East Riding of Yorkshire

Coordinates: 53°55′N 0°30′W / 53.917°N 0.500°W / 53.917; -0.500
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East Riding of Yorkshire
Official flag of the East Riding of Yorkshire
Flag of East Riding (2013)
Hull Minster; and the Humber Bridge, which links the county to Lincolnshire

District East Riding of Yorkshire within England

Historic East Riding within Yorkshire and England
UTC±00:00 (Greenwich Mean Time)
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Members of Parliament)
Largest city
37th of 48
Density242/km2 (630/sq mi)
Unitary authorities
CouncilsHull City Council
www.hullcc.gov.uk
Unitary authority
CouncilEast Riding of Yorkshire Council
ExecutiveConservative (council NOC)
Admin HQBeverley
Area2,404 km2 (928 sq mi)
 • Ranked10th of 296
Population343,143
 • Ranked28th of 296
Density143/km2 (370/sq mi)
ISO 3166-2GB-ERY
ONS code00FB
GSS codeE06000011
ITLUKE11/12
Websitewww.eastriding.gov.uk
Districts

Districts of East Riding of Yorkshire
Unitary
Districts
  1. East Riding of Yorkshire
  2. City of Kingston upon Hull

The East Riding of Yorkshire, often abbreviated to the East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a

Humber Estuary. The city of Kingston upon Hull
is the largest settlement.

The county has an area of 2,479 km2 (957 sq mi) and a population of 600,259. Kingston upon Hull is by far the largest settlement, with population of 267,014, and is a major port and the county's economic and transport centre. The rest of the county is largely rural, and the next largest towns are the seaside resort of Bridlington (35,369) and the historic town of Beverley (30,351). The county is governed by two unitary authorities, East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Hull City Council. It takes its name from the East Riding, a historic subdivision of Yorkshire.

In the east of the county the low-lying plain of Holderness is enclosed by a crescent of low chalk hills, the Yorkshire Wolds. The Wolds meet the sea at Flamborough Head, a chalk headland, while the Holderness coast to the south is characterised by clay cliffs. The west of the county is part of the Vale of York, the wide plain of the River Ure/Ouse; the south-west is part of the Humberhead Levels.

History

Prehistoric

When the

earthen long barrows in the region are found at Fordon, on Willerby Wold, and at Kilham, near Driffield, both of which have radiocarbon dates of around 3700 BC.[4]

From around 2000 to 800 BC, the people of the

Arras Culture, named after a site at Arras, near Market Weighton. There are similarities between the chariot burials of the Arras Culture and groups of La Tène burials in northern Europe, where the burial of carts was also practiced.[6]

Brythonic, Latin and Germanic

The area became the kingdom of the tribe known as the

Anglo-Saxon raiders were troubling the area. After the Romans, the Brythonic-speaking area became known as Deira.[10]

By the second half of the 5th century, the continued settlement by the

Kingdom of Jorvik, Danelaw then the Norse North Sea Empire. Scandinavian settlement names started to be found, such as -by and -thorpe.[12] Scandinavian rule in the area came to an end in AD 954 with the death of Eric Bloodaxe.[13]

Medieval

The flag of the historic East Riding of Yorkshire

After the

Wapentakes—the latter two remnants of the Norse structure.[15]

In the mid-16th century

dissolved the monasteries, resulting in the large areas of land owned by Meaux Abbey, Bridlington Priory and other monastic holdings being confiscated. The Crown subsequently sold these large tracts of land into private ownership. Along with the land already belonging to lay owners, they formed some of the vast estate holdings which continued to exist in the Riding until the 20th century.[16]

Industry

The 18th century saw a

Humber Estuary.[17] The canals and canalisation of the county's rivers helped aid drainage to low-lying and ill-drained areas.[18]

