East Riding of Yorkshire
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{| class="toccolours" style="border-collapse: collapse; float: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="300"
|+ <big>'''East Riding of Yorkshire'''</big>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align: center; background: white;" | [[Image:EnglandEastRiding.png]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="background: #f0f0f0; font-weight: bolder;" |Geography
|-
! width="45%" | Status
| [[Ceremonial counties of England|Ceremonial county]] and (smaller) [[Subdivisions of England#Unitary Authorities|Unitary district]]
|-
! width="45%" | Origin
| [[Historic counties of England|Historic division]]
|-
! Region
| [[Yorkshire and the Humber]]
|-
! style="font-weight: normal;" | '''[[Surface area|Area]]'''<br />- Total<br />- District<br />- District area
| [[List of Ceremonial counties of England by Area|Ranked 23rd]]<br />[[1 E9 m²|2,479]] [[square kilometre|km²]]<br />[[List of English districts by area|Ranked 1st]]<br />2,409 km²
|-
! Admin. HQ
| [[Beverley]]
|-
! [[ISO 3166-2:GB|ISO 3166-2]]
| GB-ERY (excludes Hull)
|-
! [[ONS coding system|ONS code]]
| 00FB
|-
! [[Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics|NUTS]] 3
| UKE11/12
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| colspan=2 style="background: #f0f0f0; font-weight: bolder;"|Demographics
|-
! style="font-weight: normal;" | '''[[Population]]'''<br />- Total ({{EnglishStatisticsYear}})<br />- [[Density]]<br />- District<br />- District. pop.
|[[List of ceremonial counties of England by population|Ranked {{English cerem counties|RNK=East Riding of Yorkshire}}]]<br />{{English cerem counties|POP=East Riding of Yorkshire}}<br />{{EnglishDistrictDensity|ONS=00FB}} / km²<br />[[List of English districts by population|Ranked {{EnglishDistrictRank|ONS=00FB}}]]<br />{{EnglishDistrictPopulation|ONS=00FB}}
|-
! Ethnicity
| 98.3% White<br>1.1% S.Asian<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=276822&c=east+riding&d=13&e=13&g=390682&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1206654320234&enc=1&dsFamilyId=1812
|title = Resident Population Estimates by Ethnic Group (Percentages); Mid-2005 Population Estimates
|accessdate = 2008-03-28
|work = National Statistics Online
|publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]]
}}
</ref>
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #f0f0f0; font-weight: bolder;"|Politics
|-
| colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:Eastridingarms.PNG|centre|170px]]<br />East Riding of Yorkshire Council<br />http://www.eastriding.gov.uk/
|-
![[Local government in England#Councils and councillors|Leadership]]
|Leader & Cabinet
|-
!Executive
|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
! [[MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005|Members of Parliament]]
|
*[[Ian Cawsey]] [[Labour Party (UK)|(L)]]
*[[David Davis (British politician)|David Davis]] [[Conservative Party (UK)|(C)]]
*[[Greg Knight]] [[Conservative Party (UK)|(C)]]
*[[Graham Stuart (UK politician)|Graham Stuart]] [[Conservative Party (UK)|(C)]]
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| colspan=2 style="background: #f0f0f0; font-weight: bolder;"|Districts
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|colspan=2|<center>[[Image:East Riding Ceremonial Numbered.png]]</center>
#East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary)
#[[Kingston upon Hull]] (Unitary)
|}
The '''East Riding of Yorkshire''' is a [[non-metropolitan district|local government district]] with [[unitary authority]] status, and is a [[ceremonial counties of England|ceremonial county]] of [[England]]. It is named after the [[Historic counties of England|historic]] East Riding of [[Yorkshire]] (one of three [[Riding (division)|riding]]s alongside the [[North Riding of Yorkshire|North Riding]] and [[West Riding of Yorkshire|West Riding]]), which also constituted a ceremonial and [[Administrative counties of England|administrative county]] until 1974. From 1974 to 1996 the area of the modern East Riding of Yorkshire constituted the northern part of [[Humberside]].
