakin is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Scunthorpe since 2010.-Early life:...
was elected as the new MP
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for the Scunthorpe constituency
Scunthorpe (UK Parliament constituency)
Scunthorpe is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Centred on the town of Scunthorpe in North Lincolnshire, it elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...
.
Get Carter
The MancunianMancunian
Mancunian is the associated adjective and demonym of Manchester, a city in North West England. It may refer to:*The city of Manchester, in Greater Manchester, England**The people of Manchester, or the list of people from Manchester...
writer Ted Lewis
Ted Lewis (writer)
Ted Lewis was a British writer.He was born in Manchester, an only child. After World War II the family moved to Barton-on-Humber...
, who lived in nearby Barton-upon-Humber
Barton-upon-Humber
Barton-upon-Humber or Barton is a small town and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England located on the south bank of the Humber Estuary, and at the end of the Humber Bridge. It lies east of Leeds, southwest of Hull and north northeast of the county town of Lincoln...
, featured the town in some of his novels about low-life 1960s gangster Jack Carter. The most famous of these books, Jack's Return Home
Jack's Return Home
Jack's Return Home is a 1970 novel by British writer Ted Lewis. An uncompromising novel of a brutal half-world of pool halls, massage parlours and teenage pornography, it was memorably brought to life in the cult film Get Carter, starring Michael Caine as Jack Carter...
saw the main character return from London to his home-town of Scunthorpe to avenge his brother's death. The story itself was based on the background to the real-life murder of Sunderland fruit machine cash collector Angus Sibbet in 1967, in what was known as the One-armed bandit murder
One-armed bandit murder
The one-armed bandit murder was a criminal case in the north east of England. The case involved the murder of Angus Sibbet in 1967. The following trial resulted in life sentences for Dennis Stafford and Michael Luvaglio...
.
The film rights to this book were purchased by MGM who transferred the setting from Scunthorpe to Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...
and released the film in 1971 as the cult British crime thriller Get Carter
Get Carter
Get Carter is a 1971 British crime film directed by Mike Hodges and starring Michael Caine as Jack Carter, a gangster who sets out to avenge the death of his brother in a series of unrelenting and brutal killings played out against the grim background of derelict urban housing in the city of...
, starring Michael Caine
Michael Caine
Sir Michael Caine, CBE is an English actor. He won Academy Awards for best supporting actor in both Hannah and Her Sisters and The Cider House Rules ....
in the eponymous lead role. However none of the production was shot in the area, being filmed entirely on location on Tyneside
Tyneside
Tyneside is a conurbation in North East England, defined by the Office of National Statistics, which is home to over 80% of the population of Tyne and Wear. It includes the city of Newcastle upon Tyne and the Metropolitan Boroughs of Gateshead, North Tyneside and South Tyneside — all settlements on...
.
Notable people
In alphabetical order by surname:- Neale BarryNeale Barry-External links:* at soccerbase.com...
, football referee, studied at Thomas Sumpter School - Darren Bett, BBC weather presenter, attended John Leggott CollegeJohn Leggott CollegeJohn Leggott College is a sixth form college on West Common Lane, in Old Brumby, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, England.-Technical school:...
- Ian BothamIan BothamSir Ian Terence Botham OBE is a former England Test cricketer and Test team captain, and current cricket commentator. He was a genuine all-rounder with 14 centuries and 383 wickets in Test cricket, and remains well-known by his nickname "Beefy"...
, cricketer, also used to play football for Scunthorpe UnitedScunthorpe United F.C.Scunthorpe United Football Club is an English association football team based in the town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, who play in the Football League One....
, and lived at nearby Epworth for many years - Jack BowersJack BowersJohn William Anslow "Jack" Bowers was an English footballer, who was twice the top scorer in the Football League and made three appearances for England.-Early days:...
, born at Santon England ex- Derby CountyDerby County F.C.Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...
, Leicester CityLeicester City F.C.Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...
and Scunthorpe & Lindsey UnitedScunthorpe United F.C.Scunthorpe United Football Club is an English association football team based in the town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, who play in the Football League One....
footballer - Allan ClarkeAllan Clarke (footballer)Allan John Clarke , nicknamed "Sniffer", is a former footballer who played in the Football League for Walsall, Fulham, Leicester City, Leeds United and Barnsley, and won 19 international caps for England.-Early career:Clarke started his career at Walsall and made his debut aged 17, in 1963...
, ex-Leeds UnitedLeeds United A.F.C.Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...
and England player, former manager of Scunthorpe UnitedScunthorpe United F.C.Scunthorpe United Football Club is an English association football team based in the town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, who play in the Football League One....
, now living in the area - Ray ClemenceRay ClemenceRaymond Neal "Ray" Clemence, MBE is one of English and European football's most decorated goalkeepers ever and was part of the Liverpool team of the 1970s.-Scunthorpe United:...
