South Killingholme

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South Killingholme
South Killingholme shown within Lincolnshire
Population	1,200
OS grid reference	TA178145
Unitary authority	North Lincolnshire
Ceremonial county	Lincolnshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	IMMINGHAM
Postcode district	DN40
Dialling code	01469
Police	Humberside
Fire	Humberside
Ambulance	East Midlands
European Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Cleethorpes
List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire

Coordinates: 53°37′55″N 0°14′14″W / 53.632, -0.2373

South Killingholme is a village in North Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. It is divided by the A160 dual cariageway. Considerably larger than its neighbour, North Killingholme, together they make up the area of Killingholme. It is slightly closer to Grimsby than to Scunthorpe.

1 Features
2 Refineries
3 See also
4 References

[edit] 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 village was featured on a programme produced for Sky One, Britain's Toughest Villages in 2003.

[edit] Refineries

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.

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.