West Halton is a village

Village

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 and civil parish

Civil parish

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 in North Lincolnshire

North Lincolnshire

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, England, situated 2.5 miles (4 km) north-west of Winterton

Winterton, Lincolnshire

Winterton is a small town in North Lincolnshire, England, north-east of Scunthorpe. Taking into account the five years since the last UK census, the population currently stands at approximately 4,700 people. Major north-south/east-west streets of Winterton are Market Street and Northlands Road...

, approximately 7 miles (11.3 km) north of Scunthorpe

Scunthorpe

Scunthorpe is a town within North Lincolnshire, England. It is the administrative centre of the North Lincolnshire unitary authority, and had an estimated total resident population of 72,514 in 2010. A predominantly industrial town, Scunthorpe, the United Kingdom's largest steel processing centre,...

, and 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the Humber Estuary.

The parish also contains part of Coleby

Coleby, North Lincolnshire

Coleby is a hamlet in the civil parish of West Halton in North Lincolnshire, England, situated half a mile south-west of West Halton, approximately 7 miles north of Scunthorpe....

, a small hamlet

Hamlet (place)

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 south of the village. In the 2001 census

United Kingdom Census 2001

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, the parish had a population of 331.
The church, which was built in the 17th century as a replacement for an earlier building, is dedicated to St Etheldreda.

The village has existed from the Anglo Saxon period, and was mentioned in the Domesday Book

Domesday Book

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 in 1086, when it was known as Haltone. The name has been translated as "farmstead in a nook or corner of land".

West Halton is a small rural village with a village green

Village green

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 in the centre. There is a pub (the Butchers Arms, West Halton) in the village, and a village hall

Village hall

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, which also serves as a post office

Post office

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 since the village's post office closed.

West Halton railway station

West Halton railway station

West Halton railway station was a station in West Halton, Lincolnshire. The station was built by the North Lindsey Light Railway on its line from Scunthorpe railway station to Whitton in north Lincolnshire. The station was opened with the first section of the line on 3 October 1906 and has now...

 was formerly situated near the village. The station, which was built in 1906 by the North Lindsey Light Railway

North Lindsey Light Railway

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, has now closed.

Public Transport is very poor, with 4 buses per day, Monday - Friday, three on Saturdays and none on Sundays. Buses are provided by Stagecoach

Stagecoach Group

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 and subsidised by North Lincolnshire Council

North Lincolnshire

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.

There are no shops in the village but there is a part time post office in the village hall and a pub that serves food and drink.| pub | village hall