Scunthorpe
Scunthorpe | |
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Clockwise from top: St Hugh's Church, Scunthorpe Mill, High Street, Church Square and The Central Park Fountain | |
Location within Lincolnshire | |
Population | 81,576 (2021 Census)[1] |
OS grid reference | SE893102 |
• London | 145 mi (233 km) S |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Areas of the town (2011 census BUASD) | List |
Post town | SCUNTHORPE |
Postcode district | DN15 – 17 |
Dialling code | 01724 |
Police | Humberside |
Fire | Humberside |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Scunthorpe (
History
Scunthorpe as a town came into existence due to the exploitation of the local ironstone which began in 1859; iron production commenced in 1864, steel smelting in 1891.[3]
Scunthorpe's population grew from 1,245 in 1851 to 11,167 in 1901 and 45,840 in 1941. The boundaries of Scunthorpe expanded to include the former villages of
Etymology
The town appears in the
Geology
Scunthorpe is located close to an outcrop of high-lime-content
Scunthorpe was close to the epicentre (at Middle Rasen) of the 2008 Market Rasen earthquake, the second largest earthquake experienced in the British Isles, which had 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 on 27 February 2008, at a depth of 9.6 mi (15.4 km), was second only to a 1984 quake, with a magnitude of 5.4, which occurred in North Wales.
Governance
Scunthorpe forms an
North Lincolnshire Council was based in
Civic history
In 1889 the area was included in the Lincolnshire,
Local authority boundary changes brought the town into the new county of
The previous Humberside districts of
Coat of arms
When Scunthorpe was incorporated as a borough in 1936, it also received a grant of a coat of arms from the College of Arms.[13] These arms were transferred to the new borough council formed in 1974,[14] 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 Gryphaea 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.[15]
Geography
Scunthorpe lies on an escarpment of ridged land (the
. Nearby towns and cities are Hull (18 miles northeast), Doncaster (20 miles west), Grimsby (22 miles east) and York (46 miles northwest). Scunthorpe is approximately 10 miles (16 km) east of South Yorkshire and 8 miles (13 km) south by south west to the East Riding of Yorkshire.Climate
Like most of the United Kingdom, Scunthorpe has an oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb).
Average temperatures are around 20 °C (68 °F) in the summer, and can be as low as −2 °C (28 °F) in the winter.
Economy
Steel industry
The Iron industry in Scunthorpe was established in the mid 19th century, following the discovery and exploitation of middle Lias ironstone east of Scunthorpe. Initially iron ore was exported to iron producers in South Yorkshire. Later, after the construction of the Trent, Ancholme and Grimsby Railway (1860s) gave rail access to the area iron production in the area rapidly expanded using local ironstone and imported coal or coke. Rapid industrial expansion in the area led directly to the development of the town of Scunthorpe, eventually incorporating several other former hamlets and villages, in a formerly sparsely populated entirely agricultural area.
From the early 1910s to the 1930s the industry consolidated, with three main ownership concerns formed – the
In 1967 all three works became part of the nationalised
Following privatisation in 1988 the company, together with the rest of BSC, became part of
In May 2019, after a drop in future orders,
Industries associated with the steelworks include metal engineering as well as a
Other industries
Although the historical predominance of the steel industry made Scunthorpe a virtual
2 Sisters Food Group 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 Mobile Platforms produces printed circuit boards for the telecommunications industry. There are a number of other firms, mostly involved in manufacturing and light engineering.
In the 2001 census 19.3% of the working age population were economically inactive.[19]
Retail
Scunthorpe has two major shopping centres, effectively a single site: the Foundry Shopping Centre and the 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.
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
The once-thriving market, mostly under cover in market halls just to the north of the Central Library, at the eastern end of the High Street, had shrunk noticeably in the last ten years, and has now moved to the new St John's Market, close to the Bus Station. The opening date was 22 March 2019.[23]
All of the big food retailers are represented in the area. There is a
On 24 October 2014 Marks and Spencer's returned to the town after almost a 4-year absence. The store is housed in a purpose-built location at the North Lincolnshire Shopping Park, beside Glanford Park. The shopping park also includes
Transport
The M180 passes five miles (8.0 km) south of Scunthorpe and connects to the town via the M181 and the A1077M. Before the M180 was opened in 1979, all east–west traffic took the A18 over Keadby Bridge. 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 along with Hornsby Travel. East Yorkshire operate services to Hull and Goole.
