Wilfholme

Wilfholme
Wilfholme
 Wilfholme shown within the East Riding of Yorkshire
OS grid referenceTA049479
    London 170 mi (270 km)  S
Civil parishBeswick
Unitary authorityEast Riding of Yorkshire
Ceremonial countyEast Riding of Yorkshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town DRIFFIELD
Postcode district YO25
Dialling code 01377
Police Humberside
Fire Humberside
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK ParliamentBeverley and Holderness
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire

Coordinates: 53°55′01″N 0°24′10″W / 53.916974°N 0.402884°W / 53.916974; -0.402884

Wilfholme is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the civil parish of Beswick, and is situated just east from the A164 road, approximately 5 miles (8 km) north from Beverley and 6 miles (10 km) south from Driffield. Wilfholme Landing is 0.9 miles (1.4 km) to the south-east and provides access to the Driffield Navigation.

A nine-year-old dressage horse, Faldo, trained for nine months at Wilfholme, was bought in 2010 by the production company for Steven Spielberg's film War Horse to play one of the film's two horses in the role of Topthorn.[1]

In 2010 local farmers expressed concern at the Environment Agency's possible decision to stop maintaining water pumping stations and flood banks at Wilfholme, Tickton and Hempholme, which they felt would increase the risk of flooding to arable and urban areas.[2] In 2009 the Agency had reverted plans to end this maintenance, a decision supported by local Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart.[3]

The road from Wilfholme Landing

References

  1. "The Wilfholme war horse". Driffield Times & Post. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  2. "Farmers bid to save East Yorkshire pumping stations". BBC News. 13 July 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  3. "MP gives backing as flood water plan ditched". Beverley Guardian. 23 December 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  • Gazetteer AZ of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 11. 

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