Crowle
Built-up area in North Lincolnshire, England
| Coordinates: | 53.605, -0.833 |
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| OS grid ref: | SE 77 12 |
| Population: | 3,928 |
Crowle is a small market town in North Lincolnshire, sitting on the low-lying Isle of Axholme close to the River Trent and threaded by the Stainforth and Keadby Canal. The surrounding landscape is defined by reclaimed marsh and an intricate pattern of drains and dykes dating from the 17th-century drainage of Hatfield Chase, which gives the area a distinctive flat, open character appreciated by walkers and inland-waterway enthusiasts.
Historically a rural settlement, Crowle retains a historic centre with the medieval St Oswald's Church at its heart and a past shaped by peat cutting and agriculture. Today it has a close-knit community with local clubs and small businesses, while many residents commute to nearby industrial and commercial centres such as Scunthorpe, Doncaster and Goole, so the town combines a quiet village feel with practical links to larger employment hubs.
Postcode districts covering Crowle
Most populated places nearby
- Kingston upon Hull 23.6 miles
- Doncaster 12.8 miles
- Scunthorpe 7.7 miles
- Castleford 22.5 miles
- Pontefract 20.3 miles
- Worksop 23.3 miles
- Bentley 13.6 miles
- Beverley 23.3 miles
- Selby 15.5 miles
- Retford 20.2 miles
- Gainsborough 14.4 miles
- Goole 7.1 miles
Neighbouring places
- Crowle and Ealand Parish 0.2 miles
- Ealand Built-up area 1 mile
- Axholme North Ward 1.9 miles
- Eastoft Built-up area 2.9 miles
- Belton Built-up area 3.4 miles
- Axholme Central Ward 3.7 miles
- Keadby Built-up area 4 miles
- Keadby with Althorpe Parish 4 miles
- Althorpe Built-up area 4.2 miles
- Luddington and Haldenby Parish 4.4 miles
- Burringham Built-up area 4.4 miles
- Gunness Built-up area 4.8 miles
Example postcodes in Crowle
DN17 4LS, DN17 4TA, DN17 4HX, DN17 4NW, DN17 4FL, DN17 4NX, DN17 4NT, DN17 4HH, DN17 4NS … See all
Transport links
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport 11.1 miles
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 38.3 miles
- Crowle Railway Station 1.2 miles
- Althorpe Railway Station 4.3 miles
Hotels near Crowle Ad
- The Reindeer Inn 3.5 miles
- San Pietro Hotel & Restaurant 4 8 miles
- Wortley House Hotel 3 7.7 miles
- Royal Hotel 2 7.1 miles
- The Grosvenor Free House 4 7.3 miles
- 42 Apart-Hotel 7.2 miles
Schools in Crowle
- Crowle Primary Academy Primary
- St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary Academy Primary
- The Axholme Academy Secondary
Local points of interest
- Glanford Park Stadium 5.8 miles
- Normanby Park Estate 7.7 miles
- Gokewell Priory Historic site 10.5 miles
- Sandall Beat Wood Forest 11.4 miles
- Doncaster Racecourse Recreation 12.3 miles
- South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum Museum 13 miles
- Keepmoat Stadium Stadium 13.3 miles
- Potteric Carr Nature Reserve Nature reserve 13.6 miles
- Cusworth Hall Museum Museum 15.1 miles
- Hampole Priory Historic site 16.6 miles
- Heynings Priory Historic site 17.6 miles