Nunsthorpe (known locally as 'The Nunny') is a suburb and housing estate in the western part of Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England.

A quality mark was awarded after an independent assessment of improvement work undertaken on the estate by Shoreline and partners, Humberside Police and North East Lincolnshire Council, with the assistance of residents.

[citation needed] Situated at the southern edge of Grimsby (before the boundary extensions), for centuries the land where Nunsthorpe now stands was farmed using the open field system of agriculture.

Most of the streets in this early development, built during the 1920s and 1930s, were named after notable people – Burns, Byron, Kingsley, Leighton, Newton, Walton groves; Milton Road and Shelley Avenue.

The first shops, including a post office, were built in Second Avenue during 1927–28 and a bus service (route 3) was introduced from Grimsby town centre to Nunsthorpe in 1928.

In 1943 a number of people were killed and houses were damaged when butterfly bombs were dropped on the estate during a German air raid on Grimsby.

[citation needed] At that time discussions were taking place on the possibility of setting up a tenant management organisation in each neighbourhood.

Independent housing consultants, Priority Estates Project, were brought in to canvass the views of residents but nothing developed from this idea.

Some of the land remained empty, part of it forming the open grassed area situated between Burwell Drive and Winchester Avenue.

The Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Consultative Forum, established in 1992 to co-ordinate the neighbourhood steering groups, was reorganised and became directly elected by a postal ballot of residents at two yearly periods.

In addition to the delegates elected from 13 areas (later reduced to six), ward councillors and council officers also attended meetings of the main committee and sub-committees.

When the Sutcliffe Special School moved to a new site at Humberston, the empty building in Second Avenue was acquired from the local council at a nominal rent.

Resident volunteers helped to clean and decorate the building, transforming it into the new Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Resource Centre.

Planned home improvements include, where necessary, modern kitchens, bathrooms, central heating, decent roofs, security doors and windows, as well as smoke alarms.

It incorporated the resource centre newsletter, Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park Matters, which had been regularly distributed to houses in the area since 1995.

It also hosts dozens of other charities and community organisations, such as Climb4, Creating Positive Opportunity and the local branches of Alzheimers Society and the Red Cross.

On 18 May 2024, the centre reopened its ground floor welcome zone with a new coffee bar, alongside modernised decor, a public living room, contemporary furniture and soundproof booths for confidential conversations.

They handed over 20 shoeboxes full of items such as toothpaste, shampoo and aftershave, to the Pink Berets fundraising group, for the troops in Afghanistan.

Dressed in costumes made by event organiser Mary Stuart, children from the estate recreated the royal wedding ceremony.

[16] Nunsthorpe resident, Doreen White, was awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours for services to education while working at Franklin College.

Local schoolchildren designed a paper version of the Olympic Torch, which was carried through the estate, culminating in a ceremony at Nunsthorpe Community School.

The money paid for alterations to the centre's ceiling, repairs to the heating system and the installation of safety glass in the doors and windows.

[citation needed] Action Group members supported by a local police inspector and the Rector of Grimsby, appeared on the TV show Fortune: Million Pound Giveaway, appealing for funds to turn part of Saint Martin's church into a children's activity centre.

[22] In 2010 the Funhouse building was closed until money could be found for repairs, although the neighbouring hall continued to be used for bingo and dance classes.

In 2012 the centre received outstanding recognition from the inspection body Ofsted for providing care for children and young people in the area.

In 2009 the council's planning committee supported the outline application to build a completely new school, called Saint Andrew's College, on the Matthew Humberstone site.

Saint Mary's closed in July 2010 and the pupils were moved to an existing site at Matthew Humberston to begin the new term in September 2010, pending the completion of the new school building.

In 2006 this opened as the institute's Nunsthorpe Community Campus which houses animal care, building construction and horticulture courses.

There is also an ongoing local history project where members of the public are encouraged to donate photographs of Nunsthorpe to the library's collection.

[40] Residents in neighbouring Bradley village expressed concern that the facility could turn into a huge stadium when plans were announced to extend the car park and install a speaker system.