Hessle
Hessle is a town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, 5 miles west of Kingston upon Hull.
Hessle is a town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, 5 miles west of Kingston upon Hull. Geographically it is part of a larger urban area consisting of the city of Kingston upon Hull, the town of Hessle and a number of other villages but is not part of the city. It is on the north bank of the Humber Estuary where the Humber Bridge crosses.
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Worth seeing in and around Hessle
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.
- 01MKM Stadium
The MKM Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Kingston upon Hull, England. It has a current capacity of 24,983.
5.1 km · association football and rugby league stadium in Kingston upon Hull, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Humber Bridge
The Humber Bridge is a 2.22-kilometre single-span road suspension bridge near Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. When it opened to traffic on 24 June 1981, it was the longest of its type in the world; the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge surpassed it in 1998, and it became the fourteenth-longest by 2025.
2.1 km · suspension bridge near Kingston upon Hull, England · Wikipedia - 03Ferriby Boats
The Ferriby Boats are three Bronze-Age British sewn plank-built boats, parts of which were discovered at North Ferriby in the East Riding of the English county of Yorkshire. Only a small number of boats of a similar period have been found in Britain and the Ferriby examples are the earliest known sewn-plank boats found in Europe, as well as the oldest known sewn-plank boats in the world outside of Egypt.
4.8 km · museum ships in the UK · Wikipedia - 04Church of St Mary
St Mary's Church is an Anglican church and Grade I Listed building in Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire, England.
4.3 km · church in Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05St Peter's Church, Barton-upon-Humber
St Peter's Church is the former parish church of Barton-upon-Humber in North Lincolnshire, England. It is one of the best known Anglo-Saxon buildings, in part due to its role in Thomas Rickman's identification of the style.
4.4 km · Grade I listed church in Barton, North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06The Boulevard
The Boulevard was a multi-purpose stadium in Hull, England, from 1895 to 2010. The venue primarily hosted rugby league matches, speedway and greyhound racing.
4.7 km · stadium in Hull, England · Wikipedia - 07Tyrwhitt Hall
Tyrwhitt Hall is a late medieval residence and a Grade II* Listed building in Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire.
4.4 km · historic site in North Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Wilderspin National School
The Wilderspin National School is a former national school and Grade II listed building in Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire, and a museum focussing on the life and works of Samuel Wilderspin.
4.2 km · social Hnistory museum in Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Odds Fellows Hall
The former Oddfellows' Hall in Barton-upon-Humber is a Grade II Listed building constructed in 1864 by the Barton Lodge of the Odd Fellows Society. As well as an Oddfellows' Hall it has operated as a cinema, dance hall, roller skating rink, offices, library, and private accommodation.
4.3 km · building in Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Salvation Army Citadel (Former Primitive Methodist Chapel)
The Salvation Army Citadel is a Grade II Listed building in Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire, England. It was founded in 1867 by Joseph Wright as a Primitive Methodist Chapel.
4.3 km · chapel in Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Hessle
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 82 km · East Midlands (EMA), 116 km · Manchester (MAN), 129 km
- Stations
- Barton-on-Humber railway station, 3.9 km · Barrow Haven railway station, 4 km · New Holland railway station, 5.5 km · Ferriby railway station, 4.7 km · Hessle railway station, 800 m
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Hessle73 km · quickest by road, 1h 31m · £8–11
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Hessle98 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · £13–17
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Hessle122 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · £13–18
- 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 Hessle
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 Hessle. 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 Hessle
Hessle is 7 km from Kingston upon Hull, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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