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{{short description|Industrial town in Lincolnshire, England}}
{{about|the town}}
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 | country                  = England
 | official_name            = Scunthorpe
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 | caption2= [[Scunthorpe Steelworks|Steelworkers Monument]]
 | image3=  Old Church in Scunthorpe.jpg
 | caption3= St John’s Church
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 | caption4= [[Crosby, Lincolnshire|Crosby]]
 | image5 = The Pods, Scunthorpe.jpg
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 | population                   = 81,576
 | population_ref           = (2021 Census)<ref name="bua2011">{{cite web |title=Scunthorpe |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/cities/?cityid=7260 |website=City population |access-date=25 October 2022}}</ref>
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'''Scunthorpe''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|k|ʌ|n|θ|ɔːr|p}}) is an [[industrial town]] in [[Lincolnshire]], England, and the county's third most populous settlement after [[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]] and [[Grimsby]], with a population of 81,286 in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Scunthorpe (North Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom) – Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information |url=https://citypopulation.de/en/uk/yorkshireandthehumber/north_lincolnshire/E63001112__scunthorpe/ |access-date=25 May 2023 |website=citypopulation.de}}</ref> 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 [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]] is to the north-east via the [[Humber Bridge]].

==History==
{{see also|Scunthorpe Steelworks#History}}

Scunthorpe as a town came into existence due to the exploitation of the local [[ironstone]] which began in 1859; iron production commenced in 1864, [[Scunthorpe Steelworks|steel smelting]] in 1891.<ref>Armstrong M. Elizabeth (ed.), ''An Industrial Island: A History of Scunthorpe''(Scunthorpe Borough Museum, 1983)</ref>

Scunthorpe's population grew from 1,245 in 1851 to 11,167 in 1901 and 45,840 in 1941. The boundaries of Scunthorpe expanded to include the former villages of [[Bottesford, Lincolnshire|Bottesford]], [[Yaddlethorpe, Lincolnshire|Yaddlethorpe]], [[Frodingham, Lincolnshire|Frodingham]], [[Crosby, Lincolnshire|Crosby]], [[Brumby, Lincolnshire|Brumby]] and [[Ashby, Lincolnshire|Ashby]]. Scunthorpe became an [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban district]] in 1891, merged as 'Scunthorpe, Brumby and Frodingham Urban District' in 1919, and became a [[municipal borough]] in 1936. Scunthorpe was originally dominated, socially, politically and culturally, by [[Rowland Winn, 1st Baron St Oswald|Rowland Winn]], the most significant landowner in the district. By the First World War local working class culture, drawing on trade unions and the Labour Party had emerged to challenge the Conservative Party's hegemony.<ref>Armstrong M. Elizabeth (ed.), ''An Industrial Island: A History of Scunthorpe''(Scunthorpe Borough Museum, 1983)</ref>

===Etymology===
The town appears in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 as {{lang|la|Escumesthorpe}}, which is from the [[Old Norse language|Old Norse]] {{lang|non|Skumasþorp}} meaning "Skuma's homestead",<ref>{{cite book|title=A Dictionary of British Place Names|first1= A.&nbsp;D.|last1= Mills|publisher=Oxford University Press| location=Oxford| orig-year= first published 1991|date=2011|edition=First edition revised 2011|isbn=9780199609086|page=410}}</ref> a site which is believed to be in the town centre, close to Market Hill.

==Geology==
{{see also|Scunthorpe Steelworks#Background and Geology}}
[[File:ScunthorpeSkyline.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|The skyline of Scunthorpe, August 2016]]
Scunthorpe is located close to an outcrop of high-lime-content ironstone (~25% iron average) from a seam of the [[Lias Group]] strata which dates from the [[Early Jurassic]] period and runs north–south through Lincolnshire. Ironstone was mined by [[Open cast mining|open cast methods]] from the 1850s onwards, and by underground mining from the late 1930s. In the 1970s the steel industry in Scunthorpe began to use of ores imported from outside the UK with higher iron content. Underground mining in the area ceased in 1981.

Scunthorpe was close to the epicentre (at [[Middle Rasen]]) of the [[2008 Market Rasen earthquake]], the second largest earthquake experienced in the British Isles, which had a magnitude of 5.2. Significant shocks were felt in Scunthorpe and the North Lincolnshire vicinity. The main 10-second quake, which struck at 00:56 GMT on 27 February 2008, at a depth of {{cvt|15.4|km|abbr=on|order=flip}}, was second only to a 1984 quake, with a magnitude of 5.4, in [[North Wales]].

==Governance==
[[File:HumbersideScunthorpe.png|thumb|Scunthorpe within [[Humberside]] (1974–1996)]]
[[File:The Civic Centre, Scunthorpe - geograph.org.uk - 3715514.jpg|thumb|The former [[Scunthorpe Civic Centre]]]]
Scunthorpe forms an [[unparished area]] located within the [[borough]] and unitary authority of [[North Lincolnshire]].<ref name=humbso>{{cite web|url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1995/Uksi_19950600_en_1.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214105047/http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1995/Uksi_19950600_en_1.htm|url-status=dead|title=The Humberside (Structural Change) Order 1995|archive-date=14 February 2009|access-date=14 November 2021}}</ref> The town forms six of the borough's seventeen wards, namely Ashby, Brumby, Crosby & Park, Frodingham, Kingsway with Lincoln Gardens and Town. The Scunthorpe wards elect 16 of the borough's 43 councillors. As of 2018, 26 are members of the [[Conservative party (UK)|Conservative party]], and 13 are members of the [[Labour party (UK)|Labour party]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/CouncilandDemocracy/councillors/Wards.htm |title=Electoral Wards |access-date=14 February 2018|publisher=North Lincolnshire Council |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070106171358/http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/CouncilandDemocracy/councillors/Wards.htm |archive-date=6 January 2007 }}</ref> The councillors form the [[charter trustees]] of the Town of Scunthorpe and they continue to elect a town mayor.<ref name=trustees>{{cite web |url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi_19960263_en_1.htm |title=The Charter Trustees Regulations 1996 (1996 No. 263 ) |access-date=3 August 2008 |year=1996 |publisher=Office for Public Sector Information}}</ref>

