Everything about Killingholme totally explained
Killingholme is an area of
Lincolnshire, comprising the villages of
North Killingholme and
South Killingholme. It is the site of two oil refineries, the
Humber Refinery and
Lindsey Oil Refinery, and an
liquid petroleum gas storage facility (180 metres underground).
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It is also a fast expanding port, handling
RORO ferries from
Belgium and
Hoek van Holland, as well as car imports from mainland Europe and Korea. It was formerly the home of RAF 550 Squadron, which flew Lancaster bombers from North Killingholme airbase from early 1944 to October 1945. RAF 550 Squadron is credited with opening the D-day attack on 5th June, 1944
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In the 1980s the area was one of several proposed by the British Government's nuclear body
NIREX for a disposal facility for
radioactive waste. This led to the village being featured in a sketch on the
satirical ITV comedy Spitting Image in which 'government advisors' wanted to put such sites in places like "...Killing Homes, Killing Animals, Killing People". After widespread protests at all proposed sites NIREX didn't proceed with any such development.
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