Pocklington
Pocklington is a market town and civil parish at the foot of the Yorkshire Wolds in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Pocklington is a market town and civil parish at the foot of the Yorkshire Wolds in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, its population was 10,123. It lies 13 miles (21 km) east of York, and 22 miles (35 km) north-west of Hull.
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Worth seeing in and around Pocklington
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.
- 01Church of All Saints, Pocklington
All Saints' Church, Pocklington is the Anglican parish church for the town of Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is also known locally as the Cathedral of the Wolds.
100 m · church in Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Church of Saint Botolph
St Botolph's Church is the parish church of Allerthorpe, a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in England. There was a church in Allerthorpe in the Mediaeval period, a small building with a chancel, nave, south porch and bellcote.
2.4 km · church building in Allerthorpe, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church of St Catherine
St Catherine's Church is the parish church of Barmby Moor, a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in England. A church existed in Barmby Moor by the 11th century.
2.7 km · church in Barmby Moor, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04The Manor House
The Manor House is a historic building on Hall Spout in Barmby Moor, a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The site has a long history as a manor house, first being recorded around 1295, and a medieval moat surrounds the current building.
2.5 km · house in Barmby Moor, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Bielby Mill And House
Bielby Mill is a historic building in Bielby, a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in England. The watermill and adjacent house were constructed in the late 18th century.
5.3 km · building in Bielby, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Church of St Giles
St Giles' Church is the parish church of Bielby, a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in England. The church was built in the late 12th century and initially consisted of a nave and chancel.
5.5 km · church in Bielby, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Church of St. Martin
St Martin's Church is the parish church of Hayton, East Riding of Yorkshire, a village in England. The church was built about 1170, from which period the nave and chancel survive.
3.5 km · church in Hayton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Church of Saint Giles
St Giles' Church is an Anglican church in Burnby, a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in England. The nave of the church was built in the late 12th century, and the chancel early in the 13th century.
4.2 km · church in Burnby, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Church of St Margaret
St Margaret's Church is the parish church of Millington, East Riding of Yorkshire, a village in England. The church was built in the 12th century, from which period the nave survives.
3.9 km · church in Millington, Yorkshire, UK · Wikipedia - 10Church of Saint Ethelburgh
St Ethelburga's Church, also known as St Ethelburgh's Church, is an Anglican church in Great Givendale, a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in England. A church was built in Great Givendale around 1150.
5 km · church in Great Givendale, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Burnby Hall Gardens & Museum
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Things to do
- 01Pocklington Canal
Every Sunday from Easter to the end of October, the Pocklington Canal Society runs restored river boats on the renovated and once again navigable part of the river for free (donations appreciated).
- 02Pocklington Buddhist Centre
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Where to eat
Sonali (Indian), 4 Saint Peters Square,. Thali (Indian), 13 Railway Street,. Pane E Vino (Italian), 16 Market Place,. The Garden (Chinese), 12 Railway Street,. Fui Sing (Take-away Chinese), 3 George Street,. Bella Vita (Take-away Italian), 78 Market Street,. Franks Kebabs and Pizza (Take-away), 21 Railway Street,. The World Peace Cafe Pocklington. Lovely non-profit vegetarian cafe located at Kilnwick Percy Hall.
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Getting to Pocklington
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 58 km · Manchester (MAN), 118 km · East Midlands (EMA), 128 km
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Pocklington53 km · quickest by road, 1h 21m · £6–8
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Pocklington108 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · £12–16
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Pocklington112 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · £12–17
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No local-transport research exists yet for Pocklington
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 Pocklington. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Pocklington
Pocklington is 36 km from Kingston upon Hull, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Barmby Moorvillage in East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK2.6 km
- Bielbyvillage in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom5.6 km
- Thorntonvillage in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England5.7 km
- Allerthorpevillage in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom2.5 km
- Nunburnholmea village located in East Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom4.7 km
- Millingtonvillage and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, UK3.9 km