Beverley
Beverley is a market town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
It is located 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Hull city centre. At the 2021 census the built-up area of the town had a population of 30,930, and the smaller civil parish had a population of 18,014. It is the county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire.
Getting to Beverley
- 01Beverley
Station Square, HU17 0AS (the east side of town centre).
Worth seeing
- 01Beverley Minster
Remarkably, it's just an Anglican parish church, though one that counts St Thomas Beckett among its provosts.
- 02St Mary's Church
The town's other Anglican parish church, mostly in Decorated style from the 13th century, and made over in the 19th by (of course) Pugin and George Gilbert Scott.
Things to do
Stroll on Westwood, the heath just west of town. On its north side is the racecourse, on its south is Beverley and East Riding Golf Club.
- 01Beverley Racecourse
This course has flat-racing April-October.
Where to eat
Kavanagh's tea-room on Toll Gavel serves good breakfasts from 9:30AM. Tea Cosy on Highgate next to the Minster has a pleasant conservatory. It's open M-Sa 11AM-4PM. TC's Patisserie on Lairgate offers freshly prepared tarts, quiches etc. It's open M-Sa 9AM-4:30PM. White's, 12a North Bar Without HU17 7AB,. Tue-Fri 7-9PM, Sat noon-2PM, 7-9PM. Creative menu, modern British with a French flavour.
Getting around Beverley the local way
- Get inP&O Ferries sail nightly to Hull from Rotterdam, 12 hours.
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