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Skipsea

Skipsea

Skipsea is a village and civil parish on the coast of the , England. It is situated approximately 10 miles south of and 6 miles north of on the B1242 road at its junction with the B1249 road.
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  • Type: Village with 693 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in East Riding of Yorkshire, UK
  • Also known as: “Skipsea, East Riding of Yorkshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Skipsea Castle.

Castle
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
was a Norman motte and bailey castle near the village of Skipsea, , . Built around 1086 by Drogo de la Beuvrière, apparently on the remains of an Iron Age mound, it was designed to secure the newly conquered region, defend against any potential Danish invasion and control the trade route across the region leading to the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Skipsea Brough and Dringhoe.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet in the , England. It is situated approximately 5 miles north of on the B1249 road. It forms part of the civil parish of Skipsea.

Locality
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is a hamlet in the , England. It is situated approximately 5.5 miles north of on the B1249 road to the west of .

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the , England. It is situated approximately 6 miles north of the town of and on the east side of the B1242 road.

Skipsea

Latitude
53.97772° or 53° 58′ 40″ north
Longitude
-0.21891° or 0° 13′ 8″ west
Population
693
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
Open location code
9C5XXQHJ+3C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 55559583
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2637703
Wiki­data ID
Q1931237
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Turkish—“Skipsea” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Skipsea”
  • Cebuano: “Skipsea”
  • Dutch: “Skipsea”
  • French: “Skipsea”
  • Irish: “Skipsea”
  • Italian: “Skipsea”
  • Ladin: “Skipsea”
  • Latin: “Skipse”
  • Persian: “اسکیپسی”
  • Polish: “Skipsea”
  • Spanish: “Skipsea”
  • Swedish: “Skipsea”
  • Turkish: “Skipsea”
  • “Skipsea”

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Highlights include The Green and Skipsea Post Office.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Skipsea”. Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.