North Lincolnshire Council was based in [[Scunthorpe Civic Centre]] off Ashby Road (former [[A159 road|A159]]) next to Festival Gardens. It was designed by Charles B. Pearson, Son and Partners and was completed in 1962.<ref>{{NHLE|desc=North Lincolnshire Council, formerly Scunthorpe Civic Centre|num=1323702|access-date=8 February 2021}}</ref> It was the home of Scunthorpe Borough Council until 1996. It was named Pittwood House after Edwin Pittwood, a local Labour politician, who worked in the opencast ironstone workings near Normanby Park.<ref>{{cite web |title=Studio portrait of Alderman Edwin Pittwood, c.1950 |url=https://northlincsmuseumimagearchive.org.uk/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s08283&pos=2&action=zoom |website=Service Image Archive |publisher=North Lincolnshire Museum |access-date=4 January 2024}}</ref>

===Civic history===
{{see also|Municipal Borough of Scunthorpe}}

[[File:Church of St. Lawrence, Scunthorpe - geograph.org.uk - 586834.jpg|thumb|left|Church of St. Lawrence]]
In 1889 the area was included in the Lincolnshire, [[Parts of Lindsey]] [[Administrative counties of England|administrative county]]. Separate local government began in 1890 when the Scunthorpe [[local board of health]] was formed. In 1894 the local board was replaced with an [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban district]] council. At the same time the neighbouring townships of Brumby and Frodingham were also constituted an [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban district]]. The two urban districts were amalgamated, along with the [[Civil parishes of England|parishes]] of Crosby and Ashby in 1919 to form an enlarged Scunthorpe urban district.<ref>[http://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10450380 Scunthorpe CP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Scunthorpe received a charter incorporating the town as a [[municipal borough]] in 1936.<ref>Youngs, F.&nbsp;A., ''Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol. II'', London 1991</ref>

Local authority boundary changes brought the town into the new county of [[Humberside]] in 1974, and a new [[non-metropolitan district]], the Borough of Scunthorpe was formed with the same boundaries as the old municipal borough. The opening of the [[Humber Bridge]] on 24 June 1981 provided a permanent link between North and South Humberside but did not secure Humberside's future. To the relief of its many detractors, the county of Humberside (and [[Humberside County Council]]) was abolished on 1 April 1996 and succeeded by four [[unitary authorities]].

The previous Humberside districts of [[Glanford]] and Scunthorpe, and that part of [[Boothferry (district)|Boothferry]] district south of the northern boundaries of the parishes of [[Crowle, Lincolnshire|Crowle]], [[Eastoft]], [[Luddington, North Lincolnshire|Luddington]], Haldenby and [[Amcotts]], now compose the unitary authority of [[North Lincolnshire]].<ref name=humbso /> On amalgamation [[charter trustees]] were formed for Scunthorpe,<ref name=trustees /> and they continue to elect a town mayor.
[[File:Scunthorpe arms.png|left|thumb|upright|Arms of former [[municipal borough]] of Scunthorpe]]

===Coat of arms===
When Scunthorpe was incorporated as a borough in 1936, it also received a grant of a [[coat of arms]] from the [[College of Arms]].<ref>Letters Patent dated 25 September 1936</ref> These arms were transferred to the new borough council formed in 1974,<ref>The Local Authorities (Armorial Bearings) Order 1974 (1974 No.869)</ref> and are now used by the town's charter trustees.

The green shield and golden wheatsheaf recall that the area was until recently agricultural in nature. Across the centre of the shield is a length of chain. This refers to the five villages of Crosby, Scunthorpe, Frodingham, Brumby & Ashby linking together as one. At the top of the shield are two fossils of the species ''Gryphaea incurva''. These remains of oysters, known as the "devil's toenails", were found in the rock strata from which ironstone was quarried.
The crest, on top of the helm, shows a blast furnace. This is also referred to in the [[Latin]] motto: ''Refulget labores nostros coelum'' or ''The heavens reflect our labours'' popularly attributed to the glow observed in the night sky from the steelmaking activities.<ref>Scott-Giles, C.&nbsp;W., ''Civic Heraldry of England and Wales'', 2nd edition, London, 1953</ref>
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==Geography==
[[File:861663 b20fffec-by-Paul-Harrop.jpg|thumb|upright|Central Park]]
Scunthorpe lies on an escarpment of ridged land (the [[Lincoln Cliff]]) which slopes down towards the Trent. The surrounding environs are largely low-lying hills and plains. Although the town itself is heavily industrial it is surrounded by fertile farmland and wooded areas. In terms of general location it lies a mile east of the [[River Trent]], {{convert|8|mi|km}} south of the [[Humber Estuary]], {{convert|15|mi|km}} west of the [[Lincolnshire Wolds]] and {{convert|25|mi|km}} north of [[Lincoln, Lincolnshire|Lincoln]]. The town is situated at the terminus of the [[M181 motorway|M181]], {{convert|42|mi|km}} from [[Sheffield]].
Nearby towns and cities are [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]] (18 miles northeast), [[Doncaster]] (20 miles west), [[Grimsby]] (22 miles east) and [[York]] (46 miles northwest).
Scunthorpe is approximately {{convert|10|mi|km}} east of [[South Yorkshire]] and {{convert|8|mi|km}} south by south west to the [[East Riding of Yorkshire]].

===Climate===
Like most of the United Kingdom, Scunthorpe has an [[oceanic climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: Cfb).

Average temperatures are around {{convert|20|C}} in the summer, and can be as low as {{convert|-2|C}} in the winter.

==Economy==

===Steel industry===
{{Main|Scunthorpe Steelworks}}

[[File:Scunthorpe-blast-furnaces-by-Alan-Murray-Rust.jpg|thumb|Scunthorpe steelworks (2006)]]

The Iron industry in Scunthorpe was established in the mid 19th century, following the discovery and exploitation of middle Lias ironstone east of Scunthorpe. Initially iron ore was exported to iron producers in [[South Yorkshire]]. Later, after the construction of the [[Trent, Ancholme and Grimsby Railway]] (1860s) gave rail access to the area iron production in the area rapidly expanded using local ironstone and imported coal or coke. Rapid industrial expansion in the area led directly to the development of the town of Scunthorpe, eventually incorporating several other former hamlets and villages, in a formerly sparsely populated entirely agricultural area.

