North Lincolnshire

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North Lincolnshire

Unitary authority in eastern England created in 1996 from part of the former county of Humberside

Area:

850 sq km/328 sq mi

Towns and Cities:

Scunthorpe (administrative headquarters), Brigg, Barton-upon-Humber, Barrow upon Humber, Epworth

Features:

Humber Estuary forms north border; River Trent; Isle of Axholme; Stainforth and Keadby Canal; River Torne; Humber Bridge southern landfall at Barton upon Humber; Julian's Bower (near Alkborough) - medieval maze cut in turf; wetland nature reserves at Barton Waterside and Blackroft Sands; Sandtoft Transport Centre with 60 trolley buses running on own circuit; Old Rectory (Epworth) where John Wesley, founder of Methodism, was born

Industries:

Steelworks and manufacture of steel products, computer equipment and electronics, food processing (Golden Wonder)

Population:

(1996) 153,000