As a ceremonial county, it borders [[North Yorkshire]], [[South Yorkshire]] and [[Lincolnshire]], and includes the city of [[Kingston upon Hull]], which is a separate unitary authority. As a district it borders [[North East Lincolnshire]] (over the [[Humber]] estuary), [[North Lincolnshire]] (over the Humber and on land), Hull, [[Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster|Doncaster]], [[Selby (district)|Selby]], [[York]], [[Ryedale]] and [[Scarborough (borough)|Scarborough]].
By area, the East Riding is both the largest district and the largest unitary authority area in England. By population, it is the second largest [[non-metropolitan district]] (unitary or not) in England, after [[Bristol]].<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/ssdataset.asp?vlnk=9396&More=Y
|title = T 10: Mid-2004 to Mid-2005 population estimates; components of population change for local authorities in the United Kingdom; Mid-2005 Population Estimates
|accessdate = 2008-02-05
|publisher = [[Office for National Statistics]]
}}</ref>
==Geography==
Geologically the East Riding is split into two parts. The western part is the [[Yorkshire Wolds]], a chalk formation which extends from the [[Humber]] at [[North Ferriby|Ferriby]] to the coast at [[Flamborough Head]], a chalk headland. The south-east of the district is the low-lying coastal plain of [[Holderness]], which faces east to the [[North Sea]], and to the south drains into the Humber estuary. South of Flamborough Head is [[Bridlington Bay]], which features a number of beaches, and at the far south-east of the district is the [[Spurn]] peninsula.
The coastline has retreated noticeably in the last 2,000 years with many former settlements now flooded, particularly [[Ravenser Odd]] and [[Ravenspurn]], which was a major port until its destruction in the 14th century.<ref>
{{cite web
|url = http://www.yorkshirehistory.com/RAVENSER/index.htm
|title = History of Ravenser Odd
|accessdate = 2008-02-05
|publisher = YorkshireHistory.com
}}</ref>
<ref>
{{cite web
|url = http://www.wilgilsland.co.uk/Kilnsea.htm
|title = WILGILSLAND - Kilnsea
|accessdate = 2008-02-05
|publisher = Pete and Jan Crowther
}}</ref>
Erosion remains a concern in the area. Works on upgrading sea-defences started in [[Withernsea]] in 2005,<ref>{{cite news |title=Rough seas delay defence project
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/4162959.stm |work=BBC News Online
|publisher=BBC
|date=[[2005-01-10]]
|accessdate=2008-02-05
}}</ref>
and village of [[Kilnsea]] is also to have defences upgrade.<ref>{{cite news
|title=Flood defence for seaside village
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/5113196.stm |work=BBC News Online
|publisher=BBC
|date=[[2006-06-25]]
|accessdate=2008-02-05
}}</ref>
Visitors have been warned by the Humber Coastguard to be very careful on coastal paths near Flamborough Head.<ref>{{cite news
|title=Walkers warned of coastal erosion
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/4779980.stm
|work=BBC News Online
|publisher=BBC
|date=[[2006-03-06]]
|accessdate=2008-02-05
}}</ref>
The district is generally rural, with no towns approaching the size of Hull. There are a few market towns such as [[Beverley]], [[Goole]], [[Driffield]], [[Pocklington]] and [[Market Weighton]], and the coastal towns of [[Hornsea]] and [[Bridlington]]. In the south the district contains areas such as [[Hessle]] which are part of the Hull urban area but outside the city boundaries.
The East Riding district drains mostly into the Humber. The eponymous [[River Hull]] drains the area north of Kingston. <!-- could do with more on this. looking at map it looks like very little drains directly into the sea? -->
The district is entirely [[civil parish|parished]]: Hull has no parishes. From 1996 Beverley had Charter Trustees to maintain the charter of the [[Beverley (borough)|borough of Beverley]]: these were replaced by a Beverley Town Council in 1999, and Bridlington was parished in 1999. The unparished area consisting of the urban district of [[Haltemprice]] was divided into various parishes in 1999 and 2000.
See also: [[List of civil parishes in the East Riding of Yorkshire]].