From the early 1910s to the 1930s the industry consolidated, with three main ownership concerns formed – the [[Appleby-Frodingham Steel Company]], part of the [[United Steel Companies]]; the [[Redbourn Iron Works]], part of [[Richard Thomas and Company]] of South Wales (later [[Richard Thomas and Baldwins]]); and [[John Lysaght and Co.|John Lysaght]]'s [[Normanby Iron Works]], part of [[Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds]].

In 1967 all three works became part of the nationalised [[British Steel Corporation]] (BSC), leading to a period of further consolidation – from the 1970s the use of local or regional ironstone diminished, being replaced by imported ore via the [[Immingham Bulk Terminal]]. Conversion to the [[Linz-Donawitz process]] (or "basic oxygen" process) of steel making from the [[open hearth process]] took place from the late 1960s onwards and was complete by the 1990s. Both the Normanby Park and the Redbourn works closed in the early 1980s.

Following privatisation in 1988 the company, together with the rest of BSC, became part of [[Corus Group plc|Corus]] (1999), later [[Tata Steel Europe]] (2007). In 2016 the [[long products]] division of Tata Steel Europe was sold to [[Greybull Capital]] with Scunthorpe as the primary steel production site.

In May 2019, after a drop in future orders,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-uk/the-death-of-british-steel-and-the-myth-of-the-good-brexit|title=The Death of British Steel and the Myth of the Good Brexit|last=Knight|first=Sam|magazine=The New Yorker|date=10 July 2019|access-date=8 August 2019|issn=0028-792X}}</ref> and a breakdown in rescue talks between the government and the company's owner, Greybull, [[British Steel Limited]] entered insolvency.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48365241|title=British Steel collapse threatens 5,000 jobs|work=BBC News|date=22 May 2019|access-date=8 August 2019}}</ref>

Industries associated with the steelworks include metal engineering as well as a [[The BOC Group|BOC]] plant.

===Other industries===

[[File:Trent View House transformed - geograph.org.uk - 2738626.jpg|thumb|Trent View House Flats]]

Although the historical predominance of the steel industry made Scunthorpe a virtual [[monotown]], there are other industries in the town. These include food production, distribution and retailing. North of the town next a waste management firm, Bell Waste Control, which services the majority of industry in Scunthorpe and the surrounding areas. On the Foxhills Industrial Park, north of the A1077 northern bypass, are many distribution companies, notably a large building owned by the [[Nisa (retailer)|Nisa]] co-operative type [[mutual organisation]] which has its UK headquarters there. Also on the Foxhills Industrial Park is a 500,000 square foot factory occupied by [[Wren Kitchens]], employing 350 full-time workers.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thisisscunthorpe.co.uk/100-new-jobs-Scunthorpe-Wren-Kitchens-expansion/story-18167070-detail/story.html | work=Scunthorpe Telegraph | location=Scunthorpe | title=100 new jobs for Scunthorpe through Wren Kitchens expansion | date=16 February 2013 | access-date=21 March 2013}}</ref>

[[2 Sisters Food Group]] have a large chicken processing plant in the town. Key Country Foods produces meat products on an industrial scale. The Sauce Company produces sauces, soups and other foodstuffs for the catering and supermarket sectors. In 1947, Riley's Crisps was created in the town, moving to Colin Road before becoming [[Sooner Snacks]] in 1981.<ref name=Grimsby_Oct_18>{{cite news|url=https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/scunthorpe-snack-factory-1750-payroll-2127882?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button#amp-readmore-target|title=Scunthorpe snack factory had 1,750 on payroll in mid 1980s|website=Grimsby Live|date=21 October 2018}}</ref> The factory is still operational manufacturing [[Golden Wonder]] crisps.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk/news/scunthorpes-golden-wonder-makes-multi-152797|title=Scunthorpe's Golden Wonder makes multi-million pound purchase in vending machine market|newspaper=Scunthorpe Telegraph|date=30 June 2017}}</ref> [[Ericsson Mobile Platforms]] produces printed circuit boards for the telecommunications industry. There are a number of other firms, mostly involved in manufacturing and light engineering.

In the 2001 census 19.3% of the working age population were economically inactive.<ref>[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=276824&c=DN17+1HD&d=13&e=4&g=392455&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1233663649696&enc=1&dsFamilyId=1724 "Economic Deprivation"], [[Office for National Statistics]]. Retrieved 24 July 2011</ref>
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===Retail===
[[File:The High Street, Scunthorpe (geograph 574901).jpg|thumb|High Street]]
Scunthorpe has two major shopping centres, effectively a single site: the Foundry Shopping Centre and the Parishes Centre. The former was constructed in the late 1960s/early 1970s during a wholesale reconstruction of the old town; the latter was constructed in the early part of the 2000s decade on the site of the town's old bus station. There are also many well known retailers on High Street.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefoundryscunthorpe.co.uk |title=The Foundry Shopping Centre|website=Thefoundryscunthorpe.co.uk |access-date=3 August 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theparishes.com |title=The Parishes Shopping Centre |website=Theparishes.com|access-date=3 August 2008 }}</ref> On 6 January 2011 [[Marks and Spencer]] closed their High Street store after 80 years of trading,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.business-live.co.uk/all-about/yorkshire-humber|title=Yorkshire & Humber – Business news, local news, expert opinion |website=Business-live.co.uk|access-date=14 November 2021}}</ref> but a new Marks and Spencer store opened near the football ground in 2014.

However the size of the remaining retail units reflects the size of the area's population and with larger shopping facilities within reasonable travelling distance in [[Grimsby]], [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], [[Doncaster]], [[Lincoln, Lincolnshire|Lincoln]], [[Leeds]] and at [[Meadowhall Centre|Meadowhall]], [[Sheffield]].

