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Principal towns: Beverley Hull Driffield
It is heretical to say so, but the East Riding of Yorkshire almost seems not to belong to Yorkshire, its countryside for example seeming to have more in common with East Anglia than the Dales or the Moors . And the county seems separated in time from booming and hectic West Yorkshire in particular, with only one settlement – Hull – of any great size. Hull has a population of about 250,000, nearly half the population of the county as a whole. Indeed the area has one of the lowest population densities in the country, as visitors will sense when they are travelling through the landscape dotted with small villages and quiet market towns.
There are two distinct parts of the county as regards countryside: the Wolds which roll their way across the west of the county and up to Bridlington in the northeast corner; and Holderness, a flat coastal plain in the broad peninsula from Hull and above down to Kilnsea. The east coast from Flamborough Head and Bridlington all the way down to narrow Spurn Head beyond Kilnsea has mile after mile of excellent sandy beaches.
Hull is a great port city, with a seafaring history going back centuries that is celebrated in the town’s museums. It remains a significant fishing port, container port, and the departure point for ferries – more like mini-cruises these days - to Rotterdam and Zeebrugge. Hull also offers another way across the water into the county, with the marvellous Humber Bridge, opened in 1981 to link the city with Lincolnshire and the South. The bridge is truly worth seeing in itself, and a great way to approach the area.
The next best known town in the region is surely Beverley , with its magnificent 13th century Minster visible from miles around. Beverley is an important market town for the area, but there is no shortage of others able to attract visitors who fancy a quiet day in pleasant surroundings, perhaps nursing a pint of one of the county’s many notable ales.
Market Weighton is one such place, and like so many others hereabouts it offers visitors some quirky reasons to make their way there. It has an annual celebration of the Yorkshire Giant, William Bradley, who grew to just three inches short of eight feet tall. And it stages the Kiplingcotes Derby , held every third Thursday in March. This is possibly the oldest flat race in Britain, started in 1519, but don’t expect Epsom – the race is run on four miles of lanes and tracks, entries only have to be declared on the morning of the race, and the winner gets the honour and a prize of just £50.
Bridlington is better known to visitors than most of the county, and for good reason, with nearby Flamborough Head a place of significant natural beauty. The beaches of course are the great draw for visitors to the Bridlington area, a place which has retained the feel of a traditional British seaside holiday destination with the contrasts that entails: Flamborough has the lighthouses and seabirds, Bridlington the promenade.
At the heart of the county lies Driffield , the unofficial capital of the Wolds, another market town with its own traditions – the most famous in Driffield being ‘Scrambling’, when children in the town recite a rhyme and request payment in cash or in kind from the shopkeepers. Happily for the shopkeepers this only happens a couple of days after the New Year is rung in.
For those seeking historical houses and beautiful gardens East Yorkshire has much to offer. Burton Agnes on the A614 between Driffield and Bridlington has its Manor House and Hall. Skipsea has a fine castle. Sewerby Hall at the northern end of Bridlington has magnificent grounds as well as a fine interior and collections, but perhaps the views it affords towards the coast are its greatest treasure. Burnby Hall is famed for its huge collection of water lilies. And by way of contrast, Fort Paull to the east of Hull has a historic collection of armaments.
If man-made splendour begins to pall, the strange landscape of Spurn Head, a string of sand curling round and down into the mouth of the Humber from Kilnsea, may be a natural eye-opener. This is a nature reserve these days, run by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, as well as the home for the hardy souls operating the RNLI lifeboat station at the end of the three mile spit.
But Spurn Head is unique in the county, a bleak place in an area where much of the countryside would be described as gentle and even genteel. For a more typical dip into the county’s repertoire a pretty village like Hotham, only a mile or two from the end of the M62, is worth a detour if travelling to the ferry in Hull or staying in the area.
