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Keadby
Keadby shown within Lincolnshire |
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| Population | around 800 |
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| OS grid reference | SE8311 |
| Unitary authority | North Lincolnshire |
| Ceremonial county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SCUNTHORPE |
| Postcode district | DN15-17 |
| Dialling code | 01724 |
| Police | Humberside |
| Fire | Humberside |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | Scunthorpe |
| List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire | |
Keadby is a small village lying just off the A18, west of Scunthorpe, in North Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the West bank of the River Trent. It is pronounced "Kidby".
Keadby was traditionally in the county of Lincolnshire. Keadby's economic significance historically lies in the fact that it was chosen as the destination for the Stainforth and Keadby Canal. This was opened in 1802, but is now mostly a leisure waterway. For pleasure boaters, Keadby's attraction is that of being the "end of the line"; for the more daring, there is still a lock onto the tidal Trent.
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The Auld South Yorkshire is the only pub on the canal side, as the Barge Inn is currently closed down completely. There is also a chip shop, a working men's club, a small Post Office and a local shop.
On occasion, the village is prone to flooding. The most recent occurrence was in May 2006 due to heavy rainfall, several houses were flooded in the Queens Crescent and Day Close areas on the ground floor by a torrential downpour.
The nearest settlement is Keadby (although the railway station by the bridge is called Althorpe, a bit farther away], where the impressive King George V Bridge (also known as Keadby Lifting Bridge) provides a crossing for twin rail lines, a road and a pedestrian walkway over the Trent connecting the Isle of Axholme to Scunthorpe and the rest of North Lincolnshire. The bridge was brought into use on 21 May 1916, at which time the 3,000-ton lifting span was Europe's heaviest bascule bridge.[1] The lifting span was fixed in position in 1955 and no longer opens.
The King George V Bridge is not the only moveable bridge in the vicinity of Keadby. There are canal locks at the point where the Stainforth and Keadby Canal connects with the River Trent in Keadby. On the canal, just before these locks, the B1392 road crosses the canal over the Keadby Swing Bridge. Approximately half a mile farther along the canal, a railway line crosses the canal over the Keadby Sliding Bridge (also known as Vazon Sliding Railway Bridge). This very unusual bridge is a retractable bridge, it can be rolled out of the line of the canal to allow boats through. Just beyond the Sliding Bridge is a small, manually-operated swing bridge.[2]
At Keadby is Keadby Power Station as well as 'Port Services', a small port for inward bound timber and scrap metal.