North Lincolnshire

unitary authority, England, United Kingdom
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North Lincolnshire, unitary authority, geographic and historic county of Lincolnshire, England. Scunthorpe is the unitary authority’s largest town and its administrative centre. North Lincolnshire consists of a low plain on the south shore of the River Humber estuary that extends inland to the northernmost Lincolnshire Wolds and the reclaimed wetlands of the Isle of Axholme along the River Trent. The unitary authority covers a largely rural and agricultural area. Its fertile lands produce heavy yields of cereals, sugar beets, and vegetables. The unitary authority is also an important industrial centre, with two major oil refineries at Killingholme on the Humber, ...(100 of 184 words)