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Little Coates is a western suburb of Grimsby in North East Lincolnshire, England. Its history goes back to medieval times with a mention in the Domesday Book
Previously a separate civil parish covering some 1,000 acres (4 km²), Little Coates stretches northward to the Pyewipe industrial estate and westward to the River Freshney. On the other side of the river are Great Coates, the Willows and Wybers Wood estates. To the south, outside the Grimsby town boundary, lies Bradley.
Before amalgamation in 1928, the boundary with Grimsby ran along Pyewipe Road. To the east of this line, within Grimsby were Corporation Road, Armstrong Street and the rest of the West Marsh. On the Little Coates side were Gilbey Road, Elsenham Road and neighbouring streets.
The boundary continued south along what would become Boulevard Avenue, taking in Yarborough Road, part of present-day Marklew Avenue, Clifton Road, Richmond Road and the Waterworks Cottages. It also included what would become the Cambridge Park estate, Sherwood Road and the Crowland housing estate, finishing at Laceby Road (A46), just west of the site where St Mark's church now stands.
The parish church is St Michael's on Great Coates Road. The Gilbey Road area is part of the West Marsh and receives its community magazine called 'Riverside'. The Yarborough Community Centre in Yarrow Road, and the Littlecoates Community Centre in St Michaels Road, provide social activities for residents. A community magazine called 'Toothill and Roundabout' is distributed in the Yarborough Road area, while another magazine called 'Generations' is circulated in the Crowland Avenue, Bradley Cross Roads and Laceby Acres areas. Grimsby Golf Course, Freshney Parkway, Grimsby Leisure Centre and the Grimsby Auditorium are to be found within Little Coates.
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