Grimsby

Grimsby lies near the mouth of the Humber, where Lincolnshire meets the North Sea. Its medieval port exported food and fish, traded with the Baltic and the Low Countries, and imported timber for ships and buildings. After a period of decline, renewed investment in the late eighteenth century led to the improvement of the Haven, a natural inlet adapted as a dock between 1798 and 1800. The harbour again became a focus of the town's maritime life.