North Lincolnshire

North Lincolnshire
North Lincs
Official logo of North Lincolnshire
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Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
Ceremonial countyLincolnshire
Admin. HQScunthorpe
Towns and large villages of the borough
(2021 census BUASD)
Government
 • BodyNorth Lincolnshire Council
 • Leadership:Leader & Cabinet
 • Executive:Conservative
 • MPs:Nic Dakin (L)
Martin Vickers (C)
Area
 • Total327 sq mi (847 km2)
 • Rank38th
Population
 (2022)
 • Total170,042
 • RankRanked 121st
 • Density520/sq mi (200/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
 • Ethnic groups
List
Religion (2021)
 • Religion
List
Time zoneUTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
Postcode
ISO 3166-2GB-NLN
ONS code00FD (ONS)
E06000013 (GSS)
Websitenorthlincs.gov.uk

North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area with borough status in Lincolnshire, England. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 167,446.[2] The administrative centre and largest settlement is Scunthorpe, and the borough also includes the towns of Brigg, Broughton, Haxey, Crowle, Epworth, Bottesford, Winterton, Kirton in Lindsey and Barton-upon-Humber. North Lincolnshire is part of the Yorkshire and the Humber region. The borough is mostly rural in character aside from near the town of Scunthorpe and near the Port of Immingham where most of the nearby villages and towns form part of the wider urban areas.

North Lincolnshire was formed following the abolition of Humberside County Council in 1996, when four unitary authorities replaced it, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire, on the south bank of the Humber Estuary, and the East Riding of Yorkshire and Kingston upon Hull on the north bank.

Kirton in Lindsey, one of the towns of North Lincolnshire

It is home to the Haxey Hood, a traditional event which takes place in Haxey on 6 January, a large football scrum where a leather tube (the "hood") is pushed to one of four pubs, where it remains until next year's game.

  1. ^ a b UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – North Lincolnshire Local Authority (E06000013)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  2. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – North Lincolnshire Local Authority (1946157111)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

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