The 19th century saw a rail network created. An early rail link was constructed between Filey and Bridlington in 1847 and the Malton to Driffield railway was the first to cross the Wolds in 1853.[19] Holidaymakers on the rail network expanded the coastal resorts of Bridlington, Hornsea and Withernsea. These routes also served the agricultural community in helping to get products to the expanding industrial markets to the port of Hull for export and the West Riding of Yorkshire for further production. The landscape in the East Riding has changed little since the enclosure of the open fields in the 18th and 19th centuries, except for some hedgerows removed to allow for the use of large agricultural machinery in the 20th century.[20]

Geography

Location

The traditional cultural and historic geographic county, the East Riding of Yorkshire borders the North Sea to the east of the county. To the north across the River Derwent is the North Riding of Yorkshire, and to the west across the River Ouse is the West Riding of Yorkshire.[21]

In terms of neighbouring local government administration, the East Riding of Yorkshire unitary authority adjoins

Doncaster, North Yorkshire and York.[22]

Geology

A black and white line drawing of the geological zones of the East Riding of Yorkshire
Solid geology of the East Riding

Geologically the East Riding district is split into three parts. The western part is the eastern section of the Vale of York with the southern extension into the Humberhead Levels. In this area there is a belt of sandstones overlain by glacial and lake deposits formed at the close of the last ice age. The middle part is the Yorkshire Wolds, a chalk formation which extends from the Humber at North 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, which features several beaches, and at the far south-east of the district is the Spurn peninsula.[23]

Before the last ice age the eastern coastline of the area was located along the eastern foot of the

glacial deposits and two prominent moraines to the west of the Wolds. These Vale of York deposits also formed wetlands. The Wolds themselves were largely ice-free, well-drained, chalk uplands.[25] Gradually the tundra conditions that had existed as the ice retreated gave way to vegetation that could support grazing fauna. Because a lot of water was still locked in the northern ice sheets, sea level was much lower than in the present day and an area of land stretched eastwards to the low countries.[26]

Landscape

Spurn, a tidal island at the mouth of the Humber Estuary

The Wolds area takes the form of an elevated, gently rolling

Heritage Coast.[28] Coastal erosion around Flamborough Head has led to visitors being warned by the Humber Coastguard to be very careful on coastal paths.[29]

The Holderness landscape is dominated by deposits of till,

kettle holes scattered throughout the area. The well-drained glacial deposits provide fertile soils that can support intensive arable cultivation. Fields are generally large and bounded by drainage ditches. There is very little woodland in the area, and this leads to a landscape that is essentially rural but very flat and exposed.[30]

Skidby Windmill is surrounded by fertile agricultural land typical of the East Riding.

The Holderness coastline suffers the highest rate of coastal erosion in Europe: 2 metres a year on average or 2 million tonnes of material a year.[31] Some of this is transported by longshore drift with about 3% of material being deposited at Spurn Head spit, to the south. 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.[32][33] Erosion is an ongoing concern in the area. The East Riding of Yorkshire Council has been carrying out cliff erosion defences between Sewerby and Kilnsea since 1951.[34] The Holderness area drains mostly into the Humber and the eponymous River Hull drains the area north of Hull.[35]

The western part of the district in the Vale of York borders on and is drained by the River Derwent. The landscape is generally low-lying and flat although minor ridges and glacial moraines provide some variations in topography. Where there are dry sandy soils there are remnants of historic heathlands and ancient semi-natural woodlands. Arable fields dominate the land cover of the area and grasslands are infrequent. There are very few flood meadows left, although some significant areas remain on the lower reaches of the River Derwent.[36]

Climate

The East Riding generally has cool summers and relatively mild winters. Weather conditions vary from day to day as well as from season to season. The latitude of the area means that it is influenced by predominantly westerly winds with depressions and their associated fronts, bringing with them unsettled and windy weather, particularly in winter. Between depressions there are often small mobile anticyclones that bring periods of fair weather. In winter, anticyclones bring cold dry weather. In summer the anticyclones tend to bring dry settled conditions which can lead to drought, particularly on the Wolds. For its latitude this area is mild in winter and cooler in summer due to the influence of the Gulf Stream in the northern Atlantic Ocean. Air temperature varies on a daily and seasonal basis. The temperature is usually lower at night, and January is the coldest time of the year. The two dominant influences on the climate of the area are the shelter against the worst of the moist westerly winds provided by the Pennines and the proximity of the North Sea.[37]

