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The Grimsby Dock Tower has dominated the town’s skyline since it was built in 1852. The design was based on the Palazzo Publico in Sienna, Italy. Grimsby is the chief vehicle-handling centre for the North, handling almost 400,000 vehicles annually for leading manufacturers. The port is also home to the UK’s most advanced fish market. Although the docks are now closed off the public,  Grimsby was once the largest fishing port in the world with over 500 trawlers sailing in and out of it’s docks and a thriving fishing industry. Today the port still lands fish and a small number of ships operate from Grimsby but it is only a fraction of the industry which was here until mid 1970s.  Today the port is still very much involved in food processing and is home to many factories ranging from ICI, Birds Eye, Findus and Youngs.  It was also where I was born.

Photos from in and around the docks.