South Killingholme
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 South Killingholme village |
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 South Killingholme
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| South Killingholme shown within Lincolnshire | |
| Population | 1,108 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | TA178145 |
| • London | 150 mi (240 km) S |
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| Region | |
| 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 | |
Killingholme High Lighthouse in 2007
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| Location | South Killingholme Lincolnshire England United Kingdom |
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| Coordinates | 53°38′50″N 0°13′08″W / 53.647198°N 0.218865°W |
| Year first constructed | 1836 (first) |
| Year first lit | 1876 (current) |
| Construction | brick tower |
| Tower shape | tapered cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
| Markings / pattern | red tower, white lantern dome |
| Height | 24 metres (79 ft) |
| Focal height | 21 metres (69 ft) |
| Characteristic | Oc R 4s. |
| Admiralty number | A2440.1 |
| NGA number | 1916 |
| ARLHS number | ENG-175 |
| Managing agent | Port of Grimsby and Immingham |
South Killingholme is a village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,108.
The parish was predominately agricultural and sparsely populated and the village small until the 1960s when industrialisation of the south Humber bank took place throughout area northwest of Grimsby – within the parish of South Killingholme the Humber Oil Refinery was built in the late 1960s. At the same time the village greatly expanded reaching near its present (2006) scale by the early 1970s.
The expansion of the Port of Immingham westwards encroached on the parish from the 1970s onwards, mainly due to the Immingham Bulk Terminal (1970) and later Immingham Gas Jetty (1985); in 2004 a 730 MW powerstation Conoco Philips Power Station (now known as Immingham Power Station) was built alongside the refinery.
As of 2006 the land area of the parish consists of an approximately 50:50 split of heavy industry – petroleum storage, refining and power generation; and agricultural land. South Killingholme is the only village in the parish and is located roughly in the centre of area.
The parish of South Killingholme extends from the Humber estuary foreshore roughly southwest through the village of South Killingholme to a boundary near Ulceby railway station; the parish is roughly 3.7 miles (6 km) long (NW-SE) and 1.2 miles (2 km) wide. The parish had a population of 1,047 at the 2001 census, and at the 2011 census a population of 1,108. The parish is in the Ferry ward of North Lincolnshire.
The southeastern and southern sides of the parish forms a boundary with the parishes of Immingham and Habrough and with the administrative county of North East Lincolnshire, following the line of the main drain leading to South Killingholme Haven. The southwestern edge of the parish extends as far as, and included Ulceby railway station, 1.2 miles (2 km) east of the village of Ulceby, where the boundary is with the parishes of Brocklesby and Ulceby, much of the boundary following the line of the canalized Skitter Beck. The northwestern boundary is entirely with the parish of North Killingholme, running southeast-northwest; from the southern part along the West Mere Middle Road, then bisecting the Lindsey Oil Refinery, and exiting the bank of the Humber estuary halfway between north and south Killingholme havens.
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