Climate data for Kingston upon Hull:
Average maximum and minimum temperatures, and average rainfall recorded between 1991 and 2020 by the Met Office.
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 7.7
(45.9)
8.5
(47.3)
10.8
(51.4)
13.6
(56.5)
16.6
(61.9)
19.5
(67.1)
22.0
(71.6)
21.8
(71.2)
18.9
(66.0)
14.7
(58.5)
10.6
(51.1)
7.9
(46.2)
14.4
(57.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 2.1
(35.8)
2.2
(36.0)
3.4
(38.1)
5.1
(41.2)
7.7
(45.9)
10.5
(50.9)
12.7
(54.9)
12.5
(54.5)
10.5
(50.9)
7.8
(46.0)
4.6
(40.3)
2.4
(36.3)
6.85
(44.33)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 54.3
(2.14)
47.6
(1.87)
43.3
(1.70)
47.5
(1.87)
48.3
(1.90)
69.7
(2.74)
61.3
(2.41)
64.6
(2.54)
61.3
(2.41)
66.4
(2.61)
68.2
(2.69)
60.4
(2.38)
693.4
(27.30)
Mean monthly sunshine hours 55.4 79.0 117.6 159.1 200.1 189.3 197.0 183.2 147.3 109.2 65.7 55.3 1,558.7
Source: Met Office[38]

Governance

Administrative history

Outline map of the historic and ceremonial East Riding of Yorkshire boundaries
East Riding of Yorkshire boundaries – historic riding (light pink and blue), ceremonial county (light pink and darker pink)

The administrative division of the East Riding of Yorkshire originated in antiquity. Unlike most counties in Great Britain, which were divided anciently into

wapentakes within each riding.[39]
The separate Lieutenancy for the riding was established after the
Poor Law Unions of Beverley, Bridlington, Driffield, Howden, Hull, Patrington, Pocklington, Sculcoates, Skirlaugh and York.[41]

In 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888, administrative counties were formed on the existing historic county boundaries in England, but in Yorkshire, given the vast size of the county area, three administrative county councils were created, based on the historic boundaries of the three Ridings. A county council for the East Riding of Yorkshire (the East Riding County Council) was set up in 1889, covering an administrative county local government area centred on Beverley and which had the same boundaries as the historic riding. It also acted as the ceremonial county (Lieutenancy) area established for the area. At the same date a separate county borough of Kingston upon Hull, was created. The East Riding County Council and the county borough of Kingston upon Hull remained in place for eighty-six years until being removed for new administrative tiers of local government.[citation needed]

In 1974 under the

Beverley, and Holderness, and the northern part of the former Boothferry district, including the Goole area) formed two unitary authorities.[42] The East Riding of Yorkshire Council unitary authority and the Kingston upon Hull City Council unitary authority were formed on 1 April 1996. 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 the City of Kingston upon Hull as well as the East Riding of Yorkshire Council area as did predecessor authorities.[43]

The East Riding of Yorkshire is entirely

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.[44]

Current administration

Large ornate red-bricked building
County Hall, Beverley, the headquarters of the council

The

leader-and-executive system,[46] led by Steven Parnaby of the Conservative Party since its creation until his retirement at the 2019 election,[47][48] when Richard Burton was elected as his replacement.[49] On 13 May 2021, Jonathan Owen was elected as the new leader of the council.[50] In November 2021 Conservative Party Councillor Paul Nickerson was suspended for posting a photo on social media superimposing Jeremy Corbyn onto footage of the Liverpool Women's Hospital bombing.[51][52][53] Following the 2023 election the Conservative Party elected former deputy, Anne Handley, to be leader of the group.[54] At the annual general meeting of the council on 18 May 2023 Handley was elected as leader of the council, with the Conservative Party running a minority administration with support of the independents.[55]