== Demographics ==
According to the 2001 census, the district had a population of 314,113, and the most populous parishes are Bridlington (34,000), Goole (17,000), Beverley (17,000), [[Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire|Cottingham]] (17,000, part of the Hull urban area), [[Hessle]] (15,000, by Hull), Driffield (11,000), [[Anlaby with Anlaby Common]] (10,000, by Hull), [[Hornsea]] (8,000) and [[Willerby, East Riding of Yorkshire|Willerby]] (8000, by Hull), [[Pocklington]] (8,000) and [[Elloughton-cum-Brough]] (7,000). Half the district's population reside in these 11 parishes, with the other half living in the other 160 parishes. In comparison, Hull's population according to the same census was 243,589. The population density of the district is around 135 people per square km, which makes it the least densely populated unitary authority after the [[Isles of Scilly]], [[Rutland]] and [[Herefordshire]].
The population of the East Riding is skewed to be older than average for England, with 18.4% of the people in the 2001 census being over 65 compared with 15.8% in England generally. There is a particularly strong deficit in the number of young adults.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/pyramids/pages/00FB.asp
|title = Census 2001 - Population Pyramids - East Riding of Yorkshire (UA)
|accessdate = 2008-02-05
|publisher = [[Office for National Statistics]]
}}</ref>
The district is one of the least [[List of English districts by ethnic diversity|ethnically diverse]], with the census reporting 98.8% of the inhabitants being white. Hull itself is also quite monoethnic for a city of its size, with the census reporting 97.7% white.
== History ==
The East Riding originated in antiquity. The separate Lieutenancy for the riding was established after the [[English Restoration|Restoration]], and the ridings each had separate [[Quarter Sessions]].
For statistical purposes in the 19th century an East Riding of Yorkshire [[registration county]] was designated, consisting of the entirety of the [[poor law union]]s of Beverley, Bridlington, Driffield, Howden, Hull, Patrington, Pocklington, Sculcoates, Skirlaugh and York, thus excluding parts of the historic riding around [[Norton-on-Derwent|Norton]] and [[Sherburn]] (which are also excluded from the modern district), but also including the city of York and environs (more usually associated with the West Riding). These poor law unions formed the basis of [[rural sanitary district]]s in [[1875]].
[[Image:EnglandYorkshireEastRiding1965.png|thumb|The administrative county, shown with borders from 1965-1974 (Hull not indicated).]]
A county council for the East Riding of Yorkshire was set up in 1889, covering an [[administrative county]] which did not cover the [[county borough]] of Hull, but otherwise had the same boundaries as the historic riding. Apart from Hull the East Riding contained two [[municipal borough]]s, [[Beverley]] and [[Hedon]].
Under the [[Local Government Act 1894]] the rest of the administrative county was divided into [[rural district]]s and [[urban district]]s. The rural districts were based on the rural sanitary districts, with [[Beverley Rural District]], [[Bridlington Rural District]], [[Driffield Rural District]], [[Howden Rural District]], [[Patrington Rural District]], [[Pocklington Rural District]], [[Riccal Rural District]], [[Sculcoates Rural District]] and [[Skirlaugh Rural District]] being formed as-is.
Several other rural districts were formed by divisions of rural sanitary districts to conform to the administrative county borders : [[Sherburn Rural District]] and [[Norton Rural District]] came from Scarborough and Malton RSDs respectively (otherwise in North Riding); [[Riccal Rural District]] from Selby RSD (otherwise in the West Riding); and [[Escrick Rural District]] which was previously part of [[York Rural Sanitary District|York RSD]] (which covered all three ridings). Urban districts were Cottingham, [[Great Driffield]], [[Hessle]] (from 1899), [[Hornsea]], [[Norton-on-Derwent|Norton]], [[Pocklington]] and [[Withernsea]].
