Rise in reports of illegal metal detecting

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North Lincolnshire
Unitary authority and borough
North Lincs

Shown within Lincolnshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Ceremonial county	Lincolnshire
Admin. HQ	Scunthorpe
Postcode	DN
ISO 3166-2	GB-NLN
ONS code	00FD (ONS) E06000013 (GSS)
Website	northlincs.gov.uk

North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area with borough status in Lincolnshire, England. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 167,446. The administrative centre and largest settlement is Scunthorpe, and the borough also includes the towns of Brigg, Broughton, Haxey, Crowle, Epworth, Bottesford, Winterton, Kirton in Lindsey and Barton-upon-Humber. North Lincolnshire is part of the Yorkshire and the Humber region. The borough is mostly rural in character aside from near the town of Scunthorpe and near the Port of Immingham where most of the nearby villages and towns form part of the wider urban areas.

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Rise in reports of illegal metal detecting

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Rise in reports of illegal metal detecting