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.[56][57]

Result of the 2023 election

2023 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election[58]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 60 29 0 20 Decrease 20 43.2 35.7 69,544 -8.7%
  Liberal Democrats 65 22 14 0 Increase 14 32.8 29.6 57,637 +13.9%
  Labour 59 4 4 0 Increase 4 6.0 21.2 41,282 +2.9%
 
Independent
17 9 1 0 Increase 1 13.4 8.2 15,907 -5.0%
  Yorkshire 6 3 1 0 Increase 1 4.5 2.1 4,126 -0.4%
  Green 9 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 2.0 3,868 -1.6%
  Reform UK 3 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.7 1,259 New
  SDP 3 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.2 398 New
  TUSC 2 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.1 276 New
  Alliance for Democracy and Freedom 1 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.1 182 New
  Freedom Alliance (UK) 1 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.1 98 New

Westminster parliamentary

For representation in the

county constituencies: Beverley and Holderness, East Yorkshire and Haltemprice and Howden. The Kingston upon Hull area is divided into three constituencies; Kingston upon Hull North, Kingston upon Hull East, and Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle.[59] All three county seats are Conservative-held, whereas all the Hull seats are Labour-held.[60][61][62][63][64][65]


Demographics

East Riding of Yorkshire population pyramid
Religion in the East Riding 2021
UK Census 2021 E Riding[66] Yorkshire and
the Humber
[67]
England[68]
Christian 53.3% 44.9% 46.3%
No religion 39.1% 39.4% 36.7%
Muslim 0.6% 8.1% 6.7%
Buddhist 0.3% 0.3% 0.5%
Hindu 0.2% 0.5% 1.8%
Jewish 0.1% 0.2% 0.5%
Sikh 0.1% 0.4% 0.9%
Other religions 0.4% 0.4% 0.6%
Religion not stated 6.0% 5.7% 6.0%

Until 1 April 2009, the East Riding was the largest district and the largest unitary authority in England by area and the second-largest non-metropolitan district in England by population. Following the 2009 structural changes to local government in England it fell to fifth place by area and sixth place by population.[69]

Apartment block in Bridlington
Terraced housing in Beverley

The East Riding of Yorkshire covers 240,768 hectares (930 sq mi) and has a population of 335,049 (2008 Office for National Statistics mid-year estimates), a density of 1.4 people per hectare.[70] The most populous parishes in the main 2001 census were Bridlington (34,000), Goole (17,000), Beverley (17,000), Cottingham (17,000, by Hull), Hessle (15,000, by Hull), Driffield (11,000), Anlaby with Anlaby Common (10,000, by Hull), Hornsea (8,000) and Willerby (8,000), 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 was around 135 people per square km, which made it the least densely populated unitary authority after the Isles of Scilly, Rutland and Herefordshire.

The East Riding has a larger than average number of residents aged 40 and above.

non-white populations, 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.

Areas of the East Riding show significant signs of affluence, including the Parliamentary constituency of Haltemprice and Howden which consists of middle-class areas such as: the suburb of Willerby, suburb of Kirk Ella, village of North Ferriby, and village of Swanland. Much of the area is affluent and has one of the highest proportions of owner-occupiers in the country.[72]

Other parts of the county are more diverse, including the suburbs of Hessle, Cottingham and Anlaby with Anlaby Common. These areas consist of a mix of housing tenures in a real range of properties, from small ex-authority estates, to grand period homes. Hessle and Cottingham in particular have seen a considerable amount of home building, supporting the regeneration and development of the city of Hull.[73] Beverley, a market town, is generally associated with affluence but, like any other town of its size, it also has areas that face disadvantage.

