Scunthorpe

Scunthorpe
Town
Scunthorpe High Street Steelworkers Monument St John’s Church Crosby The Pods Scunthorpe Steelworks
Scunthorpe Location within Lincolnshire
Population	81,576 (2021 Census)[1]
OS grid reference	SE893102
• London	145 mi (233 km) S
Unitary authority	North Lincolnshire
Ceremonial county	Lincolnshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Areas of the town (2011 census BUASD)	List Ashby Bottesford (Town) Bottesford Moor Brumby Crosby Dragonby Frodingham High Santon Raventhorpe Yaddlethorpe
Post town	SCUNTHORPE
Postcode district	DN15 – 17
Dialling code	01724
Police	Humberside
Fire	Humberside
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Scunthorpe
List of places UK England Lincolnshire 53°34′51″N 0°39′01″W / 53.5809°N 0.6502°W / 53.5809; -0.6502

Scunthorpe (/ˈskʌnθɔːrp/) is an industrial town in Lincolnshire, England, and the county's third most populous settlement after Lincoln and Grimsby, with a population of 81,286 in 2021.^[2] It is the administrative centre and largest settlement of the North Lincolnshire district. Scunthorpe lies north of Lincoln and is between Grimsby to the east and Doncaster to the west, while Hull is to the north-east via the Humber Bridge.