Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

Gainsborough is a town in Lincolnshire, England. The West Lindsey Council headquarters are based in Gainsborough.

Industry

Gainsborough has a long-standing history with industry. The town was the manufacturing base of Marshalls, a major boiler manufacturer. The company occupied Britannia Works, the biggest in Europe when built. The site has now been split among many different companies, Tesco and Dransfield. The remainder of the site is occupied by local companies. Tesco demolished a large section of the Works to create its large store around 5 years ago. Dransfield is in the process of remodeling about 9 acres (36,000 m²) of the site to include a shopping area and a new heritage museum.

Related Topics:
Tesco - Dransfield

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Another area of Gainsborough?s industry is Roses. They produced seaside Rock making machines along with packaging machines — including those that where used to make Roses Chocolates — where the company got its name.

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Today Gainsborough has a wide variety of industrial companies, including the European Leader in exhaust systems, one of the world leaders in golf products and the world's biggest manufacturer of novelty products. The town also welcomes Steel Works, Pet Food Suppliers.

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Gainsborough is also famed as Britain?s most inland port and so has a long history with river trade — the town?s Trent bridge prevents most barges from go beyond it and so many have to offload their goods at the town. There is currently one wharf in the town — mainly a source of wood.

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