Scartho
Scartho is a suburban village in the southern part of Grimsby, in the unitary authority area of North East Lincolnshire, in the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire, England.
Scartho is a suburban village in the southern part of Grimsby, in the unitary authority area of North East Lincolnshire, in the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire, England. Scartho's population is approximately 11,000. Up until the end of the Second World War it was a village; subsequent post-war expansion on the greenfield areas between Scartho and Grimsby has resulted in the village becoming an outer suburb. Its population has increased through recent urban developments such as Scartho Top.
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Worth seeing in and around Scartho
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Grimsby Minster
Grimsby Minster is a minster and parish church in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England. Dedicated to St James, the church belongs to the Church of England and is within the Diocese of Lincoln.
2.7 km · church in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Corporation Bridge
The Corporation Bridge is a Scherzer rolling lift bascule bridge over the Old Dock in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England. Built in 1925, it replaced an earlier swing bridge dating to 1872.
3.5 km · Grade II listed bridge in Grimsby, UK · Wikipedia - 03St Mary's Church, Grimsby
St Mary's Church or its full name St Mary on the Sea Church is a Roman Catholic Parish Church in Grimsby, Lincolnshire. It was built from 1880 to 1883.
3.4 km · church building in North East Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Franklin College
Franklin Sixth Form College is a sixth form college on Chelmsford Avenue in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England, serving more than 2,700 students, including adult learners.
1.8 km · college in North East Lincolnshire, UK · Wikipedia - 05Grimsby Auditorium
Grimsby Auditorium is a theatre situated on Cromwell Road, in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire. With a seated audience capacity of 1,200 the Grimsby Auditorium is the largest professional theatre in Lincolnshire, and one of the larger theatres in the East of England.
3.5 km · theatre in North East Lincolnshire, England · Wikipedia - 06Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education
Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education and University Centre Grimsby is a further education and higher education college in Grimsby in North East Lincolnshire in England. Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education is one of England’s largest providers of further and higher education.
1.4 km · college in North East Lincolnshire, UK · Wikipedia - 07Scartho Road Cemetery
Scartho Road Cemetery is the principal burial ground for the town of Grimsby in Lincolnshire. Opened for burials in 1889 and located on Scartho Road in the town, the cemetery is managed by North East Lincolnshire Council.
900 m · cemetery in Grimsby, England · Wikipedia - 08Grimsby Combined Court Centre
Grimsby Combined Court Centre is a Crown Court venue which deals with criminal cases, as well as a County Court venue, which deals with civil cases, in Town Hall Square, Grimsby, England.
3 km · judicial building in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09People's Park
People's Park is a late 19th-century public park in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England laid out in a residential area south of the town centre. The park is Grade II* listed as, although enhanced, the park's design is essentially unchanged from its original layout of the early 1880s.
1.9 km · park in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Town Hall
Grimsby Town Hall is a municipal building in Town Hall Square in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. The building, which is the meeting place of North East Lincolnshire Council, is a Grade II listed building.
2.9 km · town hall in North East Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Scartho
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 109 km · East Midlands (EMA), 114 km · Manchester (MAN), 146 km
- Stations
- Grimsby Town railway station, 2.7 km · Grimsby Docks railway station, 3.9 km · Grimsby (Corporation Bridge) electric railway station, 3.5 km
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Scartho100 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · £12–15
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Scartho96 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · £11–14
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Scartho142 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · £18–23
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Scartho
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Scartho. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIt's also a base for helicopter transfers to the offshore oil and gas rigs, and for private aviation.
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Next door to Scartho
Scartho is 28 km from Kingston upon Hull, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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