The once-thriving market, mostly under cover in market halls just to the north of the Central Library, at the eastern end of the High Street, had shrunk noticeably in the last ten years, and has now moved to the new St John's Market, close to the Bus Station. The opening date was 22 March 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.northlincs.gov.uk/opening-date-revealed-for-new-st-johns-market/  |title=New Market Opening Date Announced|website=Northlincs.gov.uk |access-date=25 January 2019 }}</ref>

All of the big food retailers are represented in the area. There is a [[Tesco Extra]], and an Aldi (in the former Toys R Us unit) opposite the football ground, while [[Sainsbury's]] (formerly a [[Safeway (UK)|Safeway]]) have their store on the site of the old Scunthorpe United stadium, The Old Show Ground. [[Morrisons]] have a store at the bottom of Mortal Ash Hill (known locally as "Motlash") ([[A18 road (England)|A18 road]]) at the Lakeside Retail Park, on the eastern entrance to the town, while [[Asda]] have a store on Burringham Road.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.multimap.com/clients/browse.cgi?client=asda_sf&f_id=44&origE=-0.66247238508067&origN=53.5687499614262&place=&db=&id=44&count=5&srec=0&icon=X&f_type=&george=&filter=pc%20!&rt=browse2&scale=10000 |title=Maps |publisher=Multimap.com |access-date=30 March 2017}}</ref> In 2011 Asda opened another store in the former Netto, on Carlton Street.

On 24 October 2014 Marks and Spencer's returned to the town after almost a 4-year absence. The store is housed in a purpose-built location at the North Lincolnshire Shopping Park, beside Glanford Park. The shopping park also includes [[Boots UK|Boots]], B&M Bargains, [[Costa Coffee]] and [[Subway (restaurant)|Subway]].

==Transport==
[[File:Scunthorpe02LB.jpg|thumb|Scunthorpe Railway station]]
[[Scunthorpe railway station]] is on the [[South TransPennine]] Line which has trains from Liverpool Lime Street to [[Cleethorpes railway station|Cleethorpes]]. Scunthorpe station (SCU), has two platforms and is serviced by two train companies, [[TransPennine Express]] and [[Northern Trains]]. TransPennine Express eastbound trains to Cleethorpes call at platform 1, whilst TransPennine Express westbound services to Liverpool Lime Street and the Northern westbound stopping service to Doncaster use platform 2.

The [[M180 motorway|M180]] passes  {{convert|5|mi|km|spell=in}} south of Scunthorpe  and connects to the town via the [[M181 motorway|M181]] and the [[A1077 road|A1077M]]. Before the M180 was opened in 1979, all east–west traffic took the [[A18 road (England)|A18]] over [[Keadby Bridge]]. [[Humberside Airport]] is a short drive to the east along the M180. The town's bus station is off Fenton Street. The bus station is predominantly used by [[Stagecoach in Lincolnshire]] that operate services within and out of the town along with Hornsby Travel. [[East Yorkshire (bus company)|East Yorkshire]] operate services to [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]] and [[Goole]].

==Demographics==
According to the [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 Census]], Scunthorpe had a population of 81,286,<ref>{{cite web |title=Scunthorpe (North Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/yorkshireandthehumber/north_lincolnshire/E63001112__scunthorpe/ |website=www.citypopulation.de |access-date=12 March 2024}}</ref> while the [[urban area]], which extends to the nearby village of [[Messingham]] to the south of the town, had a population of 84,665.

At the 2021 Census, the local population was recorded as being 90.4% [[White British]], with 6% [[British Asian]], 1.4% [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed-race British]], 1.2% [[Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom|Other ethnic minorities]] and 0.8% [[Black British]],  making the town roughly 90% White and 10% [[BAME]]. According to the census, the town's religious composition was 51%  [[Christian]], followed by 42.1% who were [[non-religious]] and 5% following [[Islam]]. Other religions and not stated respondents were recorded at 2.9%.<ref>{{cite web |title=Scunthorpe (North Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/yorkshireandthehumber/north_lincolnshire/E63001112__scunthorpe/ |website=www.citypopulation.de |access-date=12 March 2024}}</ref>

Scunthorpe is also home to the largest [[British Asian community]] in the county of Lincolnshire, followed by both [[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]] and [[Grimsby]].{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

==Culture==
[[File:North Lincolnshire Museum-by-fred-roberts.jpg|thumb|The North Lincolnshire Museum]]
The [[North Lincolnshire Museum]] is on Oswald Road, near the [[Scunthorpe railway station|railway station]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Leisure/museums/NorthLincolnshireMuseum.htm |title=North Lincolnshire Museum |access-date=3 August 2008 |publisher=North Lincolnshire Council |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720031018/http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Leisure/museums/NorthLincolnshireMuseum.htm |archive-date=20 July 2008 }}</ref> The former church of St John the Evangelist is now the 20–21 Visual Arts Centre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/leisure/arts/20-21VisualArtsCentre/ |title=20 -21 Visual Art Centre |access-date=3 August 2008 |publisher= North Lincolnshire Council |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706141939/http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Leisure/arts/20-21VisualArtsCentre |archive-date=6 July 2008 }}</ref> The [[Plowright Theatre]], named after [[Joan Plowright]], is on Laneham Street (off the west end of High Street and also near the [[Scunthorpe railway station|railway station]]). It was built in 1958 as Scunthorpe Civic Theatre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Leisure/theatres/ |title=Theatres |access-date=3 August 2008 |publisher=North Lincolnshire Council |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706142107/http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Leisure/theatres/ |archive-date=6 July 2008 }}</ref> The [[Baths Hall]], reopened in 2011, a 1,700 capacity venue also hosts visiting musical and theatrical events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scunthorpetheatres.co.uk/content/TheBathsHall/TheBathsHallOpeningUpdate.aspx |title=The Baths Hall |work=scunthorpetheatres.co.uk |access-date=7 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424125743/http://www.scunthorpetheatres.co.uk/content/TheBathsHall/TheBathsHallOpeningUpdate.aspx |archive-date=24 April 2012 }}</ref>
[[File:The Cole Street Club, Scunthorpe - geograph.org.uk - 563395.jpg|thumb|The Cole Street Club]]
The [[Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir]] from Scunthorpe won the title of [[BBC Radio 3]] ''Choir of the Year'' 2008 at the Grand Finals on 7 December 2008 at the [[Royal Festival Hall]], London. The main choir is made up of 90 members aged between 9 and 19 years whilst also having two training choirs taking children as young as 3 years old. They have made several CDs, performed numerous concerts in the area and further afield, have been subject of documentaries and are internationally renowned as having travelled the world.<ref>[http://www.scunthorpecoopjuniorchoir.org.uk Scunthorpe Cooperative Junior Choir]. Retrieved 24 July 2011</ref>