, former goalkeeper of the English national football team, played for Scunthorpe UnitedScunthorpe United F.C.Scunthorpe United Football Club is an English association football team based in the town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, who play in the Football League One....
in 1966 - Ian CollinsIan CollinsIan Collins may refer to:* Ian Collins , Australian businessman and former Australian rules footballer* Ian Collins , UK radio presenter* Ian Collins , soccer coach at the University of Kentucky...
, talkSPORTTalkSPORTTalksport , owned by UTV radio, is one of the United Kingdom's three terrestrial analogue Independent National Radio broadcasters, offering a sports and talk radio service broadcast from London to the United Kingdom....
radio presenter was born in the town - Howard DevotoHoward DevotoHoward Devoto is an English rock and roll singer-songwriter, who began his career as the frontman for the punk band Buzzcocks, but then left to form Magazine, one of the first post-punk bands...
, singer of the BuzzcocksBuzzcocksBuzzcocks are an English punk rock band formed in Bolton in 1976, led by singer–songwriter–guitarist Pete Shelley.They are regarded as an important influence on the Manchester music scene, the independent record label movement, punk rock, power pop, pop punk and indie rock. They achieved commercial...
and Magazine - Kevin DoyleKevin Doyle (actor)Kevin Doyle is a British actor. He is known for playing as John Parr in the TV series The Lakes and for playing the Crawley's servant Joseph Molesley in the TV series Downton Abbey, as well as many other roles.-Stage:...
, actor, The LakesThe LakesThe Lakes may refer to:Places* The Lakes, Visalia, California* Lake District National Park in England* The Lakes, Las Vegas, United States, a planned community* The Lakes, Western Australia** The Lakes Important Bird Area* The Lakes, Copenhagen, Denmark...
and Drop Dead GorgeousDrop Dead GorgeousDrop Dead Gorgeous is a 1999 American dark comedy film directed by Michael Patrick Jann and starring Kirstie Alley, Ellen Barkin, Denise Richards, Brittany Murphy and Kirsten Dunst...
, attended Brumby Comprehensive School and JLC - Danny Flynn, science-fiction and fantasy artist, attended High Ridge School
- Stephen FretwellStephen FretwellStephen Fretwell is an English singer-songwriter.-Biography:Fretwell attended St. Augustine Webster Primary School in Scunthorpe and St. Bede's Catholic School in Ashby before furthering his study at John Leggott College...
, singer-songwriter, attended St. Bede's Catholic School - Dennis HirdDennis HirdJames Dennis Hird was a British clergyman, educator and author.Hird was born in Ashby, Lincolnshire to Robert and Fanny Dennis Hird née Kendall. He was the second of five sons, though only three survived to adulthood...
, socialist educator, first principal of Ruskin College and warden of Central Labour CollegeCentral Labour CollegeThe Central Labour College was a British higher education institution supported by trade unions. It functioned from 1909 to 1929.The college was formed as a result of the Ruskin College strike of 1909. The Plebs' League, which had been formed around a core of Marxist students and former students of...
, born in Ashby Lincolnshire - Ian Huntley, convicted for the murder of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, lived in GrimsbyGrimsbyGrimsby is a seaport on the Humber Estuary in Lincolnshire, England. It has been the administrative centre of the unitary authority area of North East Lincolnshire since 1996...
, Barton-upon-HumberBarton-upon-HumberBarton-upon-Humber or Barton is a small town and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England located on the south bank of the Humber Estuary, and at the end of the Humber Bridge. It lies east of Leeds, southwest of Hull and north northeast of the county town of Lincoln...
and Scunthorpe before moving to SohamSohamSoham is a small town in the English county of Cambridgeshire. It lies just off the A142 between Ely and Newmarket . Its population is 9,102 , and it is within the district of East Cambridgeshire.-Archaeology:... - Tony JacklinTony JacklinAnthony Jacklin CBE is an English golfer, who was the most successful British player of his generation. He was also the most successful European Ryder Cup captain ever.-Early life and education:...
, golfer, U.S. openU.S. Open (golf)The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...
winner, 1970 - Beverley JacobsBeverley JacobsBeverley K. Jacobs, LL.B., LL.M., is an Aboriginal Canadian leader. She is the immediate past president of the Native Women's Association of Canada .-Video Links:*-External links:*...
of the 1980's Band The Disco's, attended John Leggott College, Scunthorpe - Kevin KeeganKevin KeeganJoseph Kevin Keegan, OBE is a former international footballer and former manager of the England national football team and several English clubs, most notably Newcastle United....
, former England football manager, played for Scunthorpe UnitedScunthorpe United F.C.Scunthorpe United Football Club is an English association football team based in the town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, who play in the Football League One....
in his early days - Keith LindseyKeith LindseyKeith Lindsey was an English professional football player. His professional career lasted from between 1964 to 1975 as he made over 200 appearances in the Football League...
