[3] The town is directly south of Scunthorpe, west of Brigg and north of Gainsborough and Kirton in Lindsey.

[12] Until their disbandment in 1312, the Knights Templar were major landowners on the higher lands of Lincolnshire, where they had a number of preceptories on property which provided income, while Temple Bruer was an estate on the Lincoln Heath, believed to have been used also for military training.

[13] The preceptories from which the Lincolnshire properties were managed were:[14] There is a library[15] and medical centre[16] on Cambridge Avenue.

[9] Other students travel to the nearby Melior Community Academy in Scunthorpe[20] which has special links to the Leys Farm junior school.

[21][22] Whilst the two Methodist chapels recorded in 1872 have closed,[23] in 2002 a new Baptist church was opened in Chancel Road, having been meeting in the Civic Hall since 1978.