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Keelby is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, on the A18, 6 miles (9.7 km) west from the seaport of Grimsby and 4 miles (6.4 km) east from the local Humberside Airport, with close access to the A180 to the north, and M180 to the west.

In the 2001 census it had a population of 2,172, comprising 48.6% males, and 51.4% females.

Keelby is listed in the Domesday Book as "Chelebi" or "Chilebi".

Keelby has a tennis court, bowling green, park, primary school, guest house and a war memorial, a Mace and a Spar store, and two public houses, the King's Head and the Nag's Head. Religious sites are the Church of England St Bartholomew's Church and a Methodist chapel.

There is a football club with adult and junior teams. The village cricket club, reformed in 1975 after a 10 year break, plays in the Lincolnshire League, the Grimsby Midweek League and the East Lindsey Sunday League. Matches were played on the village green until 2009 before moving to a new multi-purpose sports complex on the edge of the village in 2010.

Keelby is within the catchment area of three secondary schools, Healing, Caistor Yarborough, and Caistor Grammar School.

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