Cottingham
Cottingham is a large village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Cottingham is a large village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies 4 miles (6 km) north-west of the centre of Kingston upon Hull, and 6 miles (10 km) south-east of Beverley on the eastern edge of the Yorkshire Wolds. It has two main shopping streets, Hallgate and King Street, which cross each other near the Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, and a market square called Market Green. Cottingham had a population of 17,164 residents in 2011, making it larger by area and population than many towns. As a result, it is one of the villages claiming to be the largest village in England.
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Worth seeing in and around Cottingham
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.
- 01University of Hull
The University of Hull is a public research university in Kingston upon Hull, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1927 as University College Hull.
3.3 km · university in Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Newland Allotments
Newland Allotments is a historic community garden established in the 1800s and located in the suburb Newland in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is one of 21 sites across the city.
3.9 km · English community garden · Wikipedia - 03Brynmor Jones Library
The Brynmor Jones Library is the main library at the University of Hull, England. In 1967 it was named after Sir Brynmor Jones who initiated research in the field of Liquid Crystals at Hull and became Head of the Department of Chemistry in 1947.
3.4 km · library in the University of Hull · Wikipedia - 04Ferens Hall
The Lawns is a former student accommodation complex for the University of Hull, located in Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It comprised seven halls of residence and the Lawns Centre.
700 m · hall of residence in Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Church of Saint Mary
St Mary's Church is the parish church of Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, a village in England. The church was built in the 14th century, the nave and aisles completed early in the century, and the chancel was completed in 1374 and the porch at a similar time.
400 m · Grade I listed church in Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Tower On Castle Hill
Castle Hill Tower, also known as Thompson's Folly, is a historic structure in Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, a village in England. Thomas Thompson built a large house, known as Cottingham Castle, in 1816.
2.1 km · building in Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Southwood Hall
Southwood Hall is a historic building in Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, a village in England. The house lies on the south side of Southwood Road in Cottingham.
800 m · house in Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Zion United Reform Church
The Zion United Reformed Church is a historic church in Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, a village in England. The church was built in 1819 to a design by Appleton Bennison, for the Presbyterian Church of England.
100 m · church in Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Church of Saint Andrew
St Andrew's Church is the parish church of Kirk Ella, a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in England. The church was built in the early 13th century, from which period the chancel survives.
3.8 km · church in Kirk Ella, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Thwaite Hall
Thwaite Hall was a traditional hall of residence of the University of Hull, located in Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
1.2 km · dormitory of the University of Hull, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Cottingham
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 82 km · East Midlands (EMA), 122 km · Manchester (MAN), 132 km
- Stations
- Cottingham railway station, 700 m
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Cottingham153 km · quickest by road, 2h 54m · £17–22
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Cottingham57 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · £7–9
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Cottingham147 km · quickest by road, 3h 29m · £21–28
- 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 Cottingham
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 Cottingham. 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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Cottingham is 7 km from Kingston upon Hull, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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