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Coordinates: 53°37′55″N 0°14′14″W / 53.6320°N 0.2373°W
South Killingholme 
South Killingholme village
South Killingholme
South Killingholme shown within LincolnshirePopulation 1,048 (2001) OS grid reference TA178145 Unitary authority North Lincolnshire Ceremonial county Lincolnshire Region Yorkshire and the Humber Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town IMMINGHAM Postcode district DN40 Dialling code 01469 Police Humberside Fire Humberside Ambulance East Midlands EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber UK Parliament Cleethorpes List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire South Killingholme is a village in North Lincolnshire, England. It is divided by the A160 dual carriageway. Considerably larger than its neighbour, North Killingholme, together they make up the area of Killingholme. It is slightly closer to Grimsby than to Scunthorpe.
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Geography
The civil parish lies between North Killingholme to the north, Ulceby to the west, Brocklesby to the south-west (the Lincolnshire/North Lincolnshire boundary), Habrough and Immingham to the south (the North Lincolnshire/North East Lincolnshire boundary). The parish includes Ulceby railway station to the east and part of the A180 near the railway bridge, all of the Humber Refinery, the Immingham Power Station, the Immingham Coal Terminal, the Humber International Terminal (built in 2002), most of the Associated Petroleum Terminals, Immingham Ore Terminal, and the south-east corner of the Lindsey Oil Refinery. The division between North and South Killingholme is the Eastfield Road railway bridge and West Middle Mere Road. The village is more heavily populated then North Killingholme. The parish is in the Ferry ward of North Lincolnshire.
Features
The village features a doctor's surgery, hairdressers, village shop, primary school, community centre, bowling green, park, chip shop as well as a highly-acclaimed sandwich shop along Top Road.
The public house is called the Cross Keys, which is primarily a Stones bitter and Carling lager establishment. The Yarborough Arms at Ulceby is in the parish as is Ulceby level crossing.
The village was featured on a programme produced for Sky One, The Toughest Villages in Britain in 2003. The programme has since been repeated on Sky Three. The village also holds an annual village fete with guest appearances.
Refineries
South Killingholme Oil Storage Facility
The Humber[1] and Lindsey oil refineries dramatically dominate the skyline around the village and there is some local opposition to their presence, particularly since a large explosion occurred at the ConocoPhillips refinery in 2001. The Humber Refinery produces petrol for JET petrol stations.
Large traffic increases at the time of refinery workers travelling to and from work forced one of the village's roads to be converted into a one way system. The problem remains unresolved at North Killingholme.
ConocoPhillips runs a gala every August as a part of its community relations policy and has given money to local projects, such as a new playground for the school and refurbishing a roundabout on the dual carriageway.
Community centre
South Killingholme Community Centre is a medium-sized facility in the village which hosts many activities, and has a bowling green, football pitch and tennis court. Its adjacent field hosts the annual Killingholme Gala, sponsored by neighbouring oil refinery owners ConocoPhillips. Much of the building is an auditorium and theatre, which has hosted live music, discos and bingo. There is also a smaller function room which had previously hosted youth club activities and other events. The Centre also has a licensed bar and kitchen, and a nurse's room.
Mayflower Wood
Conoco Phillips were also responsible for the development of Mayflower Wood, a 120-acre (0.49 km2) community woodland just outside the village. Planting started in 2005 and over two years over 67,000 trees and shrubs were planted.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Humber Refinery - Information on the ConocoPhillips website
- ^ http://www.mayflowerwood.co.uk/index.html Mayflower wood
External links
Categories:- Villages in Lincolnshire
- Civil parishes in Lincolnshire
- Nature reserves in Lincolnshire
- North Lincolnshire
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