Other areas of the East Riding of Yorkshire face significant deprivation. The seaside towns of Withernsea and Bridlington face similar challenges with unemployment, low educational attainment, and socioeconomic inequality. South East Holderness, consisting of small rural communities, deals with limited access to services, inadequate public transportation, and the decline of traditional industries. Goole, an inland port town, has experienced a decline in its socioeconomic characteristic. Akin to much of the West Riding, this has coincided with the decline of industry over the latter half of the 20th century.

The crime rate in the East Riding is lower than the national average in robbery, sexual offences, theft of a vehicle, theft from a vehicle, violence against a person and burglary.[74]

Christianity is the religion with the largest following in the area, with 53.3% residents so identifying in the

2021 UK census. These census figures show no other single religion returned affiliation, as a percentage of population, above the national average for England. At the time of the 2021 census the population of the East Riding was 342,215 and its ethnic composition was 97.4% white, compared with the English average of 81.0%. The area has a slightly higher elderly population, of 26.4% in 2021, than the national average.[66][68]

Settlements

Bold are cities,   are administrative headquarters

By population, the largest settlements in the ceremonial county are:

East Riding of Yorkshire settlements
Hull
Bridlington
Beverley
Elloughton-cum-Brough
Cottingham
Hessle
Driffield
Goole

Kingston upon Hull is administered separately from the East Riding of Yorkshire.

Humber Estuary are Goole, Brough, North Ferriby, Hessle and Kirk Ella. Stamford Bridge, Pocklington, Market Weighton, Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Howden and South Cave all lie to the north and west of the area, between the River Derwent and the scarp slope of the Wolds.[75]

Places of interest

Withernsea Pier Towers
Sewerby Hall
Burnby Hall Gardens

There are a wide range of interesting places to visit in the East Riding. These include historic buildings such as Burnby Hall, Burton Agnes Manor House, Burton Agnes Hall, Sewerby Hall, Skipsea Castle and the gun battery of Fort Paull. The religious edifices of the Rudston Monolith, Beverley Minster, Beverley Friary and Howden Minster can be visited at all seasons.[76]

The sails of

River Don, some of which are owned or run by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust.[77]

The

long-distance footpath that takes a winding route through the Yorkshire Wolds to Filey.[78]

Religious sites

Beverley's 11th-century minster is one of the county's most visited sites.

Most of the East Riding is in the

north
ridings as well as the historic City of York.

Notable religious sites include

Grade I listed building. The Sykes Churches Trail is a tour of East Yorkshire churches which were built, rebuilt or restored by the Sykes family of Sledmere House in the 19th century.[80]

Transport

The near pier of a suspension bridge spanning calm blue waters of a wide river estuary.
The Humber Bridge connects the East Riding with North Lincolnshire.

The East Riding has only a small segment of motorway. Part of the

A1034, A166, A1033 and the A1079.[81]

.

Train operators active in the area are

East Yorkshire Motor Services, historically the dominant area operator, provides a wide variety of bus services throughout the East Riding. Yorkshire Coastliner provides services from Bridlington to Malton, York and Leeds.[82] Holderness Area Rural Transport, a charity, provides a community transport service for North Holderness, taking people to medical appointments in Hull and to the shops.[83]

The Humber Bridge, a road-only bridge, part of the A15, links Hessle, west of Hull, with Barton-upon-Humber in Lincolnshire. West of this, the next crossing of the river (the Ouse at this point) are three bridges near Goole: a railway bridge, the M62 bridge and the A614.[citation needed]

The area is served by Humberside Airport located in Lincolnshire.

