Brigg (/'brɪg/) is a market town in North Lincolnshire, England, with a population of 5,076 in the 2001 UK census, the population increased to 5,626 at the 2011 census. The town lies at the junction of the River Ancholme and east–west transport routes across northern Lincolnshire. As a formerly important local centre, the town's full name of Glanford Brigg is reflected in the surrounding area and local government district of the same name. The town's urban area includes the neighbouring hamlet of Scawby Brook.
Brigg Market Place
Discovery of Iron Age dugout in 1886.
The Buttercross, Brigg
The Old River Ancholme in Brigg
North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area with borough status in Lincolnshire, England. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 167,446. The administrative centre and largest settlement is Scunthorpe, and the borough also includes the towns of Brigg, Broughton, Haxey, Crowle, Epworth, Bottesford, Winterton, Kirton in Lindsey and Barton-upon-Humber. North Lincolnshire is part of the Yorkshire and the Humber region.
Scunthorpe, the administrative centre and most populous settlement in the borough
Brigg, one of the towns of North Lincolnshire
Kirton in Lindsey, one of the towns of North Lincolnshire
Barton upon Humber, one of the towns of North Lincolnshire and also near the Humber Bridge which connects the town and Lincolnshire to Hessle and Kingston upon Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
