Driffield

Worth seeing in and around Driffield

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.

1. 01
   Driffield Castle

   Driffield Castle is located in the town of Driffield, approximately 12 miles north of Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was a Norman earthwork motte and bailey fortress which was founded by Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester.

   600 m · motte-and-bailey castle in Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Church of St Michael

   The Church of St Michael and all Angels, Garton on the Wolds, in the East Riding of Yorkshire is a church of medieval origins that was built c.1132 for the prior of Kirkham Abbey. Long connected to the Sykes family of Sledmere, Sir Tatton Sykes, 4th Baronet engaged John Loughborough Pearson to undertake a major reconstruction of the building in 1856–1857.

   4.6 km · church in Garton on the Wolds, Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Danes Graves

   Danes Graves is an archaeological site in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It forms part of the Arras Culture of inhumation and chariot burial prevalent in the region during the British Iron Age.

   5.6 km · archaeological site in Nafferton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Snakeholme Lock

   Snakeholme Lock is a brick chamber canal lock on the Driffield Navigation, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is notable in being a staircase lock, but only the upper lock is still used.

   4.9 km · canal lock on the Driffield Navigation, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Whinhill Lock

   Whinhill Lock was built as part of the Driffield Navigation in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was originally opened in 1770, and was restored in 2004.

   2.8 km · canal lock in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Church of Saint Nicholas

   St Nicholas' Church is an Anglican church in Ruston Parva, a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in England. A chapel of ease was built in Ruston Parva by 1312, in the parish of St Martin's Church, Lowthorpe.

   5.6 km · church in Ruston Parva, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Driffield Town Hall

   Driffield Town Hall is a former municipal building in Exchange Street, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The structure is now used as an annex to a local hotel.

   100 m · municipal Building in England · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady and St Edward

   Our Lady and St Edward's Church is a Catholic church in Driffield, a town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in England. Catholics worshipped in a house in Driffield, then in Driffield Corn Exchange.

   400 m · church building in Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Church of St Mary

   St Mary's Church is an Anglican church in Little Driffield, a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in England. The church was built in the 12th century, and the tower was heightened in the 15th century.

   1.5 km · church in Little Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Church of All Saints

    All Saints' Church is the parish church of Driffield, a town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in England. There was a church in Driffield before the Norman Conquest, and some large stones from it appear to be built into the tower.

    400 m · church in Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Driffield

Airports

Leeds Bradford (LBA), 82 km · Newcastle (NCL), 140 km · Manchester (MAN), 142 km

Stations

Nafferton railway station, 3.6 km · Driffield railway station, 600 m · Hutton Cranswick railway station, 5.5 km · RAF Driffield, 3.4 km

• Leeds, West Yorkshire → Driffield

  76 km · quickest by road, 1h 48m · £8–11
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• Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Driffield

  131 km · quickest by road, 2h 52m · £15–20
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• Manchester, Greater Manchester → Driffield

  132 km · quickest by road, 2h 35m · £14–19
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