The East Riding's only large town is Hull, a major port. Hull's population of which rose rapidly in the late 19th century : quadrupling from about 60,000 in 1851 to 240,000 in 1901. Other towns in the riding did not have similar growth and remain small: Bridlington's permanent population remained largely static in the same period, increasing from 6,000 to around 7,000. By 1971 the riding had a population of slightly over 500,000. In comparison, the [[West Riding of Yorkshire|West Riding]] (including county boroughs) saw extensive urbanisation and the formation of several conurbations, and had a population of nearly 4,000,000 in 1971, and the [[North Riding of Yorkshire|North Riding]] a population of about 700,000. Beverley was once a town of some importance, with [[St. John's College]] and [[Beverley Minster]]. The college was suppressed along with the monastery in the 16th century (see [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]]) and the town entered a decline in relative importance, although gaining a charter of incorporation in 1573, having previously been under the [[Archbishop of York]]. Beverley benefited somewhat from the proximity of Hull during the [[Industrial Revolution]], and became the county town for the East Riding administrative county in 1892.<ref>
{{cite web
|url = http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=36401
|title = Victoria County History: A History of the County of York East Riding: Volume 6: The Borough and Liberties of Beverley
|accessdate = 2008-02-05
|date = 1989
|publisher = British History Online
}}
</ref>
[[Image:EastRidingofYorkshireCOAOld.png|thumb|150px|The [[coat of arms]] of the East Riding County Council, granted in 1945 and used until 1974.]]
Bridlington obtained [[municipal borough]] status in 1899, having become a [[resort town]] (as had [[Hornsea]] and [[Withernsea]]), although not matching the population growth of [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]] further up the coast in the North Riding.
The county districts underwent a major reorganisation in 1935 :
*[[Derwent Rural District]] formed from most of Esrick RD, Riccal RD and part of Howden RD (which continued in existence)
*[[Holderness Rural District]] formed from Patrington RD and Skirlaugh RD
*Sherburn RD abolished, split between Bridlington RD, Norton RD and part to Filey UD
*Sculcoates RD abolished, mostly to Beverley RD
*Great Driffield urban district made smaller and renamed Driffield, the rural part going to [[Nafferton]] parish in [[Driffield Rural District]]
*an [[urban district]] of [[Haltemprice]] formed to cover the urbanised area west of Hull, from [[Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire|Cottingham]] and [[Hessle]] urban districts, and parts of [[Sculcoates Rural District]] (including [[Haltemprice]], [[West Ella]] and parts of other parishes)
*Pocklington urban district abolished and added to Pocklington RD
Both the administrative county and the historic Lieutenancy were abolished under the [[Local Government Act 1972]], on [[1 April]] [[1974]], with most of the riding going to form the northern part of [[Humberside]]. Some parts became part of [[North Yorkshire]], with the borough of [[Scarborough (borough)|Scarborough]] taking in [[Filey]] UD and part of the [[Bridlington Rural District]], the district of [[Ryedale]] taking in [[Norton-on-Derwent|Norton]] and the former [[Norton Rural District]], and the district of [[Selby (district)|Selby]] taking in the former [[Derwent Rural District]]. Humberside also included northern Lincolnshire, and [[Goole]] and the former [[Goole Rural District]], which are in the historic [[West Riding of Yorkshire|West Riding]].
The creation of a cross-Humber authority was unpopular, despite the promise of the [[Humber Bridge]] (which ultimately opened in 1981), and identification with Yorkshire and the East Riding remained strong (for example, North Wolds District Council change its name to East Yorkshire District Council in the early 1980s, with Beverley also taking the name 'East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley'. This culminated with the [[1990s UK local government reform|local government review]] in the 1990s, which saw Humberside abolished and the northern part form two [[unitary authority|unitary authorities]].
The East Riding district was formed on [[1 April]] [[1996]] from the former districts of [[East Yorkshire (district)|East Yorkshire]], [[Beverley (borough)|Beverley]] and [[Holderness (borough)|Holderness]], along with the northern part of the [[Boothferry (district)|Boothferry]] district, including the Goole area which forms part of the historic West Riding (attaching it to the districts of [[Selby (district)|Selby]] or [[Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster|Doncaster]] were proposed but rejected). The ceremonial county, the area in which the [[Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire]] represents [[the Crown]], was re-established the same day, covering Hull as well as the district.
