Grimsby Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
seaport in Lincolnshire, England
About Grimsby
There has been a fishing settlement here for over 1000 years – “Grimsby” is a Viking name – and probably over 2000. It grew up at the point where a creek flowed out of the surrounding marshes into the Humber. The marshes were drained and became farmland in the 17th century but the town remained small until the industrial 19th century. Then the harbour was expanded to accommodate a thriving fishing fleet. The town’s civic buildings and sights of interest date from this period and cluster around this first dockland, the Alexandra and Old Fish Docks. Above all Grimsby and Cleethorpes owed their growth to the Victorian railway network, which carried away a boundless supply of fish to the nation’s dinner tables, and carried in Yorkshire coal for export, and holidaymakers keen to escape from the
Top Attractions in Grimsby
Explore the best things to see and do in Grimsby:
- ★Caxton Theatre
- ★Corporation Bridge
- ★Grimsby Auditorium
- ★Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre
- ★Grimsby Minster
- ★The Dock Tower
- ★The Leisure Centre
- ★The Town Hall
Where to Stay in Grimsby
- 🏨Holiday Inn Express Grimsby
Grimsby Travel Guide Sections
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