Laxton
Laxton is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The village is situated approximately 2 miles east from Howden and 19 miles south-east from the county town of York.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 311 residents
- Description: a village located in East Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Laxton, East Riding of Yorkshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saltmarshe railway station and Whitgift Lighthouse.
Saltmarshe railway station
Railway station
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Saltmarshe railway station is a railway station on the Hull and Doncaster Branch between Goole and Gilberdyke stations. It serves the village of Laxton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Whitgift Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Gordon Kneale Brooke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitgift is a small linear village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Twin Rivers, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England approximately 4 miles east of Goole. Whitgift Lighthouse is situated 2½ miles southeast of Laxton.
Eastrington railway station
Railway station
Photo: Stephen Horncastle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eastrington railway station serves the small village of Eastrington in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The station is 19+1⁄4 miles west of Hull on the Selby Line. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern. Eastrington railway station is situated 2½ miles north of Laxton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saltmarshe and Cotness.
Saltmarshe
Village
Photo: Lesley175, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saltmarshe is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Laxton, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the north bank of the River Ouse, downstream from York, Selby and Goole.
Cotness
Hamlet
Photo: Glyn Drury, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cotness is a small hamlet in the civil parish of Laxton, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated just to the north of the River Ouse, approximately 3 miles south-east of Howden.
Metham
Hamlet
Metham is a hamlet in the civil parish of Laxton, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 3 miles south east of Howden and 19 miles south east of York.
Laxton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Laxton, East Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.7204° or 53° 43′ 13″ northLongitude
-0.80192° or 0° 48′ 7″ westPopulation
311Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)Open location code
9C5XP5CX+56OpenStreetMap ID
node 76690573OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2644773Wikidata ID
Q946373
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Laxton” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Laxton (kapital sa distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Laxton”
- Dutch: “Laxton”
- French: “Laxton”
- Irish: “Laxton”
- Italian: “Laxton (East Riding of Yorkshire)”
- Italian: “Laxton”
- Ladin: “Laxton (East Riding of Yorkshire)”
- Ladin: “Laxton”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Laxingtūn, East Þriðing”
- Persian: “لکستون، ایست رادینگ آو یورکشر”
- Polish: “Laxton”
- Swedish: “Laxton (distriktshuvudort)”
- Swedish: “Laxton, East Riding of Yorkshire”
- Turkish: “Laxton, East Riding of Yorkshire”
- “Laxton”
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