BUSINESS & EMPLOYMENT |  CONSERVATION |  EDUCATION |  ENVIRONMENT  | EROSION & FLOODING  | HISTORY  | PLANNING  | RECREATION  | RURAL ISSUES  | TRANSPORT  
home page  
 
Search by Keyword   
contact us
help
resources
overview
 
 
You are in Subject Overviews
Viewing: Recreation

Accommodation
Angling
Attractions
Beaches
Birdwatching
Boat Hire and Launch
Coastguard
Cycling
Golf
Horse Riding
Petanque
Sports Clubs
Subaqua
Tourism
Tourist Information Centres
Walking
Watersports
Webcams
Wild Fowling

     

General Information on Attractions within the Local Area

Withernsea lighthouseFind below a list of attractions and places to visit within the East Riding of Yorkshire:

Animal Farms and Bird Sanctuaries
Museums & Aquariums
Humber Bridge
Shopping Outlets & Craft Shops
Stately Homes


Animal Farms & Bird Sanctuaries

Park Rose Pottery and Bird Of Prey Centre - Carnaby Covert Lane, Carnaby nr Bridlington. North East Lincs., YO15 3QF
Tel: (01262) 602823 Fax: (01262) 400202
Attractions include FREE pottery tour, pottery seconds shop, gift shops, owl sanctuary and bird of prey centre. Honey bee exhibition. Cafeteria. Gift shops, Adventure playground. Picnic areas. Free parking. Disabled facilities.
Other Information: Car Parking, Public toilet on site, Facilities for the disabled, Refreshments available, Dogs admitted on lead.

Cruckley Animal Farm - Link to farm


Museums & Aquariums

Fort Paull - Paull Battery, Paull Fort, Fort Paull - call it what you will, is a new military museum to the south of Paull village. Link to Fort Paull.

Bridlington Harbour Museum and Aquarium - Harbour Road, The Old Harbour, Bridlington, East Yorkshire, YO15 3AN Tel: 01262 670148. Photographs, harbour history models, diarama of the fishing techniques, video presentation and North Sea aquarium.

The Deep - Hull, HU1 4DP. Tel: 01482 381000. The Deep Millennium Project: A completely new concept taking the theme of the world's oceans and bringing together an unrivalled visitor experience with learning, research and business elements. Link to The Deep.

Beside the Seaside Museum - 34-35 Queen Street, Bridlington. Near the Harbour. Something for all the family to do. A fun look at the town's heyday as a fashionable seaside resort. There are reconstructions, interactive games, film shows, period amusements and trips round the bay, all with full disabled access. Link to Beside the Seaside Museum.

Beverley Army Transport Museum. Link to Beverley museum.

The Yorkshire Waterways Museum - Dutch Riverside, Goole, DN14 5TB, Tel: 01405 768730. Link to the Yorkshire Waterways Museum.

Withernsea Lighthouse Museum - Link to museum.

Hornsea Museum - Burns Farn, 11 Newbegin, Hornsea. Tel: 01964 533443. Museum of North Holderness village life. Link to museum.

Maritime Museum
Ferens Art Gallery, Queen Victoria Square, Kingston upon Hull, HU1 3RA Tel: 01482 613902
The Maritime Museum is a traditional museum, offering a wide range of fun and enjoyment for families visiting. Link to museum.


Humber Bridge

Humber Bridge - The Humber Bridge was completed in 1981 and is one of the most famous land marks of the region. Link to Humber Bridge.


Shopping Outlets & Craft Shops

Hornsea Freeport Official website - Rolston Road, Hornsea, HU18 1UT. Tel: 01964 534211. A unique shopping village offering both retail and leisure facilities. By clicking on 'Freeport Sites', then on the UK map, and then on the Hornsea Freeport link, you can access information on shops, leisure facilities and opening times. Link to the official Freeports website.

Wilbur's Hornsea Market - Sands Lane. Tel: 01964 536446. Wilbur's Hornsea Market is an undercover traditional outdoor market. Opening times are every Sunday, Wednesday, Friday and Bank Holidays.

John Bull Confectioners - Lancaster Road, Carnaby Industrial Estate, Carnaby Bridlington YO15 3QY. Tel: 01262 678525. A company established since 1911 making confectionery the old-fashioned way. Visitors can see the famous rock, fudge and toffee being made and there is a chance to make a piece of rock with your initial in it or make your own chocolate lolly. Link to John Bull.

Park Rose Pottery & Bird of Prey Centre - Carnaby Covert Lane, Carnaby nr Bridlington. North East Lincs., YO15 3QF
Tel: (01262) 602823 Fax: (01262) 400202. Attractions include a free pottery tour, pottery seconds shop, gift shops, owl sanctuary and bird of prey centre. Honey bee exhibition. Cafeteria. Gift shops, Adventure playground. Picnic areas. Free parking. Disabled facilities.
Other Information: Car Parking, Public toilet on site, Facilities for the disabled, Refreshments available, Dogs admitted on lead.


Stately Homes

Sewerby Hall and Gardens - Link to gardens

   
          top