Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 3 min4:33 am – 9:35 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 28 min8:16 am – 3:44 pm
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People5,634 residentsin the Messingham & Scawby census areaMedian age 53.62,524 households82% of homes owner-occupied52% owned outright7% social rented, 11% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.9% unemployment rate54% of adults are economically active, 2,522 in work, 36% retiredMain industries: health and social work 15%, retail and wholesale 15%, manufacturing 14%Getting to work: 26% work from home, 68% go by car, 5% walk or cycle62% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages29% of adults hold a degree or higher17% have no qualifications, 8% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C663 mm of rain a year, 16 days with 10 mm or morewettest month August42 days of air frost, 13 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksScunthorpe first baby rainbow memorial gardenhistoric site · 3.6 miParkwood Joinery Ltd.bridge · 2.0 miMount Pleasant Windmillhistoric site · 4.1 miBrat Hillhill · 2.5 miNew Forest Plantationforest · 3.6 miAsh Holt Reservoirreservoir · 3.3 miLaughton Forestforest · 4.0 miHolme Woodwoodland · 1.6 miSources: Ordnance Survey Open Names; Overture Maps
Parks and green spacesBeckside Linear Parkpark · 1.4 mi · 14 haMessingham Lakesgolf course · 1.2 mi · 42 haSilica Country Parkpark · 2.4 mi · 9 haManor Parkpark · 2.8 mi · 16 haValley Parkplaying field · 1.5 miNorthmoor Parkplaying field · 1.7 mi · 2 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes85 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19708 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 27 Feb 200816 mi away, Market Rasen, LincsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 25 Aug 202623 mi away, Grimsby, LincolnshireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 5.3 · PM2.5 7.3 · PM10 13 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband95% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband97% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.1% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)2,629 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation34 m112 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 5 to 38 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalScunthorpe General Hospital4.2 miGP surgeryThe Health Centreunder a milePharmacyTobrey Pharmacyunder a mileDentistBottesford Dental Practice2.0 miPolice stationScunthorpe Police Station4.2 miCash machineChopper Cost Thorpe, Messinghamunder a mileSources: NHS Organisation Data Service; Overture Maps
SchoolsWithin 2 mi5 schools3 primary, 1 independent, 1 specialPrimaryMessingham Primary Schoolages 5-11, 249 pupilsright herePrimaryBottesford Junior Schoolages 7-11, 263 pupils1.7 miSecondaryFrederick Gough Schoolages 11-16, 1,334 pupils2.3 miCollegeJohn Leggott Sixth Form College3.3 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportHumberside Airport HUY13 miMajor airportLeeds Bradford Airport LBA48 miRailway stationKirton LindseyKirton in Lindsey3.8 miBus stationBus StationScunthorpe4.4 miFerryHull Ferry TerminalMyton22 miBus stops13 within a mileCar parkAshby High Street Car ParkScunthorpe2.7 miEV chargingubitricity2.3 miSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports; Overture Maps
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the DN17 postcode district.