, footballer, Scunthorpe UnitedScunthorpe United F.C.Scunthorpe United Football Club is an English association football team based in the town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, who play in the Football League One.... - Reece MastinReece MastinReece Mastin , is an English-born Australian recording artist who won the third season of The X Factor in 2011...
, born in Scunthorpe, singer & winner of 2011 X-Factor AustraliaThe X Factor (Australia season 3)The X Factor is an Australian television reality music competition, based on the original UK series, to find new singing talent; the winner of which receives a management contract and a Sony Music Australia recording contract. The 2011 season premiered on the Seven Network on 29 August 2011 and... - Iain MatthewsIain MatthewsIain Matthews is an English musician and songwriter. He was born Iain Matthew McDonald, in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. He was known in the 1960s first as Ian McDonald, then as the 1960s progressed, as Ian Matthews...
, singer - Rob McElneaRob McElneaRob McElnea is a retired motorcycle road racer, who won three Isle of Man TT races, and with a best of fifth overall in Grands Prix....
, 500cc grand prix rider and now team manager of the Virgin MobileVirgin MobileVirgin Mobile is a brand used by many mobile phone service providers across the globe; its headquarters are based in the United Kingdom. Virgin Mobile has local operations in Australia, Canada, France, India, South Africa, Greece, United Kingdom and the United States. It briefly also had operations...
Yamaha team in the British Superbike Championship - Nina NannarNina NannarNina Nannar is a British journalist. She is currently the media and arts correspondent for ITV News, reporting stories in the arts, media, and entertainment for ITV. Prior to joining ITV Nannar worked on Midlands Today, Children in Need and the BBC News's 2000 Today.- External links :...
, ITN showbusiness reporter, attended John Leggott College, Scunthorpe - Donald PleasenceDonald PleasenceSir Donald Henry Pleasence, OBE, was a British actor who gained more than 200 screen credits during a career which spanned over four decades...
, actor, grew up at 20 Fox St, Scunthorpe, just outside the Old ShowgroundOld ShowgroundThe Old Showground was the original stadium of the English football club Scunthorpe United and had been built in c.1867.Scunthorpe United played at the Old Showground until 1988, when they moved to Glanford Park - the first newly-constructed Football League stadium since Southend United's Roots... - Joan PlowrightJoan PlowrightJoan Ann Plowright, Baroness Olivier, DBE , better known as Dame Joan Plowright, is an English actress, whose career has spanned over sixty years. Throughout her career she has won two Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award and has been nominated for an Academy Award, an Emmy, and two BAFTA Awards...
, actor, born in BriggBriggBrigg is a small market town in North Lincolnshire, England, with a population of 5,076 in 2,213 households . The town lies at the junction of the River Ancholme and east-west transport routes across northern Lincolnshire...
, attended school in the town - Peter D. RobinsonPeter D. RobinsonPeter D. Robinson is the Presiding Bishop of the United Episcopal Church of North America and is rector of St. Paul's Anglican Church of Prescott, Arizona, which is part of the Continuing Anglican movement. He was born in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England.-Family:Robinson is the son of David...
, bishop-elect in the United Episcopal Church of North AmericaUnited Episcopal Church of North AmericaThe United Episcopal Church of North America is a traditional Anglican Christian church that is part of the Continuing Anglican movement... - Martin SimpsonMartin SimpsonMartin Simpson is an English folk singer, guitarist and songwriter. His music reflects a wide variety of influences and styles, rooted in the British Isles, America and beyond.-Biography:...
, guitarist, born in Scunthorpe - Liz SmithLiz Smith (actress)Liz Smith, MBE is a British actress, best-known for her roles in the sitcoms The Vicar of Dibley and The Royle Family. She also appeared in the 2005 film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.-Early life:...
, actress, born in Scunthorpe - Sheridan SmithSheridan SmithSheridan Smith is an English actress and singer who is best known for her contributions to the British sitcoms Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, Gavin & Stacey and Benidorm. She has also become a recognised face in West End theatre, where she has appeared in Little Shop of Horrors,...
, actor, born in EpworthEpworthEpworth is a small town and civil parish in the Isle of Axholme, North Lincolnshire, England. As the birthplace of John Wesley and Charles Wesley, it has given its name to many institutions associated with Methodism. Their father, Samuel Wesley, was the rector from 1695 to 1735.- Description... - Graham TaylorGraham Taylor (football manager)Graham Taylor OBE is a football pundit, ex-football manager, and a former player. He is best known as the manager of the England national football team, as well as being manager of Watford, a club he took from the Fourth Division to the First in the space of five years, then from bottom of the...