Scunthorpe was the setting of a [[2012 Cultural Olympiad]] community opera called ''Cycle Song'', about past steel-worker and [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] cyclist [[Albert White (cyclist)|Lal White]]. It was composed by Tim Sutton and the librettist was [[Ian McMillan (poet)|Ian McMillan]]. The [[Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir]], Proper Job Theatre Company and over a thousand locals participated.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/an-opera-for-an-english-olympic-hero-138518800/|title=An Opera for an English Olympic Hero|last=Lidz|first=Franz|work=Smithsonian|access-date=10 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-18847919|title=Cycling steel man inspires opera|date=15 July 2012|work=BBC News|access-date=10 February 2018}}</ref>

==Media and entertainment==

===Television===
* [[BBC Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)|''BBC Look North'']] broadcast by the BBC from Queen's Gardens in Kingston upon Hull covering the East Riding of Yorkshire and most of Lincolnshire{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}
* [[Calendar (News)|''Calendar'']], broadcast by [[ITV Yorkshire]] from [[Leeds]], West Yorkshire with a crew in Grimsby covering the local area.

===Radio===
* [[BBC Radio Humberside]] is broadcast on 95.9&nbsp;FM from [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], with its coverage given to the old county of [[Humberside]], now including the East Riding of Yorkshire and all of North and North East Lincolnshire as well as Lincolnshire at certain times. Coverage often includes broadcasts of local football team [[Scunthorpe United]].
* [[Greatest Hits Radio|Greatest Hits Radio Lincolnshire]] broadcasts on 102.2&nbsp;FM from Lincoln, covering the whole of Lincolnshire including the Scunthorpe area.
* [[Hits Radio East Yorkshire & North Lincolnshire]] broadcasts on 96.9&nbsp;FM from [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], having some of its coverage given to North Lincolnshire, which includes Scunthorpe.

===Print===
The local newspaper is the ''[[Scunthorpe Telegraph]]'' (formerly the ''Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph'') with an online version at ''www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk''.

===Venues===
[[File:Scunthorpe The Pods.jpg|thumb|The Pods]]
Scunthorpe has a leisure centre ([[The Pods]]) next to Pittwood House, museum, galleries, craft centres, several clubs, pubs and bars, a [[Vue Cinemas|Vue]] multiplex cinema adjacent to the bus station. The [[Baths Hall]] in Doncaster Road was a popular music venue, before it was closed because of the costs of bringing the building up to scratch, and dealing with industrial contamination on site. The Labour Council prevented the Baths from being demolished in 2007 and commenced a major rebuild of the venue, which has involved demolishing all but the facade of the building. The building re-opened in November 2011.

==Education==

=== Primary schools ===
Primary schools include: Frodingham Infant School; Scunthorpe CofE Primary School; Oasis Academy Henderson Avenue; Bushfield Road Infant School; Crosby Primary School; Saint Augustine Webster Catholic Voluntary Academy; Berkeley Primary School; Oasis Academy Parkwood; Lincoln Gardens Primary School; Priory Lane Community School; St. Bernadette's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy; Westcliffe Primary School; The Grange Primary School; Oakfield Primary School; Willoughby Road Primary Academy; Enderby Road Infant School; Leys Farm Junior School; St Peter and St Paul CofE Primary School; and Holme Valley Primary School<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Find an inspection report |url=https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/search?q=&location=Scunthorpe%2C+UK&lat=53.588646&lon=-0.654413&radius=3 |access-date=5 November 2023 |website=reports.ofsted.gov.uk}}</ref>

=== Secondary schools ===
[[File:North Lincolnshire Central Library - geograph.org.uk - 272364.jpg|thumb|North Lincolnshire Central Library]]
Secondary schools within Scunthorpe include: The St Lawrence Academy; Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire; Outwood Academy Brumby; Outwood Academy Foxhills; Melior Community Academy; St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy; and Frederick Gough School<ref name=":0" />

=== Further education ===
[[John Leggott College|John Leggott Sixth-Form College (JLC)]] is on West Common Lane and [[North Lindsey College]] is close by on Kingsway (A18).

Scunthorpe's only university is UCNL, which offers undergraduate courses to approximately 1,500 students.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/civic-centre-transformed-new-university-2193712|title=Scunthorpe Civic Centre to become university campus|date=8 November 2018|access-date=14 November 2021|website=Grimsbytelegraph.co.uk}}</ref>

=== SEN Schools ===
There are three schools within this category: St Luke's Primary School; St Hugh's Special School; and Trent View College (which is yet to be inspected)

==Law and order==
The area is served by [[Humberside Police]]. According to [[Home Office]] data the area has crime rates higher than the national average, especially in the categories of violence against the person, sexual offences, burglary and theft of motor vehicles.<ref>[http://www.upmystreet.com/local/crime-in-scunthorpe.html "Crime figures in Scunthorpe"], ''upmystreet.com''. Retrieved 24 July 2011 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323010240/http://www.upmystreet.com/local/crime-in-scunthorpe.html |date=23 March 2010 }}</ref>

==Sport==

===Football===
[[File:Glanford Park 4 - geograph-2152845.jpg|thumb|right|Glanford Park]]
The town has a former [[Football League]] club, [[Scunthorpe United F.C.|Scunthorpe United]] (nicknamed "The Iron") who play at [[Glanford Park]]. For most of its existence in the professional game (since only 1950) it has been in the lower leagues of the [[English Football League]]. At the end of the 2006–07 season they won promotion to the [[Football League Championship]] as champions of [[Football League One|League One]], with 3 games to spare, when they defeated [[Huddersfield Town F.C.|Huddersfield Town]] at home. They amassed a total of 91 points, and never trailed from January on, despite being outsiders earlier in the season. The last time they had played in the second division was for 44 years previously. The club were relegated on 12 April 2008, with three games to spare, away to [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]]. However, they returned to the Championship after one season, winning the League One playoffs in May 2009.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/scunthorpe_utd/8066217.stm | work=BBC News | title=Adkins praises Iron's character | date=24 May 2009 | access-date=9 April 2010}}</ref> At the end of the 2021–22 season, Scunthorpe for the first time [[2021–22 EFL League Two#League table|got relegated from the Football League]]. A further relegation in the 2022–23 season consigned Scunthorpe United to the National League North.

