North East Lincolnshire is a Unitary authority area with

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status in

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a Counties of England, county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-we ...

, England. It borders the borough of North Lincolnshire and districts of West Lindsey and

East Lindsey East Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The population of the district council was 136,401 at the 2011 census. The council is based in Manby. Other major settlements in the district include Alford, Wragby, Spils ...

. The population of the district in the 2011 Census was 159,616. The administrative centre and largest settlement is

Grimsby Grimsby or Great Grimsby is a port town and the administrative centre of North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England. Grimsby adjoins the town of Cleethorpes directly to the south-east forming a conurbation. Grimsby is north-east of L ...

and the borough includes the towns of

Cleethorpes Cleethorpes () is a seaside town on the estuary of the Humber in North East Lincolnshire, England with a population of 38,372 in 2020. It has been permanently occupied since the 6th century, with fishing as its original industry, then develo ...

and Immingham as well as the villages of

New Waltham New Waltham is a village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, England. It is situated just south of Grimsby and Cleethorpes, close to the A16 (Louth Road), and between the villages of Waltham and Humberston. The village originates fr ...

, Waltham, Humberston,

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and Great Coates. The borough is also home to the

Port of Grimsby The Port of Grimsby is located on the south bank of the Humber Estuary at Grimsby in North East Lincolnshire. Sea trade out of Grimsby dates to at least the medieval period. The ''Grimsby Haven Company'' began dock development in the late 170 ...

and

Port of Immingham The Port of Immingham, also known as Immingham Dock, is a major port on the east coast of England, located on the south bank of the Humber Estuary in the town of Immingham, Lincolnshire. In 2019, the Port of Grimsby & Immingham was the largest ...

as well as Cleethorpes beach.

History

North East Lincolnshire was created from the boroughs of

and Great Grimsby on 1 April 1996 with the abolition of

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 Riding of Yorkshire, We ...

. The area lies within the Parts of Lindsey, a historic subdivision of Lincolnshire.

Geography

The borough is located at the northeastern tip of Lincolnshire and opposite

East Riding of Yorkshire The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a ceremonial county and unitary authority area in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and west, South Yorkshire t ...

. It borders the

River Humber The Humber is a large tidal estuary on the east coast of Northern England. It is formed at Trent Falls, Faxfleet, by the confluence of the tidal rivers Ouse and Trent. From there to the North Sea, it forms part of the boundary between the ...

and

Humber Estuary The Humber is a large tidal estuary on the east coast of Northern England. It is formed at Trent Falls, Faxfleet, by the confluence of the tidal rivers Ouse and Trent. From there to the North Sea, it forms part of the boundary between the ...

. The area between Cleethorpes and Grimsby as well as the villages of Great Coates, Humberstone, New Waltham and Waltham form a large

conurbation A conurbation is a region comprising a number of metropolises, cities, large towns, and other urban areas which through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban or industrially developed area. In most cas ...

. Immingham is separated from the Grimsby urban area by the A180 and is a few miles west of the town. Grimsby Docks - geograph

Recent council results

Towns and villages

Ashby cum Fenby Ashby cum Fenby is a village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, England, approximately south from Grimsby, and just east of the A18 road. In the 2001 Census the population was recorded as 248, increasing marginally to 249 at the ...

Aylesby Aylesby is a village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, England. It is situated near the A18 road, approximately west from Cleethorpes and north of Laceby. The population at the 2001 census was 135, increasing to 155 at the 2011 ...

Barnoldby le Beck Barnoldby le Beck is a village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, England, It is situated just east of the A18 and is close to the village of Waltham and the town of Grimsby. Etymology The name Barnoldby le Beck has origins in t ...

* Beelsby * Bradley * Brigsley *

* East Ravendale * Great Coates *

Habrough __NOTOC__ Habrough ( ) is a village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, England, north-west of Grimsby and inland from the River Humber at the southern edge of the A180 road, just west of Immingham and south of South Killin ...

* Hatcliffe *

* Humberston * Immingham * Irby upon Humber * Laceby *

Little Coates Little Coates is an area of western Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England. It is in the Yarborough ward of the North East Lincolnshire Unitary Council. History Little Coates was already inhabited at the time of the Norman conquest. By 1861 ...

Old Clee Old Clee is located in the Clee Road ( A46) and Carr Lane area of eastern Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England, and adjoins the neighbouring town of Cleethorpes, to which it has historic links. It is in the Heneage ward of the North East L ...

* Scartho * Stallingborough * Waltham * Weelsby * Wold Newton

Places of interest

Waltham Windmill Waltham Windmill is a six-sailed windmill located in the village of Waltham, five miles from Grimsby in North East Lincolnshire, England. It is renowned in the area for having all six sails still in full working capacity, being one of the very f ...

* Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway *

Blundell Park Blundell Park is a football ground in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England and home to Grimsby Town Football Club. The stadium was built in 1899, but only one of the original stands remains. The current capacity of the ground is 9,05 ...

(home of

Grimsby Town Football Club Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that in the 2022–23 season will compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system, following the victory in t ...

) * The Greenwich Meridian passes through the county.

Governance

National Fishing Heritage Centre, Alexandra Dock, Grimsby - geograph

North East Lincolnshire is a unitary authority that has operated a

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since 2003. There are 42 councillors. They elect the cabinet in May each year. Each cabinet member is responsible for making decisions within their portfolio area. The governance of North East Lincolnshire Council has come under scrutiny from the audit commission on two occasions leading to special public interest reports for its failings. During this time (between 2003 and 2011) it was run politically as a coalition between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. In June 2011 it became a minority Labour controlled Council. In 2012, Labour gained a majority on the authority, before losing it two years later and have run it as a minority. In 2019, the Conservatives managed to gain a majority for the first time since the establishment of the council in 1996.