Demographics
According to the 2021 Census, Scunthorpe had a population of 81,286,[25] while the urban area had a slightly larger population of 84,665 and this extends to the nearby village of Messingham, to the south of the town.
At the 2021 Census, the local population was recorded at 90.4%
Scunthorpe is also home to the largest
Culture
The North Lincolnshire Museum is on Oswald Road, near the railway station.[27] The former church of St John the Evangelist is now the 20–21 Visual Arts Centre.[28] The Plowright Theatre, named after Joan Plowright, is on Laneham Street (off the west end of High Street and also near the railway station). It was built in 1958 as Scunthorpe Civic Theatre.[29] The Baths Hall, reopened in 2011, a 1,700 capacity venue also hosts visiting musical and theatrical events.[30]
The Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir from Scunthorpe won the title of BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year 2008 at the Grand Finals on 7 December 2008 at the Royal Festival Hall, London. The main choir is made up of 90 members aged between 9 and 19 years whilst also having two training choirs taking children as young as 3 years old. They have made several CDs, performed numerous concerts in the area and further afield, have been subject of documentaries and are internationally renowned as having travelled the world.[31]
Scunthorpe was the setting of a 2012 Cultural Olympiad community opera called Cycle Song, about past steel-worker and Olympic cyclist Lal White. It was composed by Tim Sutton and the librettist was Ian McMillan. The Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir, Proper Job Theatre Company and over a thousand locals participated.[32][33]
Media and entertainment]
Television
- BBC Look North broadcast by the BBC from Queen's Gardens in Kingston upon Hull covering the East Riding of Yorkshire and most of Lincolnshire;
- Calendar, broadcast by ITV Yorkshire from Leeds, West Yorkshire with a crew in Grimsby covering the local area.
Radio
- Scunthorpe United.
- Greatest Hits Radio Lincolnshire broadcasts on 102.2 FM from Lincoln, covering the whole of Lincolnshire including the Scunthorpe area.
- Viking FM broadcasts its breakfast show on 96.9 FM from Hull, having some of its coverage given to North Lincolnshire, which includes Scunthorpe.
Print
The local newspaper is the Scunthorpe Telegraph (formerly the Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph) with an online version at www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk.
Venues
Scunthorpe has a leisure centre (
Education[34]
Primary schools
Primary schools include: Frodingham Infant School; Scunthorpe CofE Primary School; Oasis Academy Henderson Avenue; Bushfield Road Infant School; Crosby Primary School; Saint Augustine Webster Catholic Voluntary Academy; Berkeley Primary School; Oasis Academy Parkwood; Lincoln Gardens Primary School; Priory Lane Community School; St. Bernadette's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy; Westcliffe Primary School; The Grange Primary School; Oakfield Primary School; Willoughby Road Primary Academy; Enderby Road Infant School; Leys Farm Junior School; St Peter and St Paul CofE Primary School; and Holme Valley Primary School
Secondary schools
Secondary schools within Scunthorpe include: The St Lawrence Academy; Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire; Outwood Academy Brumby; Outwood Academy Foxhills; Melior Community Academy; St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy; and Frederick Gough School
Further education
John Leggott Sixth-Form College (JLC) is on West Common Lane and North Lindsey College is close by on Kingsway (A18).
Scunthorpe's only university is UCNL, which offers undergraduate courses to approximately 1,500 students.[35]
SEN Schools
There are three schools within this category: St Luke's Primary School; St Hugh's Special School; and Trent View College (which is yet to be inspected)
Law and order
The area is served by Humberside Police. 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.[36]
Sport
Football
The town has a former
England stars
Semi-professional sides within the Town or greater town boundaries include Appleby Frodingham and Bottesford Town, Local teams play in the Scunthorpe & District Football League.