, former manager of the English national football team, born in Nottinghamshire, but grew up and developed his career at Scunthorpe UnitedScunthorpe United F.C.Scunthorpe United Football Club is an English association football team based in the town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, who play in the Football League One.... - Alan Walker, musicologist and biographer of Franz LisztFranz LisztFranz Liszt ; ), was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age...
, born in Scunthorpe
Twinned municipalities
ClamartClamart
Clamart is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.The town is divided into two parts, separated by a forest: bas Clamart, the historical centre, and petit Clamart with urbanization developed in the 1960s replacing pea fields. The canton of...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
Lüneburg
Lüneburg
Lüneburg is a town in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is located about southeast of fellow Hanseatic city Hamburg. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region, and one of Hamburg's inner suburbs...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski
Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski
Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski is a town in south-central Poland with 74,211 inhabitants .Main industry is metallurgy. Ostrowiec is the capital city of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski County, part of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship , previously it belonged to Kielce Voivodeship .- History:The oldest testimonies of...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
Musical links
- The Toy DollsToy DollsThe Toy Dolls are an English punk rock band formed in 1979. Departing from the angry lyrics and music often associated with punk rock, The Toy Dolls worked within the aesthetics of punk to express a sense of fun, with songs such as "Yul Brynner Was a Skinhead", "My Girlfriend's Dad's a Vicar" and...
covered Charlie Daniels Band's The Devil Went Down to GeorgiaThe Devil Went Down to Georgia"The Devil Went Down to Georgia" is a song written and performed by the Charlie Daniels Band and released on their 1979 album Million Mile Reflections....
with their 1997 recording "The Devil Went Down to Scunthorpe". - The town featured in a 1990 television advertising campaign for the a loyalty card called Premier Points in which the Gene PitneyGene PitneyEugene Francis Alan Pitney, known as Gene Pitney , was an American singer-songwriter, musician and sound engineer. Through the mid-1960s, he enjoyed success as a recording artist on both sides of the Atlantic and was among the group of early 1960s American acts who continued to enjoy hits after the...
song Twenty-four Hours from Tulsa was re-worked as Twenty-four Toasters from Scunthorpe. - The Baths HallBaths HallThe Baths Hall is an entertainment venue in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, England. It hosts many types of entertainment, including live music and comedy on a regular basis.-History:...
in Doncaster Road was a popular music venue, before it was closed because of the costs of bringing the building up to scratch, and dealing with industrial contamination on site. The Labour Council prevented the Baths from being demolished in 2007 and commenced a major rebuild of the venue, which has involved demolishing all but the facade of the building. - The Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior ChoirScunthorpe Co-operative Junior ChoirScunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir is a choir from Scunthorpe, England, currently conducted by Sue Hollingworth, the 2010 winner of the Gramophone Magazine inaugural Music in the Community The Chormaster's Prize award...
from Scunthorpe won the title of BBC radio 3BBC Radio 3BBC Radio 3 is a national radio station operated by the BBC within the United Kingdom. Its output centres on classical music and opera, but jazz, world music, drama, culture and the arts also feature. The station is the world’s most significant commissioner of new music, and its New Generation...
Choir of the Year 2008 at the Grand Finals on 7 December 2008 at the Royal Festival HallRoyal Festival HallThe Royal Festival Hall is a 2,900-seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London. It is situated on the South Bank of the River Thames, not far from Hungerford Bridge. It is a Grade I listed building - the first post-war building to become so protected...
, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. The main choir is made up of 90 members aged between 9 and 19 years whilst also having 2 training choirs taking children as young as 3 years old. They have made several CDs, perform numerous concerts in the area and further afield, have been subject of documentaries and are internationally renowned as have travelled the world. - The town features in the song "Pass OutPass Out (Tinie Tempah song)"Pass Out" is the debut single of English rapper Tinie Tempah. It is the first single from his debut album Disc-Overy and his debut single on Parlophone. The song was a digital-only release and was available to download in the United Kingdom on 28 February 2010. Producer and writer Labrinth...
" by rap artist Tinie TempahTinie TempahPatrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu , better known by his stage name Tinie Tempah, is a British rapper. He made his first mixtape in 2007 with 28 songs, freestyles and remixes, the album features Mz Bratt, Chipmunk and G-Unit...
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External links
- This Is Scunthorpe (Scunthorpe Telegraph)
- North Lincolnshire Council
- visitscunthorpe Independent community website in Scunthorpe
- Scunthorpe – The Heavens Reflect Our Labours, Documentary on Scunthorpe history made by local schoolchildren
- Scunthorpe on Film Part 2, Part Two of a series of 3 photo compilations depicting views of Scunthorpe
- Scunthorpe's Iron & Steel Heritage Photos showing Scunthorpe's Iron & Steel past
- Photos from the 20:21 Visual Arts Centre in Scunthorpe
- Pathe newsreel, 1958, Queen visits Lincoln, Scunthorpe, Grimsby