== Politics and government ==
The council elects on a four-yearly cycle with all seats up for election at the same time. It first had elections in 1995 - a year before it came into its powers - as a [[shadow authority]]. Between 1995 and 2007 the council was in [[No Overall Control|not overall control]], however in the [[United Kingdom local elections, 2007|2007 local elections]] the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] gained a majority of seats, including those of the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] and [[Labour Party (UK)| Labour Party]] leaders'. The council has a leader-and-executive system, the leader being Stephen Parnaby of the Conservatives.
=== 2007 local election results ===
{{Election Summary Begin|title = East Riding of Yorkshire Council Election Result 2007}}
{{Election Summary Party|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|seats = 47
|gain = 18
|loss = 0
|net = +18
|seats % = 69.1
|votes % = 46.7
|votes = 111,272
|plus/minus = }}
{{Election Summary Party|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|seats = 12
|gain = 0
|loss = 10
|net = -10
|seats % = 17.6
|votes % = 28.6
|votes = 68,149
|plus/minus = }}
{{Election Summary Party|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|seats = 3
|gain = 0
|loss = 5
|net = -5
|seats % = 4.4
|votes % = 13.4
|votes = 32,051
|plus/minus = }}
{{Election Summary Party|
|party = Independent (politician)
|seats = 5
|gain = 0
|loss = 3
|net = -3
|seats % = 7.4
|votes % = 7.0
|votes = 16,791
|plus/minus = }}
{{Election Summary Party|
|party = Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990)
|seats = 1
|gain = 0
|loss = 1
|net = -1
|seats % = 1.5
|votes % = 1.5
|votes = 3,453
|plus/minus = }}
{{Election Summary Party|
|party = British National Party
|seats = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = 0
|seats % = 0
|votes % = 1.2
|votes = 2,736
|plus/minus = }}
{{Election Summary Party|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|seats = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = 0
|seats % = 0
|votes % = 0.8
|votes = 1,821
|plus/minus = }}
{{Election Summary Party|
|party = English Democrats Party
|seats = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = 0
|seats % = 0
|votes % = 0.5
|votes = 1,156
|plus/minus = }}
{{Election box end}}
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is based in Beverley, in the former headquarters of [[Humberside County Council]], and East Riding County Council before that. In the Audit Commission report covering 2007 the council was given a four star rating which places the authority as one of the best in the country.<ref>
{{cite web
|url = http://www.eastriding.gov.uk/homenews/homepage_news.html |title = East Riding a four star council
|accessdate = 2008-02-09
|date = 2008
|publisher = East Riding of Yorkshire Council
}}
</ref><ref>
{{cite web
|url = http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=136730&command=displayContent&sourceNode=136541&contentPK=19799303&folderPk=79656&pNodeId=243835
|title = "Council Achieves Its Four-Star Goal"
|accessdate = 2008-02-07
|date = [[7 February]] [[2008]]
|publisher = This is Hull & East Riding
}}
</ref>
Both the East Riding and Hull are still covered by the [[Humberside Police]] area and the [[Humberside Fire and Rescue Service]].
For representation in the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] the bulk of the East Riding district is divided into three [[county constituencies]]: [[Beverley and Holderness (UK Parliament constituency)|Beverley and Holderness]], [[East Yorkshire (UK Parliament constituency)|East Yorkshire]] and [[Haltemprice and Howden (UK Parliament constituency)|Haltemprice and Howden]], which are all Conservative-held. One of Hull's three borough constituencies, [[Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle (UK Parliament constituency)|Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle]], spills into the area, as does [[Brigg and Goole (UK Parliament constituency)|Brigg and Goole]], otherwise in [[North Lincolnshire]]. All the Hull seats are Labour-held, with [[Kingston upon Hull East|Hull East]] being the seat of the former [[Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Deputy Prime Minister]] [[John Prescott]].
==Transport==
The East Riding has only a small segment of [[motorway]]. Part of the [[M62 motorway|M62]] serves to link [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]] area to [[West Yorkshire]] and the national motorway network, whilst the [[M18 motorway|M18]] incidentally passes the district border near Goole. Primary roads in the district include the [[A63 road|A63]], [[A164 road|A164]], [[A165 road|A165]], [[A1079 road|A1079]], [[A166 road|A166]], and the [[A614 road|A614]].