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Destinations
Recommended Hotels See Map
- Burton Lodge Hotel Brandesburton *featured*
Licensed, Restaurant - The Old Mill Hotel & Restaurant Driffield *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Satellite TV - North Star Hotel Flamborough *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant - Briarcroft Hotel Goole *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant - Carlton Towers Goole *featured*
Licensed, Restaurant - Willerby Manor Hotel Hull *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, Gym, Parking, Restaurant, Conference Facilities
Hotels bookable online See Map
- Best Western Lairgate Hotel Beverley *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV - Cave Castle Beverley *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, Gym, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Tudor Rose Hotel & Restaurant Beverley *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Glencoe Hotel Bridlington *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Monarch Hotel Bridlington *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Rags Restaurant with Rooms Bridlington *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Revelstoke Hotel Bridlington *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV - Lazaat Restaurant Bar Hotel Cottingham *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Express By Holiday Inn Hull City Centre Hull *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Gilson Hotel Hull *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Hotel Farelli Hull *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV - Kingston Theatre Hotel Hull *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Kingstown Hotel Hull *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Owner Hotel Hull *book online*
Licensed, Historic, Restaurant - Portland Hotel Hull *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Ramada Hull Hull *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Royal Hotel Hull *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Village Hotel & Leisure Club Hull Hull *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, Gym, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities
Bed and Breakfast See Map
- Eastgate Guest House Beverley *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic - Potts of Flemingate Beverley *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Robeanne House Beverley *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Rudstone Walk Country Accommodation Beverley *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Inspected, Parking, Disabled - The Barn House Beverley *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Apple Tree Lodge Bridlington *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic - Balmoral House Bridlington *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Inspected, Parking, Disabled - Brentwood House Hotel Bridlington *featured*
TV in rooms - Gascoigne House Bridlington *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, Parking - Ivanhoe Guesthouse Bridlington *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Lincoln House Bridlington *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Longcroft Hotel Bridlington *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Mayville Guest house Bridlington *featured*
TV in rooms - Mont Millais Bridlington *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking, Disabled - Morayland Hotel Bridlington *featured*
TV in rooms - Schofield Hotel Bridlington *featured*
TV in rooms - Seashells Guest House Bridlington *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic - Seawinds Guest House Bridlington *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - The Glen Alan Bridlington *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - The Royal Bridlington Bridlington *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - The Swallow Hotel Bridlington *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic - The Tennyson Bridlington *featured*
TV in rooms - Winston House Hotel Bridlington *featured*
TV in rooms - Bramhill Country Farmhouse Burstwick *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Fimber Gate Bed and Breakfast Driffield *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Kilham Hall Driffield *featured*
TV in rooms - Cameron Court Hotel Flamborough *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Parking - Minster View Country Hotel Goole *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic - Redcliffe House Hessle *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Earlsmere Hotel Hull *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Disabled - Pearson Park Hotel Hull *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic - The Theatre Hotel Hull *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic - Vale Hotel Hull *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic - West Carlton Country Guest House Hull *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Parking, Disabled
Pubs & Inns
- New Inn Beverley *featured*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Ferguson Fawsitt Arms & Country Lodge Beverley *featured*
Food, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Blue Bell Hotel Burton Agnes *featured*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - North Eastern Hotel Goole *featured*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Country Park Inn and Lodge Hessle *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Neptune Inn Hull *featured*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - White Hart Hull *featured*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Whittington & Cat Hull *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Londesborough Arms Hotel Market Weighton *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards
Self-Catering See Map
- Red House Farm Cottages Beverley *book online*
Pub Nearby, Garden, Pets Allowed, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Forge Beverley *book online*
Pub Nearby, Garden, Pets Allowed, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Tack Room Beverley *book online*
Pub Nearby, Garden, Pets Allowed, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Boynton Hall Bridlington *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Bradville House Bridlington *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - North Kingsfield Holiday Cottages Bridlington *book online*
Pub Nearby, Disabled, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Exhibition Cottage at Hall Farm Cottages Hornsea *book online*
Pub Nearby, Garden, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Queens Court Serviced Apartment Hull *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Mallard Lodge at The Old Gravel Pit Lodges Pocklington *book online*
Pub Nearby, Garden, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Cherry Tree Cottage Sewerby *book online*
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