England stars [[Kevin Keegan]] and [[Ray Clemence]] both played for [[Scunthorpe United F.C.|Scunthorpe United]] in the early 1970s before signing for [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]], where they made their names. Former [[England Cricket Board|England]] cricket captain [[Ian Botham]] played a number of games for the club, being a resident of nearby [[Epworth, Lincolnshire|Epworth]] at that time and in an attempt to keep fit during the winter months. The team mascot is called the "Scunny Bunny".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk/page/familyfootball|title=Scunthorpe United &#124; Fans &#124; Family &#124; FAMILY FOOTBALL FESTIVAL|website=Scunthorpe-united.co.uk|access-date=14 November 2021}}</ref>

Semi-professional sides within the Town or greater town boundaries include [[Appleby Frodingham F.C.|Appleby Frodingham]] and [[Bottesford Town F.C.|Bottesford Town]]. Local teams play in the [[Scunthorpe & District Football League]].

===Rugby===
[[Scunthorpe Rugby Club]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scunthorperugby.com/|title=Scunthorpe Rugby Club &#124; Home of Scunthorpe Rugby|website=Scunthorperugby.com|access-date=14 November 2021}}</ref> play in the [[National League 2 North]], the fourth tier of the [[English rugby union system]]. Their home ground is at Heslam Park, close to Brumby on Ashby Road. [[Scunthorpe Barbarians]] play [[rugby league]] also at Heslam Park.

===Motorsports===
Scunthorpe also has a [[Motorcycle speedway|speedway]] team known as the [[Scunthorpe Scorpions]] who compete in the British Premier League, the sport's second tier in Britain.

The speedway team has been running since 2005 and won a grand slam of the Conference League trophies in both 2006 and 2007 before claiming the Premier League title in 2012, alongside this Speedway world champion [[Tai Woffinden]] was born in Scunthorpe, riding for the Scunthorpe Scorpions in his youth. It runs at the [[Eddie Wright Raceway]], which is a mile north of the town on Normanby Road (B1430).

The [[Eddie Wright Raceway]] is also host to the sport of [[stock car racing]], the town has featured stock car racing at two other venues in its past, 2009 saw a return to the town of the oval racing sport
* [[Scunthorpe Scorpions]] – Premier League team
* [[Scunthorpe Saints]] – National League (formerly Conference League) team

===Athletics===
The Appleby-Frodingham Athletic Club<ref>{{cite web|url=http://beehive.thisisscunthorpe.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=6352|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425234753/http://beehive.thisisscunthorpe.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=6352|url-status=dead|title=Appleby-Frodingham Athletic Club|archive-date=25 April 2012|access-date=14 November 2021}}</ref> uses the {{convert|34|acre|m2|adj=on}} site near the Civic Centre for many types of sport. They have a clubhouse and also use Brumby Hall next-door. The site includes a 3G football pitch and an artificial Astro hockey pitch, along with several grass football pitches and an area for cricket. There is also the Scunthorpe and District Athletics Club.<ref>[http://www.scunthorpeathletics.com Scunthorpe and District Athletics Club]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812140309/http://www.scunthorpeathletics.com/|date=12 August 2007}}</ref> They train at Quibell Park Stadium,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.runtrackdir.com/details.asp?track=scunthorpe|title=Quibell Park Stadium|website=Runtrackdir.com|access-date=14 November 2021}}</ref> Scunthorpe's athletic track on Brumby Wood Lane named after [[David Quibell, 1st Baron Quibell|David Quibell]], the town's former Labour MP. Around the running track is a [http://www.scunthorpepoly.co.uk/pictures/quibell/index.htm cycle track] used by Polytechnic Cycle Club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scunthorpepoly.co.uk/|title=Scunthorpepoly|website=Scunthorpepoly.com|date=10 May 2016|access-date=14 November 2021}}</ref>

The leisure centre was on Carlton Street<ref>[http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Leisure/leisurecentres/ScunthorpeLC/ leisure centre] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411001807/http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Leisure/leisurecentres/ScunthorpeLC/ |date=11 April 2008 }}</ref> opposite the [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/560651 bus station] via a [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/568430 footbridge]. After The Pods opened this was demolished. The [http://www.scunthorpe-anchor.org.uk Scunthorpe Anchor] swimming club are based at the Riddings Pool on Enderby Road next to South Leys School.<ref>[http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Leisure/leisurecentres/RiddingsPool/ Riddings Pool] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916095926/http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Leisure/leisurecentres/RiddingsPool/ |date=16 September 2008 }}</ref>

[[The Pods]], a [[leisure centre]] near Central Park, opened in 2011 costing an estimated £21 million. Facilities include an 8 lane 25m pool and a separate shallow pool, a state of the art gym, a [[dance studio]], a large sports hall with climbing wall, a creche and a cafe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/leisure/leisure-centres/thepods/ |title=The Pods  |publisher=North Lincolnshire Council |access-date=30 March 2017}}</ref>

As part of the project, Central Park is being improved. These expensive improvements are also in their final stage. North Lincolnshire Council's website regularly show photographs and videos of how the work is progressing.<ref>[http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Leisure/leisurecentres/ThePods/ScunthorpeCentralParkA21stCenturyPark.htm]{{dead link|date=May 2012}}</ref>