[[Hull Paragon railway station|Hull Paragon]] is a large railway station, served by lines to the west including London, (the [[Sheffield to Hull Line]], running to [[Sheffield]] and [[Doncaster]] and the [[Hull to York Line]], running to [[York]] and [[Selby]]), and to the north (the [[Yorkshire Coast Line]], which serves [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]]). See [[:Category:Railway stations in the East Riding of Yorkshire|Railway stations in the East Riding of Yorkshire]].
Train operators active in the area include [[Northern Rail]], [[National Express East Coast|NXEC]] and [[TransPennine Express]]. [[Hull Trains]] are an 'open access' operator established in 2002 running frequent services to and from [[Kings Cross railway station|Kings Cross]] from [[Kingston upon Hull]], [[Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire|Brough]] and [[Howden]].
The [[Humber Bridge]], a road-only bridge, and part of the [[A15 road|A15]], links [[Hessle]], west of Hull, with [[Barton-upon-Humber]] in [[Lincolnshire]]. West of this the next crossing of the river (the [[River Ouse, Yorkshire|Ouse]] at this point) are three bridges near [[Goole]], a railway bridge, the M62 bridge and the [[A614 road|A614]]. [[Humberside Airport]], is located in Lincolnshire.
==Economy==
This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of East Riding of Yorkshire at current basic prices [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_economy/RegionalGVA.pdf published] (pp.240-253) by ''Office for National Statistics'' with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year || Regional Gross Value Added{{ref label|rounding|a|a}} || Agriculture{{ref label|agriculture|b|b}} || Industry{{ref label|industry|c|c}} || Services{{ref label|services|d|d}}
|-
| 1995 || '''2,708''' || 299 || 896 || 1,513
|-
| 2000 || '''3,006''' || 209 || 1,090 || 1,707
|-
| 2003 || '''3,783''' || 233 || 1,106 || 2,444
|}
:{{note label|rounding|a|a}} Components may not sum to totals due to rounding
:{{note label|agriculture|b|b}} includes hunting and forestry
:{{note label|industry|c|c}} includes energy and construction
:{{note label|services|d|d}} includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured
==Sport==
Hull is the main centre for national-level sport in the region. [[Hull City A.F.C.]] earned promotion to the [[Premier League]] on [[May 24]], [[2008]] with a victory over [[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]]. There are two [[rugby league]] teams based in the city: [[Hull FC]] and [[Hull Kingston Rovers]] both teams play in the [[Super League (Europe)|Super League]]. There is also the [[Hull Stingrays]] ice hockey team who play in the highest tier of the sport, the [[Elite Ice Hockey League|Elite League]].
==Media==
The region is covered by the [[BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire]] and [[Yorkshire Television|ITV Yorkshire]] television regions. Local analogue [[radio station]]s include, [[BBC Radio Humberside]], [[KCFM]], [[Galaxy Yorkshire]] and [[Viking FM]]. A local [[Digital Audio Broadcasting]] multiplex is based around Humberside.
[[Community radio]] station [[Seaside FM]] serves the [[Holderness]] area on 105.3 [[FM]] [[MHz]].
Newspapers include the [[Hull Daily Mail]], owned by the [[Northcliffe Media]] group. An [[East Riding Mail]] has recently been launched as a sister paper to this. Other newspapers in the area include the [[Beverley Guardian]], [[Holderness Gazette]], the [[Bridlington Free Press]], the [[Driffield Times]] and the [[Goole Times]].
==Towns and villages==
{{see also|List of civil parishes in the East Riding of Yorkshire}}
[[Image:East Riding.jpg|right|frane|Map showing roads and population centres in the East Riding of Yorkshire unitary authority.]]