Media

The radio station for the area was called

Compass FM Compass FM was an Independent Local Radio station serving Grimsby, Cleethorpes and Immingham. Last owned by Bauer Radio, the station broadcast from 2001 to 2020, when it was subsumed by Greatest Hits Radio, as part of its Yorkshire region. L ...

, and took its logo from the logo of North East Lincolnshire, being based south of Grimsby railway station. It became part of Greatest Hits Radio in 2020. BBC Radio Humberside have a small studio to the east of Grimsby town centre. Grimsby Institute had the innovative

Estuary TV Estuary TV was a local television station based in the United Kingdom. Coverage Estuary TV was the UK's longest running local television station at the time of its closure. It reached approximately 140,000 homes in North and North East Linco ...

(former Channel 7) television, based at the

Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education and University Centre Grimsby (often Grimsby Institute or GIFHE or Grimsby College or UCG) is a further education college, apprenticeship provider, and higher education university in Grimsby in No ...

Propeller TV Propeller TV is an Anglo/Chinese television production company. Until the beginning of April 2019 it provided a TV service broadcast from the SES Astra 2G satellite and was also carried on the SKY EPG at Channel 185. It was also available for s ...

was also part of Grimsby Institute. The '' Grimsby Telegraph'' is a daily newspaper.

Economy

The North East Lincolnshire towns of

, Immingham and

, form the economic area known as Greater Grimsby. The main sectors of the Greater Grimsby economy are food and drink; ports and logistics; renewable energy and chemicals and process industries. This is a table of trend of regional gross value added of North and North East Lincolnshire at current basic prices publisher, (pp. 240–253) by the

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with figures in millions of British pounds sterling. The area has one power station, the

South Humber Bank Power Station South Humber Bank Power Station is a 1,365 MW gas-fired power station on ''South Marsh Road'' at Stallingborough in North East Lincolnshire north of Healing and the A180 near the South Marsh Road Industrial Estate. It is around two mi ...

, which is owned and operated by

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sited at Stallingborough. Similar to North Lincolnshire, the area has its fire and police run by Humberside Fire and Rescue Service and Humberside Police.

Transport

There are four main roads that link to the unitary authority - the A180 (from the M180) which was built in 1984, and the A46 from Lincoln. The A46 terminates in Cleethorpes, previously terminating at the Laceby roundabout, and follows the former route of the A18 through Grimsby and Cleethorpes. The A18 which runs from Doncaster to Laceby past the Humberside Airport. And the A16 from southern Lincolnshire through Louth, Entering the town at toll bar roundabout Waltham There are good connections by railway from Doncaster and Sheffield, which start at

Manchester Airport Manchester Airport is an international airport in Ringway, Manchester, England, south-west of Manchester city centre. In 2019, it was the third busiest airport in the United Kingdom in terms of passenger numbers and the busiest of those ...

- the TransPennine Express. It is transport by sea that the area has national significance. The two ports of Immingham and Grimsby, when combined, have the largest tonnage of freight of any UK port. Immingham has many DFDS freight routes ( DFDS Seaways since 2010, the former DFDS Tor Line) to Europe.

Education

The local LEA has comprehensive schools, becoming comprehensive in the early 1970s when part of the County Borough of Grimsby, and the Lindsey Education Committee, based in Lincoln. However, due to the proximity of

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and

which have

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s, some children capable of passing the eleven-plus are bussed over the border to places such as Caistor, Louth, and Alford. Previous to this Cleethorpes had girls' and boys' grammar schools, and Grimsby had the girls' and boys' (which joined in the late 1960s) Wintringham grammar schools. The local secondary schools have improved in recent years, but Grimsby still has some of the worst GCSE results in the country. There is a clear cut dichotomy of education up to 16, with schools on the edge of Grimsby and Cleethorpes performing with respectable results, leaving the centre of these towns with struggling schools that have faced closure. Most schools have converted to Academy status, with some also lucky enough to move into brand new spacious buildings. It is more the case that affluent parents would refuse to send their children to schools in central Grimsby, hence the schools on the outer edge do much better. Franklin College has a good reputation at A level, and regularly produces the best A level results for state schools in the former area of

(north and south). It was formed by the Humberside Education Committee, based in Beverly. Sixth formers travelled from East and West Lindsey to attend this college, such was its reputation. The main FE college in Grimsby is the

Grimsby Institute Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education and University Centre Grimsby (often Grimsby Institute or GIFHE or Grimsby College or UCG) is a further education college, apprenticeship provider, and higher education university in Grimsby in No ...

. This offers a wide range of vocational courses and has links with the fishing industry. It offers higher education courses, and has done for many years - HNDs, for vocational subjects. It has the long-term ambition to become a university. The University of Humberside used to have its food science campus at the college, but removed this when it became the University of Lincoln.

Freedom of the Borough

The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of North East Lincolnshire.

Individuals

* 2008: Mrs. Muriel Barker, Leader of North East Lincolnshire Borough Council. * 17 May 2019: Mr. Andrew De Freitas, Leader of North East Lincolnshire Borough Council.

Military Units

* 45 Commando, RM: 16 May 2015.

References

External links

Invest North East Lincolnshire
- official site promoting the area to inward investor * {{Authority control Local government in Lincolnshire Unitary authority districts of England Local government districts of Yorkshire and the Humber Boroughs in England