East Riding of Yorkshire

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port

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. There are two rugby league teams based in the city: Hull FC and Hull Kingston Rovers both teams play in the Super League. There is also the Hull Stingrays ice hockey team who play in the highest tier of the sport, the Elite League.

Media

The region is covered by the BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire and ITV Yorkshire television regions. Local analogue radio stations 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", the "Driffield Post" and the "Goole Times".

Towns and villages

*Beverley, Bishop Burton, Bridlington, Brough
*Cottingham
*Driffield
*Flamborough
*Goole
*Hedon, Hessle, Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Hornsea, Howden
*Kirk Ella
*Lockington
*Market Weighton
*North Ferriby
*Pocklington
*Riplingham, Roos, Rudston
*South Cave, Stamford Bridge
*Willerby, Withernsea

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
*River Humber, River Hull, Watton Beck, River Derwent, River Ouse, River Aire, River Trent, River Don
*Rudston Monolith
*Aire and Calder Navigation
*Driffield Navigation
*Leven Canal
*Market Weighton Canal
*Pocklington Canal
*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

References

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]