East Yorkshire
East Yorkshire is a county in Yorkshire in the north of England. It's mostly rural, but there's an industrial strip along the banks of the Humber Estuary.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Kingston upon Hull and Beverley.
Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull, or just Hull as it is usually called, is a city of 260,000 people in Yorkshire on the northern bank of the Humber Estuary. It is a city of historic buildings and strong connections to important English poets, and to William Wilberforce, who played a leading role in ending slavery in the British Empire.
Beverley
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Beverley is the county town of East Yorkshire in the north of England. The name used to be "Bevreli", beaver clearing, for the beavers in the River Hull that chomped the medieval woodlands.
Bridlington
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Bridlington is a seaside town and fishing port in East Yorkshire. It was originally two towns: the Old Town, about a mile inland, grew up around the medieval Augustinian priory, while Bridlington Quay was the fishing settlement and harbour.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Hornsea and Pocklington.
Hornsea
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Hornsea is a small seaside town in East Yorkshire. It grew slowly in the 20th century as a resort, and commuter town for Hull, then the railway closed in 1964. And Hornsea has remained largely frozen in time since then.
Pocklington
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Pocklington is a market town and civil parish at the foot of the Yorkshire Wolds in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, its population was 10,123.
East Yorkshire
- Type: Region with 600,000 residents
- Description: ceremonial county of England
- Also known as: “Ceremonial County East Riding of Yorkshire” and “East Riding of Yorkshire”
- Neighbors: Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire
- Category: ceremonial county of England
- Location: Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“East Yorkshire” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Oos-Yorkshire”
- Arabic: “إيست رايدينج أوف يوركشير”
- Armenian: “Իսթ Ռայդինգ օֆ Յորքշիր”
- Asturian: “Yorkshire del Este”
- Balinese: “Yorkshire Kangin”
- Basque: “Ekialdeko Yorkshire”
- Belarusian: “Усходні райдынг Ёркшыра”
- Belarusian: “Усходні райдынг Ёркшыру”
- Bengali: “ইস্ট রাইডিং অব ইয়র্কশায়ার”
- Breton: “East Riding of Yorkshire”
- Bulgarian: “Източен Йоркшър”
- Catalan: “East Riding de Yorkshire”
- Catalan: “East Yorkshire”
- Cebuano: “East Riding of Yorkshire”
- Chinese: “East Riding of Yorkshire”
- Chinese: “东约克郡”
- Chinese: “东约郡”
- Chinese: “東約克郡”
- Chinese: “東約郡”
- Czech: “East Riding of Yorkshire”
- Danish: “East Riding of Yorkshire”
- Dutch: “East Riding of Yorkshire”
- Esperanto: “East Riding of Yorkshire”
- Esperanto: “East Yorkshire”
- Esperanto: “Orienta Jorkŝiro”
- Esperanto: “Orienta Triono de Jorkŝiro”
- Estonian: “East Riding of Yorkshire”
- Faroese: “East Riding of Yorkshire”
- Finnish: “East Riding of Yorkshire”
- Finnish: “East Yorkshire”
- Finnish: “North Humberside”
- French: “Yorkshire de l’Est”
- German: “East Riding of Yorkshire”
- German: “East Yorkshire”
- Gujarati: “ઇસ્ટ રાઇડિંગ ઓફ યોર્કશાયર”
- Hebrew: “מזרח יורקשייר”
- Hindi: “ईस्ट राइडिंग ऑफ़ यॉर्कशायर”
- Hungarian: “East Riding of Yorkshire”
- Icelandic: “Austur-Yorkshire”
- Indonesian: “Yorkshire Timur”
- Irish: “East Riding of Yorkshire”
- Italian: “East Riding of Yorkshire”
- Japanese: “イースト・ヨークシャー”
- Japanese: “イースト・ライディング・オブ・ヨークシャー”
- Japanese: “イースト・ライディング”
- Kannada: “ಈಸ್ಟ್ ರೈಡಿಂಗ್ ಆಫ್ ಯಾರ್ಕ್ಷೈರ್”
- Korean: “이스트라이딩오브요크셔주”
- Ladin: “East Riding of Yorkshire”
- Latin: “Isuria Orientalis”
- Latvian: “Jorkšīras Īstraidinga”
- Lithuanian: “Rytų Jorkšyras”
- Luxembourgish: “Ost Riding vu Yorkshire”
- Macedonian: “Источен Рајдинг Јоркшир”
- Manx: “Treen Hiar Yorkshire”
- Marathi: “ईस्ट रायडिंग ऑफ यॉर्कशायर”
- Min Nan Chinese: “East Riding of Yorkshire”
- Mirandese: “East Riding of Yorkshire”
- Northern Frisian: “East Riding of Yorkshire”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “East Riding of Yorkshire”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “East Riding of Yorkshire”
- Norwegian: “East Riding of Yorkshire”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Ēastþriðing Eoforwīcsċīre”
- Ossetian: “Скæсæн Йоркшир”
- Persian: “ریدینگ شرقی یورکشایر”
- Persian: “ریدینگ شرقی یورکشر”
- Polish: “East Riding of Yorkshire”
- Portuguese: “East Riding of Yorkshire”
- Quechua: “East Riding of Yorkshire”
- Romanian: “East Riding of Yorkshire”
- Russian: “Восточный Йоркшир”
- Russian: “Восточный райдинг Йоркшира”
- Russian: “Восточный район Йоркшира”
- Russian: “Ист-Райдинг-оф-Йоркшир”
- Scots: “East Riding of Yorkshire”
- Scots: “East Yorkshire”
- Serbian: “Источни Рајдинг Јоркшира”
- Serbo-Croatian: “East Riding of Yorkshire”
- Slovak: “East Riding of Yorkshire”
- Slovenian: “East Riding of Yorkshire”
- Spanish: “Yorkshire del Este”
- Swedish: “East Riding of Yorkshire”
- Tajik: “Йоркшири Шарқӣ”
- Tamil: “கிழக்கு யோரக்ஷிர் ரைடிங்”
- Telugu: “తూర్పు రైడింగ్ అఫ్ యార్క్ షైర్”
- Thai: “อีสต์ไรดิงออฟยอร์กเชอร์”
- Turkish: “East Riding of Yorkshire”
- Turkish: “East Riding Yorkshire”
- Ukrainian: “Східний Йоркшир”
- Ukrainian: “Східний Йоркширський Райдінг”
- Urdu: “ایسٹ رائیڈنگ آف یارکشائر”
- Venetian: “contea de East Riding de York”
- Vietnamese: “East Riding of Yorkshire”
- Volapük: “East Riding of Yorkshire”
- Waray (Philippines): “East Riding of Yorkshire”
- Welsh: “Dwyrain Swydd Efrog”
- Western Panjabi: “ایسٹ رائڈنگ آف یارکشائر”
- Wu Chinese: “东约克郡”
- Yiddish: “מזרח ריידינג פון יארקשיר”
- Yue Chinese: “東約郡”
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