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Scunthorpe

Located in North Lincolnshire, England Coordinates: 53°34′45″ N 0°39′16″ W

Scunthorpe
David Wright · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Population
81,576
81.6K
Elevation
46 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
When to go
June–September
See the climate
Airports
HUY Humberside Airport20 km
LBA Leeds Bradford Airport74 km

About Scunthorpe

Scunthorpe is a city. Location: North Lincolnshire, England. Population: 81,576. Elevation: 46 m.

From Wikipedia

Scunthorpe () 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. 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.

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At a glance

Official website
thisisscunthorpe.co.uk

Source: Wikidata

Travel notes for Scunthorpe

From Wikivoyage

Scunthorpe is an industrial town in Lincolnshire; its population was 81,286 in 2021.

Understand+

The name Scunthorpe, which means 'Skuma's outlying farm/settlement', caused problems when in 1996 residents were creating accounts with AOL, as it contains a four-letter "indecency" which the software blocked. There are many similar problems; short of full Artificial Intelligence, it is exceedingly difficult for software to recognise obscenity, threats, disinformation or other problematic text.

The generic name computer scientists use for this whole class of problems is the "Scunthorpe problem". Some travellers might want to visit the town just for that reason.

Get in+

Scunthorpe railway station has trains from Manchester, Sheffield, Doncaster and Cleethorpes.

Source: Wikivoyage · CC BY-SA 4.0 · abridged

Twin towns and sister cities of Scunthorpe

  • Lüneburg· Germany

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Climate of Scunthorpe

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–September.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 10° · Night 4° · Rain 54 mm

Hottest month
July (day 21°)
Coldest month
January (night 1°)
Wettest month
December (59 mm)
Driest month
February (38 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

Show values as a table
Climate of Scunthorpe
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)7°7°9°12°15°18°21°21°18°14°10°7°
Average low (°C)1°1°3°4°7°10°12°12°10°7°4°2°
Precipitation (mm)543849454654465552515459

Other places to visit in this season: June July August September

How to get to Scunthorpe

The nearest airport is Humberside Airport (HUY), 20 km to the east as the crow flies. For international flights: Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) (74 km). The nearest large city is Hull, 28 km to the northeast.

Airports

  • Humberside Airport (HUY) Grimsby, Lincolnshire 20 kmeast
  • Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) Leeds, West Yorkshire 74 kmnorthwest
  • East Midlands Airport (EMA) Nottingham, Leicestershire 95 kmsouthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Hull Population: 314K 28 kmnortheast
  • Doncaster Population: 113.6K 32 kmwest
  • Lincoln Population: 103.8K 40 kmsouth
  • Rotherham Population: 117.6K 49 kmwest
  • York Population: 156.1K 51 kmnorthwest

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Scunthorpe

Within 100 km: 411 historic and cultural sites, 575 natural sites, 120 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km34 places

  • Read's Island Island 14 kmNE
  • Whitton Island Island 15 kmN
  • Howden Dyke Island Island 21 kmNW
  • Saxby Wold Mountain 13 kmNE

25–60 km289 places

  • Fraisethorpe Beach Beach 60 kmNE
  • Sunk Island Island 40 kmE
  • Spurn Island Island 51 kmE
  • Newark Island Island 57 kmS

60–100 km783 places

  • North Beach Beach 66 kmNE
  • The Island Island 99 kmNW
  • Peasholm Island Island 81 kmN
  • The Island Island 78 kmNW

Straight-line distances.

Scunthorpe and similar cities

Side by side with cities of similar size in the same country: population, elevation and climate.

Measure Scunthorpe Halifax Weston-super-Mare Stockton-on-Tees
Population 81.6K 82.6K 82.9K 80K
Elevation 46 m 150 m 13 m 15 m
Summer day (hottest month) 21° 20° 21° 20°
Winter night (coldest month) 1° 1° 2° 1°
Annual rainfall 603 mm 1,157 mm 901 mm 706 mm
Best months Jun–Sep Jun–Aug Jun–Aug Jun–Aug
Distance — 81 km 294 km 118 km

Climate values are 1970–2000 monthly averages; straight-line distance.

Nearby attractions & nature

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