Grimsby

Grimsby is a fishing port in , standing on the south bank of the mouth of the River Humber, with a population in 2021 of 86,000. It merges into the seaside town of , and this conurbation and rural hinterland comprise the unitary Local Authority of North East Lincolnshire, also called Great Grimsby.
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  • Type: Town with 88,200 residents
  • Description: seaport town in Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Great Grimsby”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Grimsby Town railway station and Grimsby Docks railway station.

Railway station
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serves the town of Grimsby in , . It is operated on a daily basis by TransPennine Express, and is also served by East Midlands Railway and Northern Trains services.

Railway station
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serves the Freeman Street area of Grimsby in , . This is one of the oldest parts of the town, close to the Freeman Street Market and the town's docks both commercial and fish, the railway entrance to both being over the level crossing at the Cleethorpes end.

Museum
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The is a heritage attraction at Alexandra Dock, Grimsby, , England, opened in 1991. The attraction is an Arts Council England Accredited Museum and holds a number of awards, including the TripAdvisor Hall of Fame, the Sandford Award for Heritage Education and the VisitEngland Quality Rose Marque.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cleethorpes and Little Coates.

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is a seaside resort on the coast of England, south bank of the estuary of the River Humber, with a population in 2021 of 30,000.

Neighborhood
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is an area of western Grimsby, in the district, in the ceremonial county of , England. It is in the Yarborough ward of the North East Lincolnshire Unitary Council.

Village
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is located in the Clee Road and Carr Lane area of eastern Grimsby, , England, and adjoins the neighbouring town of , to which it has historic links.

Grimsby

Latitude
53.5647° or 53° 33′ 53″ north
Longitude
-0.0882° or 0° 5′ 18″ west
Population
88,200
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
IATA airport code
GSY
United Nations Location Code
GB GSY
Open location code
9C5XHW76+VP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 21639941
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2647878
Wiki­data ID
Q179406
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Grimsby” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غريمسبي”
  • Armenian: “Գրիմսբի”
  • Asturian: “Grimsby”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qrimsbi”
  • Basque: “Grimsby”
  • Belarusian: “Грымсбі”
  • Bulgarian: “Гримзби”
  • Catalan: “Grimsby”
  • Cebuano: “Grimsby (kapital sa kondado)”
  • Cebuano: “Grimsby”
  • Chinese: “格里姆斯比”
  • Chinese: “甘士比”
  • Chinese: “谢菲尔德”
  • Croatian: “Grimsby”
  • Czech: “Grimsby”
  • Danish: “Grimsby”
  • Dutch: “Grimsby”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جريمسبى”
  • Esperanto: “Grimsby”
  • Finnish: “Grimsby”
  • French: “Grimsby (Royaume-Uni)”
  • French: “Grimsby”
  • German: “Grimsby”
  • Greek: “Γκρίμσμπι”
  • Hebrew: “גרימסבי”
  • Icelandic: “Grimsby”
  • Indonesian: “Grimsby”
  • Irish: “Grimsby”
  • Italian: “Grimsby”
  • Japanese: “グリムスビー”
  • Japanese: “グリムズビー”
  • Japanese: “グリムスビィ”
  • Korean: “그림즈비”
  • Ladin: “Grimsby”
  • Latin: “Grimesbeia”
  • Latin: “Grimesbia”
  • Latin: “Grimesbie Magna”
  • Latin: “Grimisbia”
  • Latin: “Magna Grymesby”
  • Latin: “Nova Grimesbi”
  • Latvian: “Grimsbi”
  • Lithuanian: “Grimsbis”
  • Northern Frisian: “Grimsby”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Grimsby”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grimsby”
  • Norwegian: “Grimsby”
  • Persian: “گریمزبی”
  • Persian: “گریمسبای”
  • Polish: “Great Grimsby”
  • Polish: “Grimsby”
  • Portuguese: “Grimsby”
  • Romanian: “Grimsby”
  • Russian: “Гримсби”
  • Scots: “Grimsby”
  • Serbian: “Гримсби”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Grimsby”
  • Silesian: “Grimsby”
  • Slovak: “Grimsby”
  • Slovenian: “Grimsby”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قریمسبای”
  • Spanish: “Grimsby”
  • Swedish: “Grimsby”
  • Tatar: “Гримсби”
  • Ukrainian: “Грімсбі”
  • Urdu: “گریمسبی”
  • Volapük: “Grimsby”
  • Welsh: “Grimsby”
  • Yue Chinese: “甘士比”
  • “Grimsby”

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