Scunthorpe has two [[parkrun]]s. One in [[Central Park, Scunthorpe|Central Park]] and another at [[Normanby Hall]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk/news/scunthorpe-news/runners-brave-wind-rain-take-730718|title=Pictures & video of runners braving the rain to support first ever Parkrun|date=5 November 2017|work=scunthorpetelegraph|access-date=10 February 2018|issn=0307-1235}}</ref>

===American football===
The [[Scunthorpe Alphas]] who were formed in 2018 play their home games at [[Quibell Park Stadium]] and for 2021 will complete in the [[BAFA National Leagues]] Division One.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishamericanfootball.org/news/scunthorpe-alphas-confirmed-as-full-members-of-bafa-national-leagues#.X5EqKtBKiUl |title=Scunthorpe Alphas confirmed as full members of BAFA National Leagues &#124; News &#124; British American Football Association |access-date=22 October 2020 |archive-date=23 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023110116/https://www.britishamericanfootball.org/news/scunthorpe-alphas-confirmed-as-full-members-of-bafa-national-leagues#.X5EqKtBKiUl |url-status=dead }}</ref> The town's previous American football side was the Scunthorpe Steelers who folded in 1990.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/other-sport/american-football-team-representing-scunthorpe-3168498|title=Scunthorpe's American Football team to play first game in nearly 30 years|date=2 August 2019|access-date=14 November 2021|website=Grimsbytelegraph.co.uk}}</ref>

==Internet obscenity filters==
{{main|Scunthorpe problem}}
In 1996 there was controversy when [[AOL]]'s [[obscenity]] filter (among others) refused to accept the name of the town due to its embedded word '[[cunt]]'. Some online forums such as [[Ultimate Guitar]] forums displayed the name as Scumthorpe, while [[Fark]] would display it as Scoonthorpe. This form of censorship overreach is known in the computing world as the [[Scunthorpe problem]].

==Notable people==
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* [[Roy Axe]], car designer for [[Chrysler]] and [[Rover Company|Rover]] was born in Scunthorpe
* [[Darren Bett]], television weather presenter
* [[Nina Nannar]], journalist and ITN news reporter, was born and raised in the town<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.communitychannel.org/london360/news-details/779/ |title=News item |access-date=15 April 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235215/http://www.communitychannel.org/london360/news-details/779/ | work = [[London 360|London360]] |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Ryan J. Brown]], actor and screenwriter
* [[Jack Burnell]], Olympic open water swimmer
* [[James Cobban]], English educator and headmaster, as well as a prominent lay leader in the Church of England
* [[Richard G. Compton]], Oxford professor, was born in Scunthorpe
* [[Neil Cox]] Manager of Scunthorpe United FC
* [[Howard Devoto]], singer with the [[Buzzcocks]] and [[Magazine (band)|Magazine]]
* [[Kevin Doyle (actor)|Kevin Doyle]], actor who has appeared in  ''[[Coronation Street]]'' and  ''[[Downton Abbey]]''
* [[Stephen Fretwell]], singer-songwriter
* [[Jeff Hall (footballer)|Jeff Hall]], English footballer who played as a right back for Birmingham City and England
* [[Tony Jacklin]], golfer, was born in Scunthorpe<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.europeantour.com/players/88/ |title=Tony Jacklin |publisher=PGA European Tour |access-date=4 January 2022}}</ref>
* [[Harry Jamieson]], head of football development at [[San Diego FC]], spent his formative years in Scunny
* [[Reece Mastin]], singer and winner of [[The X Factor (Australia season 3)|2011 X-Factor Australia]], was born in Scunthorpe
* [[Iain Matthews]], singer with [[Fairport Convention]]
* [[Rob McElnea]], 500cc grand prix rider, team manager of the [[Virgin Mobile]] Yamaha team
* [[Ross McLaren (actor)|Ross McLaren]], actor, was born in Scunthorpe<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1364579703659585542|title=Introducing Nurse Luca aka Ross Mclaren who has a great bedside manner, and a killer smile to boot!|user=BBCDoctors|author-link=Doctors (2000 TV series)|date=24 February 2021}}</ref>
* Sheffield born [[Alfie Moore (comedian)|Alfie Moore]], comedian who was formerly a [[Police Officer]] based in Scunthorpe.<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Hara |first=Mary |date=16 October 2012 |title=Policeman turned comic: insider insight needed more than ever |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/oct/16/policeman-comedian-standup-comic-cop |access-date=23 May 2024 |website=The Guardian}}</ref>
* [[Graham Oates (footballer, born 1943)|Graham Oates]], is an English former professional footballer. He played as a midfielder.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-people-from-scunthorpe/reference|title=Famous People From Scunthorpe|website=Ranker.com|access-date=14 November 2021}}</ref>
* [[John Osborne (writer)|John Osborne]], writer. Creator of Sky 1 sitcom ''[[After Hours (2015 British TV series)|After Hours]]'' as well as six half-hour Radio 4 storytelling shows.
* Dame [[Joan Plowright]], award-winning actress, born in nearby Brigg, attended [[Scunthorpe Grammar School]]
* [[David Plowright]], television executive and producer
* [[Jake Quickenden]], former contestant on ''[[The X Factor (British TV series)|The X Factor]]'', ''[[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British TV series)|I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!]]'' and ''[[Dancing on Ice]]''
* [[Jordan Sangha (Big Brother)|Jordan Sangha]], winner of [[Big Brother (British TV series) series 20|Big Brother 2023]]
* [[Martin Simpson]], guitarist and singer-songwriter, was born in Scunthorpe
* [[Sam Slocombe]], professional football player for [[Notts County F.C.]] and formerly of local side [[Scunthorpe United F.C.|Scunthorpe United]], was born in the town
* [[Liz Smith (actress)|Liz Smith]], actress
* [[Andy Stevenson (footballer)|Andy Stevenson]], footballer
* [[Graham Taylor]], former [[England national football team|England]] manager grew up in the town.
* [[Brian Tierney (medievalist)|Brian Tierney]], published historian and medievalist
* [[Alan Walker (musicologist)|Alan Walker]], musicologist and biographer of [[Franz Liszt]], was born in Scunthorpe
* [[Albert White (cyclist)|Albert 'Lal' White]], Olympic cycling silver medallist at the 1920 Antwerp games.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk/champion-Albert-Lal-White/story-11189567-detail/story.html |title=SCUNTHORPE'S Albert 'Lal' White, was many times English grass track cycle racing champion, and winner of a silver medal at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics. He also rode in the 1924 Paris Olympics. |work=Scunthorpe Telegraph |date=14 December 2010 |access-date=30 March 2017}}</ref> Was the subject of the opera: Cycle Song.
* [[Tai Woffinden]], speedway world champion

