Skirlington

Skirlington
Yorkshire East Riding
Cliffs Above Skirlington Sands
Location
Grid reference:	TA180528
Location:	53°57’31"N, 0°12’6"W
Data
Post town:	Driffield
Postcode:	YO25
Dialling code:	01262
Local Government
Council:	East Riding of Yorkshire
Parliamentary constituency:	Beverley and Holderness

Skirlington is a hamlet on the broad Holderness peninsula of the East Riding of Yorkshire. It is three and a half miles north of Hornsea, and stands on the North Sea coast off the B1242 road.

Second World War concrete obstacle

Primarily, Skirlington is a caravan site and leisure park with a popular Sunday market that is open all year and includes Bank Holiday Mondays, with an indoor area and outdoor area for over 300 stalls, it also opens on Wednesdays in July and August. There is car parking for over 2,000 cars.

References

• Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 10. 

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Skirlington)

• Skirlington Skirlington in the Domesday Book

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