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Dunswell

Dunswell is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, and in the civil parish of Woodmansey.

The place

Dunswell is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, and in the civil parish of Woodmansey.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Dunswell

8 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
    University 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
  2. 02
    Newland 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.

    4 km · English community garden · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Brynmor 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
  4. 04
    Ferens 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.

    3.8 km · hall of residence in Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Thwaite Hall

    Thwaite Hall was a traditional hall of residence of the University of Hull, located in Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

    3.1 km · dormitory of the University of Hull, England · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Church 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.

    3.4 km · Grade I listed church in Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Zion 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.

    3.7 km · church in Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Church of St John Newland

    St John's Church, Newland, also known simply as St John Newland, is an Anglican evangelical church located in the parish of Newland in the city of Kingston upon Hull, England.

    3.8 km · church building in City of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · 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.

Go there

Getting to Dunswell

Airports
Leeds Bradford (LBA), 85 km · East Midlands (EMA), 125 km · Manchester (MAN), 136 km
Stations
Cottingham railway station, 3.2 km
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Dunswell
    77 km · quickest by road, 1h 49m · £9–12
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Dunswell
    107 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · £13–18
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Dunswell
    128 km · quickest by road, 2h 31m · £14–19
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Dunswell

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 Dunswell. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    352 km
  2. 02
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    358 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    364 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    395 km
  5. 05
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    412 km

If you know how people move in Dunswell – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Dunswell

Dunswell is 7 km from Kingston upon Hull, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Cottinghamvillage and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England3.5 km
  • Woodmanseyvillage and civil parish in East Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom3.3 km
  • Wawnevillage in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK2.4 km
  • Thearnevillage in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK1.7 km
  • Newlandsuburb in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK3.8 km
  • Inglemiresuburb of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK3 km