Immingham has been a popular location for Peter Ward Home buyers over the past few years. The success of phase 1 and 2, have proved just how much homes are in demand in this semi-rural location.To help you get to know Immingham a little bit better, we have put together a list of facts to show just what a great place it is to live.
1. Immingham is a town in the North East Lincolnshire unitary authority of England. It is situated on the southwest bank of the Humber Estuary, and is 6 miles north-west from Grimsby. It is just 3 miles from the M180/A180, giving access to major towns and cities including Scunthorpe and Doncaster, and via the Humber Bridge to Hull and York.
2. Habrough station is just one and a half miles away, with regular services East and West, linking with the main network via Doncaster.
3. Two airports, Humberside and Robin Hood are close by and offer low cost charter flights.
4. Immingham has a sports centre, swimming pool and a golf club. Public houses include the County Hotel, the De Kyme Hotel, the Mayflower and the Bluestone Inn.
5. In 2008 the Port of Grimsby and Immingham was the UK’s largest port by tonnage. It is owned by Associated British Ports and is a constituent port in the Hull and Humber Ports City Region and is a port used frequently by various shipping agents.
6. Oasis Academy Immingham is the main secondary school serving the area. The school was formally known as The Immingham School.
7. Up until the turn of the 20th century Immingham was a rural village, dependent on agriculture. The advent of the railways encouraged speculators to utilise its location on the coast to build a deep-sea dock to rival that in nearby Hull.
8. The town contains a memorial marking the site of the 1608 departure of the Pilgrim Fathers to the Netherlands.
9. Close to Immingham, oil is refined at the Lindsey (at North Killingholme) Oil Refinery by total and at the Humber refinary (at South Killingholme) by Phillips 66.
10. During the First World War, Immingham was a submarine base for early submarines. During the Second World War, Immingham became the shore base of Lord Mountbatten and the docks hosted his famous vessel, HMS Kelly.