Hessle

Hessle
Coordinates	53 ° 43 ′ N , 0 ° 26 ′ W Coordinates: 53 ° 43 ′ N , 0 ° 26 ′ W
	Hessle
	Hessle
Residents	14,767 (as of 2001)
administration
Post town	HESSLE
ZIP code section	HU13
prefix	01482
Part of the country	England
region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Shire county	East Riding of Yorkshire
District	East Riding of Yorkshire
British Parliament	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
Website: www.thehesslefederation.co.uk

Hessle is a small town in the English Unitary Authority East Riding of Yorkshire . Located on the north bank of the Humber , it borders directly to the west on Kingston upon Hull and forms practically a uniform urban area with the city. Hessle had 14,767 inhabitants at the 2001 census.

geography

Neighboring municipalities of Hessle are (clockwise, starting in the west): North Ferriby , Swanland , Anlaby with Anlaby Common and the city of Hull. On the opposite bank of the Humber is the port of New Holland and the small town of Barton-upon-Humber .

traffic

Humber Bridge

On the south-western outskirts of the city, the A15 (Hessle– Peterborough ) connects the two banks of the Humber via the Humber Bridge, which is subject to toll , making it easy to reach Lincolnshire in the south . Driffield can be reached via Beverley via the A164 continuing north , and the M62 via the A63 (Hull – Leeds ), which connects to the UK motorway network.

Hessle also has a train station with direct train connections to Hull, Leeds, Doncaster and York .

The nearest airport is Humberside Airport , which is about 30 km south in North Lincolnshire .

Hessle is also the starting point of the Yorkshire Wolds Way , a 127 km long hiking trail that leads over the Yorkshire Wolds to Filey on the North Sea coast .

Sons of the city

Stephen C. West (* 1952), biochemist
Nick Dyson (* 1969), snooker player

Individual evidence

↑ 2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Hessle CP (Parish) . In: Neighborhood Statistics . Office for National Statistics . Retrieved May 17, 2008.

Web links

Commons : Hessle - collection of images, videos and audio files

The City website (English)

[2001_census-1] 2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Hessle CP (Parish) . In: Neighborhood Statistics . Office for National Statistics . Retrieved May 17, 2008.