Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England

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Scunthorpe is a city in Lincolnshire, England. It is the third largest town in Lincolnshire after Grimsby and Lincoln.

Guide to Scunthorpe Hotels

Here's a list of hotels in Scunthorpe that you can book online, with full description, star rating, address, location map, evaluation, and prices as offered by different booking sites. This helps you to make your room booking with the site that offers the best price.

Former Congregational Church, now the Light Nightclub, Scunthorpe
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More on Scunthorpe

The history of Scunthorpe goes back to at least the Norman Conquest, as it appears in the Domesday Book in 1086 as Escumetorp. In 1859 iron ore was discovered here by Rowland Winn, sparking the iron and steel industry of the town, and fuelling its rapid growth. Today Scunthorpe continues the legacy as a major industrial town and home to the largest steel processing center in the United Kingdom.

Scunthorpe suffered the biggest earthquake to be experienced in the British Isles on 27 February, 2008, when it was rocked by a quake of 5.2 magnitude.

Old Brumby Street, Scunthorpe
Author: Paul Harrop (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic)

Visiting Scunthorpe

Take the M18 motorway followed by the M180 motorway and turn off at Junction 3 to the M181 motorway to reach Scunthorpe.

Places of Interest in Scunthorpe

North Lincolnshire Museum
Local museum with exhibits on local archaeology, nature and history.

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