Visit Little Coates Places

Welcome to Visit Little Coates Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Little Coates

  

Little Coates Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Little Coates

---

Little Coates history

---

Little Coates was already inhabited at the time of the Norman conquest. By 1861 it had a population of 59 and consisted of Saint Michael’s church and a few cottages. Waterworks were established here in 1863 by the Great Grimsby Waterworks Company.

Little Coates geography / climate

Little Coates was previously a separate civil parish covering 1,000 acres (4 km²) In 1928, much of it was absorbed by Grimsby, with a small part allocated to Great Coates. The parish stretches northward to the Pyewipe industrial estate and southward to Laceby Road (A46)

You can visit Little Coates places with Walkfo Little Coates to hear history at Little Coates’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Little Coates has 35 places to visit in our interactive Little Coates map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Little Coates, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Little Coates places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Little Coates & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 35 audio facts unique to Little Coates places in an interactive Little Coates map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Little Coates Places Map
35 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

---

–

Little Coates historic spots	Little Coates tourist destinations	Little Coates plaques	Little Coates geographic features
Walkfo Little Coates tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Little Coates

  

Best Little Coates places to visit

---

Little Coates has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Little Coates’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Little Coates’s information audio spots:

St Mary’s Church, Grimsby St Mary’s Church or its full name St Mary on the Sea Church is a Roman Catholic Parish Church in Grimsby, Lincolnshire. It was built from 1880 to 1883 and is a Grade II listed building.

Weelsby Weelsby is located in eastern Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire. It is home to a local drama group, the Weelby Players and Weelsbys Park Riding School. The Hall is a late Victorian mansion house built by the Sleight family in 1890.

Grimsby Tennis Centre Grimsby Tennis Centre was founded by members of the Welholme Methodist Church in 1922. It was formed into a Limited Company in order to protect the membership from personal liability. The land in Weelsby Avenue was purchased in April 1922.

Grimsby Town Hall Grimsby Town Hall is the headquarters of North East Lincolnshire Council. The Grade II listed building is located in Town Hall Square in Grimby, Lincolnshire.

Grimsby power station Grimsby power station supplied electricity to the town from 1901 to the late 1960s. The power station was redeveloped in the 1920s and 1930s to meet the increased demand for electricity. It was owned and operated by Grimby Corporation prior to the nationalisation of the British electricity industry in 1948.

West Marsh West Marsh is a ward of the North East Lincolnshire Unitary Council with a population of 7,754 at the 2011 census. Its northern and eastern boundaries are formed by the Alexandra Dock. The area is split centrally by the southeast–northwest flow of the River Freshney.

Grimsby Auditorium Grimsby Auditorium is the largest professional theatre in Lincolnshire. Built in 1995, it is one of the larger theatres in the East of England.

Grimsby Minster Grimsby Minster is a minster and parish church in North East Lincolnshire. Dedicated to St James, the church belongs to the Church of England and is within the Diocese of Lincoln.

Nunsthorpe Nunsthorpe (sometimes known locally as ‘The Nunny’, or by its nickname of Garden City) is a suburb and housing estate in the western part of Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire. There are over 2,400 homes on the estate, mostly former council properties now owned by the Lincolnshire Housing Partnership. To the west lies the Bradley Park Estate which contains around 430 dwellings, also mostly LHP properties.

Black Lady of Bradley Woods The Black Lady of Bradley Woods is a ghost which reportedly haunts the woods near the village of Bradley, Lincolnshire, England. Alleged eyewitnesses have described her as being young and pretty, around 5’6″ tall, dressed in a flowing black cloak and a black hood.

Visit Little Coates plaques