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Haxey
Sign in to saveHaxey is a town and civil parish on the Isle of Axholme in the North Lincolnshire unitary authority of Lincolnshire, England. It is directly south of Epworth, south-west of Scunthorpe, north-west of Gainsborough, east of Doncaster and north-north-west of Lincoln, with a population of 4,584 at the 2011 census. The town was regarded as the historic capital of the Isle of Axholme.
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Place details
- Locality
- Upperthorpe
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 2,153
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Haxey
- UK place.type
- Town and civil parish
- UK place.population
- 4,485
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 census)
- UK place.unitary_england
- North Lincolnshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Lincolnshire
- UK place.region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- UK place.parts_type
- Areas of the town
- UK place.p1
- East Lound
- UK place.p2
- Graizelound
- UK place.p3
- Haxey Carr
- UK place.p4
- High Burnham
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- North Lincolnshire
- Population
- +4584
- Image
- Haxey village - geograph.org.uk - 1239278.jpg
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Haxey is a town and civil parish on the Isle of Axholme in the North Lincolnshire unitary authority of Lincolnshire, England. It is directly south of Epworth, south-west of Scunthorpe, north-west of Gainsborough, east of Doncaster and north-north-west of Lincoln, with a population of 4,584 at the 2011 census. The town was regarded as the historic capital of the Isle of Axholme.
Haxey lies between the villages of Westwoodside and Owston Ferry, part of the Isle of Axholme, and is notable for Haxey Hood, a local event with over 700 years of history.