==Twinned municipalities==
* [[Clamart]], France
* [[Lüneburg]], Germany
* [[Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski]], Poland<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.um.ostrowiec.pl/dla-mieszkanca/wspolpraca-miedzynarodowa/miasta-partnerskie-i-blizniacze.html |title=List of Twin Towns of Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski |publisher=Municipality of Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski |access-date=24 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100822115132/http://www.um.ostrowiec.pl/dla-mieszkanca/wspolpraca-miedzynarodowa/miasta-partnerskie-i-blizniacze.html |archive-date=22 August 2010 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Queen Bess, Scunthorpe]], Grade-II listed public house

==References==
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== Bibliography ==
'''General history'''
* Ambler, R. W. (ed.), ''Workers and Community: The People of Scunthorpe in the 1870s: A Study Based on the 1871 Census Returns'' (Scunthorpe: [[Scunthorpe Museum|Scunthorpe Museum Society]], 1980).
* Armstrong, M. Elizabeth (ed.), ''An Industrial Island: A History of Scunthorpe'' (Scunthorpe: [[Scunthorpe Museum|Scunthorpe Borough Museum and Art Gallery]], 1981).
* Cooke, Reg, and Kathleen Cooke, ''Scunthorpe'', Images of England series (Stroud: Chalford Publishing, 1997).
* Creed, Rupert, and Averil Coult, ''Steeltown: The Real Life Drama of the Men and Women Who Built an Industry'' (Beverley: Hutton Press, 1990).
* Dudley, H. E., ''History and Antiquities of the Scunthorpe and Frodingham District'' (Scunthorpe: W. H. & C. H. Caldicott, 1931).
* Ellis, Stephen, and Dave R. Crowther (eds.), ''Humber Perspectives: A Region Through the Ages'' (Kingston-upon-Hull: Hull University Press, 1990).
* Holm, Stuart (ed.), ''The Heavens Reflect Our Labours'' (Scunthorpe: [[Scunthorpe Museum|Scunthorpe Museum and Art Gallery]], 1974).
* Knell, Simon J., ''The Natural History of the Frodingham Ironstone'' (Scunthorpe: [[Scunthorpe Museum|Scunthorpe Museum and Art Gallery]], 1988).
* Lewis, Peter, and Philip N. Jones, ''Industrial Britain: The Humberside Region'' (Newton Abbot: [[David & Charles]], 1970).
* McEntee-Taylor, Carole, ''A History of Women's Lives in Scunthorpe'' (Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2019).
* Pocock, D. C. D., "Iron and steel at Scunthorpe", ''East Midlands Geographer'', no. 19 (vol. 3, part 3) (1963), pp.&nbsp;124–138.
* Pocock, D. C. D., [https://www.jstor.org/stable/621103 "Stages in the development of the Frodingham ironstone field"], ''[[Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers|Transactions and Papers of the Institute of British Geographers]]'', no. 35 (1964), pp.&nbsp;105–118.
* Pocock, D. C. D., [https://www.jstor.org/stable/621571 "Specialised industrial towns as service centres: a comparison of Scunthorpe and Corby"], ''[[Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers]]'', no. 40 (1966), pp.&nbsp;97–109.
* Pocock, D. C. D., "Landownership and urban growth in Scunthorpe", ''East Midland Geographer'', vol. 5 (1970), 52–61.
* [[Eric Tonks|Tonks, Eric S.]], ''The Ironstone Quarries of the Midlands: History, Operation and Railways, Part VIII, South Lincolnshire'' (Cheltenham: Runpast, 1991).
* Walshaw, G. R., and C. A. J. Behrendt, ''The History of Appleby-Frodingham'' (London: [[Appleby-Frodingham Steel Company|Appleby-Frodingham Steel Co.]], 1950).
* Wheeler, P. T., "Ironstone working between Melton Mowbray and Grantham", ''East Midland Geographer'', vol. 4, no. 4 (1967), pp.&nbsp;239–250.
* Wright, Neil R., ''Lincolnshire Towns and Industry, 1700–1914'', History of Lincolnshire Series, no. 11 (Lincoln: History of Lincolnshire Committee of the [[Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology]], 1982).
* Wright, Neil R. "The varied fortunes of heavy and manufacturing industry 1914–1987", in Dennis Mills (ed.), ''Twentieth Century Lincolnshire'', History of Lincolnshire, no. 12 (Lincoln: History of Lincolnshire Committee of the [[Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology]], 1989), pp.&nbsp;74–102.
* Wright, Neil R.,  ''Lincolnshire's Industrial Heritage: A Guide'' (Lincoln: [[Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology]], 2004).

'''Other'''
* Ginns, Arthur, ''Jubilee History of the Scunthorpe Mutual Co-Operative and Industrial Society'' (Manchester: Co-operative Printing Society Ltd, 1924).
* Hutchison, I. M., ''Superstores: The Impact on Shopping Patterns within the Scunthorpe Are''a (Scunthorpe: Scunthorpe Borough Council, n.d.).
* Staff, John, ''From Nuts to Iron: The Official History of Scunthorpe United F.C., 1899–2012'' (Harefield: Yore Publications, 2012).

==External links==
* {{commons category-inline|Scunthorpe}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160122041738/http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/ North Lincolnshire Council]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdq1BOHTsHo Scunthorpe – The Heavens Reflect Our Labours], Documentary on Scunthorpe history made by local schoolchildren
* [http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=66940 Pathe newsreel, 1958, Queen visits Lincoln, Scunthorpe, Grimsby]
* [http://www.scunthorpecoopjuniorchoir.org.uk/ Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir]

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