South Ferriby
South Ferriby is a village in North Lincolnshire, England.
South Ferriby is a village in North Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the south bank of the Humber Estuary and 3 miles (5 km) west from the Humber Bridge. North Ferriby is directly opposite on the Estuary's north bank. Village population was 651 in 2011.
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Worth seeing in and around South Ferriby
4 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.
- 01Ferriby 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.
3.9 km · museum ships in the UK · Wikipedia - 02Church of Saint Maurice
St Maurice's Church is an Anglican church and Grade I Listed building in Horkstow, North Lincolnshire, England.
2.9 km · Grade I listed church in Horkstow, Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church of Saint Nicholas
St Nicholas' Church is an Anglican church and Grade II* listed building in South Ferriby, North Lincolnshire, England.
300 m · church in South Ferriby, North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Horkstow Bridge
Horkstow Bridge is a suspension bridge that spans the New River Ancholme near the village of Horkstow in North Lincolnshire. It was designed by Sir John Rennie as part of the River Ancholme Drainage Scheme, completed in 1836, and is a Grade II* listed building.
2.5 km · listed bridge in Horkstow · Wikipedia
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Getting to South Ferriby
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 79 km · East Midlands (EMA), 109 km · Manchester (MAN), 123 km
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → South Ferriby70 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · £9–11
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → South Ferriby91 km · quickest by road, 2h 19m · £11–15
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → South Ferriby116 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · £14–19
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No local-transport research exists yet for South Ferriby
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 South Ferriby. 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.
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Next door to South Ferriby
South Ferriby is 14 km from Kingston upon Hull, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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