Bilton, East Riding

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Bilton
Yorkshire
East Riding
St Peters Bilton.jpg
St Peter's Church, Bilton
Location
Grid reference: TA160330
Location: 53°46’50"N, 0°14’19"W
Data
Population: 2,220  (2011)
Post town: Hull
Postcode: HU11
Dialling code: 01482
Local Government
Council: East Riding of Yorkshire
Parliamentary
constituency:
Beverley and Holderness

Bilton (or Bilton-in-Holderness) is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, about five miles east of Kingston upon Hull city centre, on the B1238 road close to the village of Wyton.

The 2011 census recorded a parish population of 2,220. This civil parish includes Bilton itself and also Ganstead and Wyton.

St Peter's Church is a Grade II listed building that was designed by G. T. Andrews and built in 1851.[1]

A 131 acre site by the village has become the biggest solar farm in Britain since 2016.[2]

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References

  • Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 3.