Economy

BP Chemical Plant, Salt End
Brightly coloured canvas tops of many market stalls in a town setting.
Beverley on market day
Bridlington Harbour

The district is generally rural, with no towns approaching the size of Hull. There are a few market towns such as

VAT registered businesses in the East Riding are in agriculture and related sectors, although the number of such businesses fell by 40% between 1997 and 2003.[84]
Easington, on the coast, is the site of a natural gas terminal, Easington Gas Terminal, used for the Langeled pipeline, as well as three other gas terminals operated by BP and Centrica.[85]

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of East Riding of Yorkshire at current basic prices with figures in millions of British pounds sterling.[86]

Year Regional Gross Value Added[a] Agriculture[b] Industry[c] Services[d]
1995 2,708 299 896 1,513
2000 3,006 209 1,090 1,707
2003 3,783 233 1,106 2,444
a Components may not sum to totals due to rounding
b includes hunting and forestry
c includes energy and construction
d includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

The East Riding is characterised by a high employment rate and a relatively low unemployment level. The overall unemployment rate is 4.3%, which is 1.2 percentage points lower than the national average. However, there are unemployment hotspots in Bridlington, Goole and Withernsea.[70] Unemployment levels tend to fluctuate over the course of the year with lower levels during the summer months due to increased employment in the tourism and food production sectors. A major year-round employer in the East Riding is the Defence School of Transport at DST Leconfield, which trains 14,000 personnel from the Army, the Royal Air Force and the Royal Marines each year and provides more than 1,000 civilian jobs.[87]

The East Riding of Yorkshire Council has joined Hull City Council, North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire Councils in the

Hull and Humber Ports City Region Partnership.[88]

Renewable energy

Windfarm in High Fosham

The

wind farms at Lissett in Holderness and Out Newton to the north of the Humber Estuary.[90][91]

There are single turbines at the Waste Water Treatment Works at

Saltend and at Loftsome Bridge Water Treatment Works near Barmby on the Marsh.[92] In addition, several other wind developments have either been given or are applying for permission. By late February 2009 there was existing developed capacity or planning approval for 140 MW of renewable energy from wind farm developments. The overall renewable energy target for 2010 and 2021 has therefore already been exceeded by wind energy proposals alone, assuming some of these schemes will be operational by 2010. The East Riding has also exceeded 148 MW, when other renewable energy types such as biomass are included in the calculation.[93][94] The Humber Estuary is to be used for trials of a tidal stream generator. If successful, it will be used to develop larger models which could be deployed in a 100-unit "renewable power station" capable of powering 70,000 homes.[95]

Education

The Derwent Building at the University of Hull
Hull College

The East Riding local education authority supports 150 schools: 131 primary schools and 19 secondary schools.[96] The total net spending per head of population on education rose from £578.08 in 2006–07 to £632.88 in 2007–08.[70] In 2009 primary school test results showed a slide down the national performance table for the East Riding authority, dropping eight places in the national league table to 28th after other education authorities improved more in the tests.[97][98]

At secondary level the authority slipped seven places to 39th out of 149 authorities, despite producing the best set of

General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) results since the inception of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council in 1996. The percentage of students achieving five or more good GCSEs, at grades A*–C including maths and English, rose to 52.5 per cent, from 50.8 per cent in 2007. This is above the national average of 47.6 per cent.[99][100]
Bishop Burton is the location of
equine studies.[101]
Beverley Grammar School, which was founded around 700 AD, is widely renowned for being the oldest continuously operating state school in England.

Furthermore, Hull is home to several schools, including the private Hymers College, and a university. The University of Hull was founded as a university college in 1927 and received full university status in 1954; it is home to the Hull York Medical School, and has seen large scale expansion in recent years to cater for the ever-growing number of students.[citation needed]

Public services

Hull Royal Infirmary
A grey and red, very angular and clean looking prefabricated building of two bays.
Hornsea fire station

Both the East Riding and Hull are still covered by the Humberside Police area and the Humberside Fire and Rescue Service.[102][103] Piped water is supplied by Yorkshire Water who also maintain the sewerage system.[104] About 1% of the population use water from private supplies. They are usually in the more remote parts of the East Riding. The majority are bore holes but they can be wells or natural springs.[105] NHS East Riding of Yorkshire provides health services such as district nursing, health visiting, school nursing, intermediate care and therapy services. It works with local GP practices, pharmacists, dentists, optometrists and ambulance services to provide a primary healthcare service.[106]

Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust provides hospitals at Castle Hill Hospital, Hull Royal Infirmary and Beverley's Westwood Hospital.[107] Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Healthcare NHS Trust runs Bridlington Hospital and also provides health care from the Alfred Bean Hospital at Driffield and the Malton Community Hospital which are run by the local primary care trusts (NHS East Riding and NHS North Yorkshire and York). Small cottage and community hospitals provide a range of services at Hornsea Cottage Hospital and Withernsea Community Hospital.[108][109]

There are ten household waste recycling sites across the East Riding. In the 2004–05 financial year 210,112 tonnes (206,794 long tons; 231,609 short tons) of municipal waste was collected by East Riding and 154,723 tonnes (152,279 long tons; 170,553 short tons) by Hull. Between 2003–04 and 2004–05 the amount of waste collected in Hull increased by 1.77% (2,696 tonnes [2,653 long tons; 2,972 short tons]) and in the East Riding by 4.80% (9,629 tonnes [9,477 long tons; 10,614 short tons]). Target 45+ is a joint sustainable waste-management strategy developed in partnership by Hull City Council and the East Riding of Yorkshire Council. The overall aim is to achieve 45% recycling or composting by 2010 and then go beyond this. At the outset it was anticipated that recycling rates in the East Riding by the end of 2005–06 would be 22.4% and in Hull the rate would be 17.4%.[110] The

Saltend to deal with 240,000 tonnes (240,000 long tons; 260,000 short tons) of rubbish and put waste to a productive use by providing power for the equivalent of 20,000 houses.[111]

The East Riding of Yorkshire is notably high for recycling rates. The county was marked the first Unitary Authority in England for household waste recycling, composting and re-use rate in 2021. Figures highlight that 60.8% of household waste in the county was recycled or composted, ahead of second-place North Somerset who were marked at 60.4%.[112]

Sport and leisure

A view at twilight looking down onto a modern brightly lighted circular football stadium
The MKM Stadium, Hull
Hull City
in the amber & black home kit

Hull is the main centre for national-level sport in the region. Hull City A.F.C., play in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system, after promotion, as champions, from League One, at the first time of asking, in the 2020–21 season.[113] Bridlington Town A.F.C. play in the Northern Premier League East Division.[114]

Northern Counties East League Premier Division[115] and Hall Road Rangers played in Division One until resigning before the 2022–23 season.[116] Beverley Town also play in NCEL division one as of the 2022–23 season, after being promoted the season before from the East Ridings highest amateur football league, Humber Premier League.[117]

There are two professional

Hull Pirates ice hockey team were founded in 2015 and played in the National Ice Hockey League's National League,[118] but were replaced by Hull Seahawks for the 2022–23 season.[119][120]

Horse racing is catered for at Beverley Racecourse on the Westwood to the west of Beverley. What the organisers claim is the world's oldest horse race, the Kiplingcotes Derby, has been held annually in the East Riding since 1519.[121] There are more than a dozen golf clubs in the Riding including the cliff-top course at Flamborough. The Royal Yorkshire Yacht Club is based at Bridlington, and flying and gliding take place from Pocklington airfield and Eddsfield airfield.[122]

Media

The region is covered by

MHz, Vixen 101 which serves Market Weighton and Pocklington and 107.8 Beverley FM which serves Beverley and the surrounding areas.[125]

Newspapers include the

East Riding Mail was launched in March 2006 as a sister paper to this.[126] Other newspapers in the area include the Bridlington Free Press, the Goole Times, the Holderness Gazette, and the Driffield & Wolds Weekly.[127][128] The Beverley Guardian and the Driffield Times & Post used to serve the area but closed in 2016.[129]

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