Rugby
Motorsports
Scunthorpe also has a speedway 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 before claiming the Premier League title in 2012, alongside this Speedway world champion Tai Woffinden was born in Scunthorpe, riding for the Scunthorpe Scorpions in his youth. 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
- Scunthorpe Scorpions – Premier League team
- Scunthorpe Saints– National League (formerly Conference League) team
Athletics
The Appleby-Frodingham Athletic Club[40] uses the 34-acre (140,000 m2) site near the Civic Centre for many types of sport. They have a clubhouse and also use Brumby Hall next-door. The site includes a 3G football pitch and an artificial Astro hockey pitch, along with several grass football pitches and an area for cricket. There is also the Scunthorpe and District Athletics Club.[41] They train at Quibell Park Stadium,[42] Scunthorpe's athletic track on Brumby Wood Lane named after David Quibell, the town's former Labour MP. Around the running track is a cycle track used by Polytechnic Cycle Club.[43]
The leisure centre was on Carlton Street[44] opposite the bus station via a footbridge. After The Pods opened this was demolished. The Scunthorpe Anchor swimming club are based at the Riddings Pool on Enderby Road next to South Leys School.[45]
The Pods, a leisure centre near Central Park, opened in 2011 costing an estimated £21 million. Facilities include an 8 lane 25m pool and a separate shallow pool, a state of the art gym, a dance studio, a large sports hall with climbing wall, a creche and a cafe.[46]
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.[47]
Scunthorpe has two parkruns. One in Central Park and another at Normanby Hall[48]
American Football
The Scunthorpe Alphas who were formed in 2018 play their home games at Quibell Park Stadium and for 2021 will complete in the BAFA National Leagues Division One.[49] The town's previous American football side was the Scunthorpe Steelers who folded in 1990.[50]
Internet obscenity filters
In 1996 there was controversy when AOL's obscenity filter (among others) refused to accept the name of the town due to its embedded word 'cunt'. Some online forums such as Ultimate Guitar forums displayed the name as Scumthorpe, while Fark would display it as Scoonthorpe. This form of censorship over-reach is known in the computing world as the Scunthorpe problem.
Notable people
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- Roy Axe, car designer for Chrysler and Rover was born in Scunthorpe
- Darren Bett, television weather presenter
- Ryan J. Brown, actor and screenwriter
- James Cobban, English educator and headmaster, as well as a prominent lay leader in the Church of England
- Richard G. Compton, Oxford professor, was born in Scunthorpe
- Neil Cox Manager of Scunthorpe United FC
- Howard Devoto, singer with the Buzzcocks and Magazine
- Kevin Doyle, actor who has appeared in Coronation Street and Downton Abbey
- Stephen Fretwell, singer-songwriter
- Jeff Hall, English footballer who played as a right back for Birmingham City and England
- Tony Jacklin, golfer, was born in Scunthorpe[51]
- Dave Ladley, professional darts player
- 2011 X-Factor Australia, was born in Scunthorpe
- Iain Matthews, singer with Fairport Convention
- Rob McElnea, 500cc grand prix rider, team manager of the Virgin Mobile Yamaha team
- Ross McLaren, actor, was born in Scunthorpe[52]
- Graham Oates, is an English former professional footballer. He played as a midfielder.[53]
- Alfie Moore, comedian.
- John Osborne, writer. Creator of Sky 1 sitcom After Hours as well as six half-hour Radio 4 storytelling shows.
- Dame Scunthorpe Grammar School
- David Plowright, television executive and producer
- Jake Quickenden, former contestant on The X Factor, I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! and Dancing on Ice
- Martin Simpson, guitarist and singer-songwriter, was born in Scunthorpe
- Sam Slocombe, professional football player for Notts County F.C. and formerly of local side Scunthorpe United, was born in the town
- Liz Smith, actress
- Andy Stevenson, footballer
- Graham Taylor, former England manager grew up in the town.
- Brian Tierney, published historian and medievalist
- Alan Walker, musicologist and biographer of Franz Liszt, was born in Scunthorpe
- Albert 'Lal' White, Olympic cycling silver medallist at the 1920 Antwerp games.[54] Was the subject of the opera: Cycle Song.
- Tai Woffinden, speedway world champion
- Jack Burnell, Olympic open water swimmer
Twinned municipalities
- Clamart, France
- Lüneburg, Germany
- Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland[55]
See also
- Queen Bess, Scunthorpe, Grade-II listed public house
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External links
- Media related to Scunthorpe at Wikimedia Commons
- North Lincolnshire Council
- Scunthorpe – The Heavens Reflect Our Labours, Documentary on Scunthorpe history made by local schoolchildren
- Pathe newsreel, 1958, Queen visits Lincoln, Scunthorpe, Grimsby
- Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir