Hedon
Hedon is a town and civil parish in Holderness in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Hedon is a town and civil parish in Holderness in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 5 miles (8 km) east of Hull city centre. It lies to the north of the A1033 road at the crossroads of the B1240 and B1362 roads.
It is particularly noted for the parish church of St. Augustine, known as the 'King of Holderness', which is a Grade I listed building.
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Worth seeing in and around Hedon
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.
- 01Paull Holme Tower
Paull Holme Tower is an unusual late-medieval fortified tower in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
3.6 km · Grade I listed building in East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Paull Lighthouse
Paull is a village and civil parish in Holderness, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, lying on the north bank of the Humber Estuary, east of the watercourse known as Hedon Haven. The village is situated approximately 6 miles east of Kingston upon Hull.
3.3 km · lighthouse in Paull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Craven Park
Craven Park is a rugby league stadium located in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is the home of Hull Kingston Rovers, one of two professional rugby league teams based in the city.
4.6 km · rugby League stadium in Kingston upon Hull, England · Wikipedia - 04St Augustine's Church, Hedon
St Augustine's Church is a Church of England parish church located in Hedon, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The church is a Grade I listed building.
200 m · Grade I listed church in Hedon, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Church of St Peter
St Peter's Church is the parish church of Bilton, East Riding of Yorkshire, a village in England. There was a church in Bilton in the mediaeval period, originally dedicated to Mary Magdalene, but later to Saint Peter.
5.3 km · church building in Bilton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Wyton Methodist Church
Wyton Methodist Church is a Methodist chapel in Wyton, East Riding of Yorkshire, a village in England. The chapel was built by the Wesleyan Methodist Church in 1841.
4.9 km · chapel in Wyton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Windmill
Burton Pidsea Windmill is a historic building on Greens Lane in Burton Pidsea, a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. A windmill in Burton Pidsea was first recorded in the 1260s.
6 km · building in Burton Pidsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Church of St Lawrence
St Lawrence's Church is the parish church of Elstronwick, a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in England. Elstronwick was long in the parish of St Peter's Church, Humbleton.
6 km · church building in Elstronwick, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09All Saints' Church, Burstwick
All Saints' Church is a former Anglican church in Burstwick, a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in England. The church was built in the 13th century, from which period the nave and some windows survive.
3.9 km · Grade I listed church in Burstwick, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Ivy House
Ivy House is a historic building in Hedon, a town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in England. It is best known for the collection of mediaeval stonework in its garden.
400 m · house in Hedon, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Hedon
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 97 km · East Midlands (EMA), 126 km · Manchester (MAN), 144 km
- Stations
- Port of Hull, 5.1 km · Hedon Haven, 2.8 km
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Hedon89 km · quickest by road, 1h 56m · £9–13
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Hedon108 km · quickest by road, 2h 28m · £14–19
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Hedon138 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · £15–20
- 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 Hedon
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 Hedon. 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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If you know how people move in Hedon – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Hedon
Hedon is 9 km from Kingston upon Hull, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Burstwickvillage in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK3.8 km
- Thorngumbaldvillage and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, UK2.7 km
- Elstronwickvillage in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom5.5 km
- Biltonvillage and civil parish in East Riding of Yorkshire, UK5.3 km
- Prestonvillage and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England1.9 km
- Paullvillage and civil parish in East Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom3.2 km