Scunthorpe in General

I am not from Scunthorpe, nor do I live in scunthorpe but it is my nearest town and I work in Scunthorpe. I have moved a round a bit over the years I was born near york, moved to somerset when I was eight then shropshire, suffolk then this area and I have to say I can't wait to get away. I think you only really love Scunthorpe if that is where you were born! Sorry Scunny!!! There is limited opportunities here. Decent jobs are scarce which I know is a bit of an issue everywhere but it has been like that here for years. There are too may factories and then there is the steel works too. There are some decent jobs but they are few and far ...  Read the complete review

As I was born and raised in Sunny Scunny its truly an honour and a priviledge to write a review of my place of birth. ****Reputation**** There used to be a sign on the outskirts "Scunthorpe - the industrial garden town" to which someone had helpfully added in black spray paint "needs diggin!!". ****Re-Generation**** But as a proud Steel town, having gone through the pain of massive job losses in the late 70s and early 80s, Scunthorpe has emerged as a pretty decent place in its own right, with plenty of parks and gardens to enjoy, and a footy team at least capable of flirting on the borders of the ...  Read the complete review

The Royal Hotel, Scunthorpe has to be one of the worst hotels I have ever stayed in. It cost me eighty pounds for the night and I must confess that I have had better service and a cleaner room in a ten pound a night B&B in Blackpool. My first impression of this hotel was the dirty paintwork and untended plant pots around the outside. The paint was peeling from the windows and nobody on reception seemed to know that I has booked a room and paid for it. It wasn't in their day book so a portly gentleman in a greasy black evening suit decided to look on his computer. He announced that he was new to the hotel and only there temporarily, so he might be a while ...  Read the complete review

A few weeks ago my sister and I had to attend a family funeral in Scunthorpe We looked on the internet for a nice hotel for our overnight stay but to be quite honest we could only find two that looked reasonable and they both charged about the same eighty pounds for a double room with breakfast. The Berkeley looked a little bit run down so we opted for the slightly more expensive one and booked a twin room for the one night at The Royal. We were told over the phone that it was very close to the town centre and five minutes away from the railway station by taxi. I must admit the photograph on the internet looked very nice so we were looking forward to a nice ...  Read the complete review

I've always loved parks. Proper town parks, with neat flower beds, crazy paving and aviaries have a real appeal to me. I think it may have been because I was brought up in the depths of the countryside, so I was used to bluebell woods, and ploughed fields where you have to teeter along a minute space left as a 'public right of way' by the farmer. In my childhood, if you went anywhere, you took wellies, and I invariably ended up beestung, nettled and sitting on a thistle. Going to a park was a real treat. There were swings, and statues buried in undergrowth. If I was really lucky, there was crazy golf! Much later, living in the country again I find ...  Read the complete review