Property in Scunthorpe / Letting Agents in Scunthorpe

Scunthorpe was originally in Lincolnshire but became part of Humberside in 1974. The building of the Humber Bridge in 1981 was to provide a permanent link between North and South Humberside.

The town is known as `The Industrial Garden Town' but the loss of flowerbeds and shrubbery around the town is making people wonder if it should still be known by this name.

In Roman times ironstone was forged in the area but the deposits remained there until the 19th century. In 1859 it was Rowland Winn who developed an iron and steel industry resulting in a very fast population growth in Scunthorpe.

Iron ore was first mined in 1860 in the area. At the time there was no railway so the ore was taken to Gunness Wharf by cart and narrow gauge railway. Winn worked hard to get a railway line and it was finally completed in 1864.

Soon several other iron works opened in and around Scunthorpe. Rowland Winn has given his name to three local streets, Rowland Road, Winn Street, and Oswald Road. He was made Lord St. Oswald in 1885.

Steel is still the major employer today but the industry here has declined in recent years and in its height employees numbered 27,000 now only 4,500 work there.

There are now engineering, food production, distribution and retailing firms in the town, many of whom employ large numbers of Polish and Slovakian staff.

Scunthorpe has a good shopping area with the Foundry Shopping Centre and the Parishes Centre. There are many High Street stores in the town but no bookshops. Some the shops to be found in Scunthorpe include Lu B Lu, Ethel Austin, Oasis, Select, Marg, MKl, Honey, Top Man Dee Jays and d2.

Property for rent is available with prices around £395-£525 for a 2 bed house and £450 - £650 for a 3 bed house.

The town is also home to large food retailers, Tesco Extra near the football ground, Sainsbury's are on the site of the old football ground, Morrisons at the bottom of Mortal Ash Hill and Asda are on Burringham Road.

Scunthorpe United football team has just won promotion into England's Second division, the Championship and are nicknamed the Irons. It will be the first time the team has played at this level for forty-five years.

Both Kevin Keegan and Ray Clemence played for Scunthorpe United in the early 1970's but later played for Liverpool Football Club.

Scunthorpe has a Speedway team; they have been running for two years and won the Conference League in 2006.

Ted Lewis, author, wrote several novels about the 1960's gangster, Jack Carter. The most famous Jack's Return Home was about his return to his hometown of Scunthorpe to avenge his brother's death. This as based on a real-life murder in 1967. A film was made from the novel, `Get Carter' starring Michael Cain but it was not filmed in Scunthorpe but on location in Tyneside.