Barton upon Humber
Barton-upon-Humber or Barton is a town and civil parish in the North Lincolnshire district, in the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire, England.
Barton-upon-Humber or Barton is a town and civil parish in the North Lincolnshire district, in the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire, England. The population at the 2011 census was 11,066. It is situated on the south bank of the Humber Estuary at the southern end of the Humber Bridge. It is 6 miles (10 km) south-west of Kingston upon Hull and 31 miles (50 km) north north-east of the county town of Lincoln. Other nearby towns include Scunthorpe to the south-west and Grimsby to the south-east.
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Worth seeing in and around Barton upon Humber
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
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- 05St Peter's Church, Barton-upon-Humber
Grade I listed church in Barton, North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England, UK
1 km · Wikipedia - 06
- 07Church of Saint Maurice
Grade I listed church in Horkstow, Lincolnshire, England, UK
5.2 km · Wikipedia - 08Church of Saint Nicholas
Church in South Ferriby, North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England, UK
3.8 km · Wikipedia - 09United Reformed Church
Church building in Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire, England, UK
600 m · Wikipedia - 10Trinity Methodist Church
Protestant church building in Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire, England, UK
600 m · Wikipedia
Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01St Peters Church
It is a medieval church with impressive architectural features and great history with over 2,800 burials dating from Anglo-Saxon times.
- 02Thornton Abbey and Gatehouse
Thornton Curtis, Ulceby, DN39 6TU (7 miles east of Barton-upon-Humber),.
- 03Humber Bridge
2,220-metre (7,280 ft) single-span suspension bridge.
- 04Wilderspin & National School Museum
Queen Street,DN18 5QP, wilderspinschoolmuseum@gmail.com.
- 05Baysgarth House Museum & Park
Caistor Rd, DN18 6AH, museum@northlincs.gov.uk.
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Where to eat
- 01Imaginarium
11 Market Pl, DN18 5DA (within the Market Square),.
- 02The George Inn
Offering rooms and a restaurant, this place offers a variety of classical pub foods alongside several different pub variants inspired from a variety of cuisines.
- 03Bengal Village
Classic Indian restaurant serving a wide variety of curry dishes in a plush setting.
- 04Chao Baan
A small but well loved Thai restaurant nestled in the heart of the main High Street.
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Getting to Barton upon Humber
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 82 km · East Midlands (EMA), 111 km · Manchester (MAN), 127 km
- Stations
- Barton-on-Humber railway station, 800 m · Barrow Haven railway station, 4.1 km · Hessle railway station, 3.8 km · Ferriby railway station, 5.2 km
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Barton upon Humber74 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · £8–11
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Barton upon Humber94 km · quickest by road, 2h 19m · £11–14
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Barton upon Humber121 km · quickest by road, 2h 22m · £14–18
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Barton upon Humber
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Barton upon Humber. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inSeveral of the services operate through to King George Dock to connect with ferry services through to the continent.
- Get inP&O Ferries sail daily to and from Europoort, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
- Get inThe number 70 bus, operated by Stagecoach Hull, operates once daily in each direction between Hull Interchange and the ferry terminal.
- Get aroundHull is one of the best cities for cycling in the UK, with extensive cycle paths, including some off road routes.
- Go nextBook a two-night mini-cruise with P&O Ferries and go to Amsterdam, Rotterdam or Bruges.
From Wikivoyage: Kingston upon Hull, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Barton upon Humber
Barton upon Humber is 10 km from Kingston upon Hull, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Hessletown, civil parish and electoral ward in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England4.7 km
- South Ferribyvillage in Lincolnshire, England, UK3.8 km
- Barrow upon Humbervillage and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, UK4.6 km
- North Ferribyvillage in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK5.6 km
- Horkstowvillage in Lincolnshire, England, UK5.3 km
- Ferriby Sluicevillage in Lincolnshire, England, UK4.7 km