*[[Beverley]], [[Bishop Burton]], [[Bridlington]], [[Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire|Brough]]
*[[Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire|Cottingham]]
*[[Driffield]]
*[[Flamborough]]
*[[Goole]]
*[[Hedon]], [[Hessle]], [[Holme-on-Spalding-Moor]], [[Hornsea]], [[Howden]]
*[[Kirk Ella]]
*[[Market Weighton]]
*[[North Ferriby]]
*[[Pocklington]]
*[[Riplingham]], [[Roos]], [[Rudston]]
*[[South Cave]], [[Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire|Stamford Bridge]]
*[[Willerby, East Riding of Yorkshire|Willerby]], [[Withernsea]]
==Ancient divisions==
Unlike most counties in Great Britain, which were divided anciently into hundreds, Yorkshire was divided first into three [[Riding (division)|riding]]s and then into numerous [[wapentake]]s within each riding. It should be noted that the ancient wapentake system is not used in the modern day, though it is an important part of its cultural heritige. Within the East Riding of Yorkshire there were twelve wapentakes (including Hull), this included;
===Wapentakes===
{{main|List of wapentakes in Yorkshire}}
<div style="font-size:100%">
{|
|width="50"|
|valign="top"|
1. [[Ouse and Derwent]]<Br />
2. [[Buckrose]]<br />
3. [[Harthill Wilton Beacon]]<Br />
4. [[Harthill Holme Beacon]]<Br />
5. [[Howdenshire]]<Br />
6. [[Harthill Hunsley Beacon]]<Br />
|width="30"|
|valign="top"|
[[Image:Wapentakes of the East Riding of Yorkshire.png|240px|center|Wapentakes]]
|width="40"|
|valign="top"|
7. [[Harthill Bainton Beacon]]<Br />
8. [[Dickering]]<Br />
9. [[Holderness North]]<Br />
10. [[Kingston-upon-Hull]] <small>([[county corporate]])</small><Br />
11. [[Holderness Middle]]<Br />
12. [[Holderness South]]<Br />
|width="30"|
|valign="top"|
|}
</div>
==Places of interest==
*[[ARTTS International]]
*[[Bempton Cliffs]]
*[[Burnby Hall]]
*[[Burton Agnes Manor House]], [[Burton Agnes Hall]]
*[[Sewerby Hall]]
*[[Skipsea Castle]]
*[[Fort Paull]]
*[[Beverley Minster]] and [[Beverley Friary]]
*[[Howden Minster]]
*[[Skidby Working Windmill]]
*[[Hornsea Mere]]
*[[Humber|River Humber]], [[River Hull]], [[Watton Beck]], [[River Derwent, Yorkshire|River Derwent]], [[River Ouse, Yorkshire|River Ouse]], [[River Aire]], [[River Trent]], [[River Don, South Yorkshire|River Don]]
*[[Rudston Monolith]]
*[[Aire and Calder Navigation]]
*[[Driffield Navigation]]
*[[Leven Canal]]
*[[Market Weighton Canal]]
*[[Pocklington Canal]]
*[[Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire|Stamford Bridge]]
*[[Yorkshire Wildlife Trust]]
*[[Yorkshire Wolds]]
*[[Flamborough Head]]
*[[Spurn]]
*[[Yorkshire Wolds Way]], a [[long distance footpath]]
See also: [[List of SSSIs in Humberside]].
==Photos==
<gallery>
Image:Beverley on market day.jpg|[[Beverley]] on market day
Image:Beverley 2.jpg|Beverley
Image:Beverley Station.jpg|Beverley station
Image:Chalk Tower Flamborough Head 058031.jpg|[[Flamborough Head]]
Image:Humber Bridge.png|[[Humber Bridge]]
Image:River Hull tidal barrier 1.jpg|[[River Hull]] tidal barrier
Image:Skidby Working Windmill 1.jpg|[[Skidby Working Windmill]]
Image:Spurn point with lighthouse.kirin.jpeg|[[Spurn]]
Image:Bridlingtonview.JPG|[[Bridlington]]
</gallery>
==See also==
*[[Yorkshire colloquialisms]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.realyorkshire.co.uk/ Official Tourism information for East Yorkshire]
*[http://www.aboutbridlington.co.uk/ Bridlington Information]
*[http://www.eastriding.gov.uk/ East Riding of Yorkshire Council]
*[http://www.eastyorks.beverleyinpictures.co.uk Many photographs of the East Riding of Yorkshire]
*[http://www.eastridingonline.co.uk/ East Riding online]
*[http://gallery.hull-online.co.uk/East+Yorkshire/ Photographs of modern and historic features in the East Riding of Yorkshire]
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