Traditional county: Humberside · Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Riddings, Humberside with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Riddings map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
| Place | Riddings |
| Traditional County | Humberside |
| Unitary Authority | North Lincolnshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.561131 |
| Longitude | -0.672763 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Riddings, a quiet corner of Humberside, hums with a subtle, unassuming presence. It lies 3.8 km south-south-west of Scunthorpe (from Scunthorpe: bearing 207°T, OS grid SE 880 079), and is situated north-north-west of Messingham village. The landscape around Riddings, a gentle unfolding of agricultural land, often catches the low afternoon sun in a way that makes the distant wind turbines seem like sentinels against the horizon. Its origins are rooted in the agricultural past, the very earth retaining a memory of furrow and harvest, a quiet testament to generations who worked this soil. Though not a place of grand pronouncements, Riddings possesses a character shaped by its proximity to the industrial heart of Scunthorpe, yet retains an air of its own rural peace. One might imagine the faint scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke clinging to the air on a still evening.
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Explore Riddings, Humberside, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 53.561131, -0.672763. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | June 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |