Selby
Selby is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, 12 miles (19.3 km) south of York on the River Ouse.
At the 2021 Census, it had a population of 17,193.
Getting to Selby
By road from the south follow A1(M) onto M62 east and exit at junction 34 for A19 north to town. From the north leave A1(M) for A63 east. Trains run every 30 min from Leeds, taking 30 min to Selby and continuing for another 35 min to Hull. These start alternately from Halifax, or from Liverpool via Manchester Piccadilly. An hourly train from York takes 30 min to Selby and continues to Hull.
- 01Selby railway station is 200 yards east
It has a staffed ticket office, machines, toilets, waiting room and coffee shop.
Worth seeing
- 01Selby Abbey
A Benedictine church dedicated in 1069, one of the few medieval abbeys to survive intact.
- 02Drax Power Station
Time was that coal trains snaked across Yorkshire to feed this humongous citadel of complex engineering.
- 03Church of Saint Helen
St Helen's Church in Skipwith, North Yorkshire, is a Grade I listed parish church, celebrated for its rare Anglo-Saxon architecture dating back to around 950 AD.
Things to do
Town Hall hosts the Arts Centre, but the Globe Cinema remains closed. Selby Leisure Centre has a gym and pool. It's on Scott Rd west side of town. Selby Superbowl is on Bawtry Rd half a mile south of the centre. Walking: use OS Landranger Map 105 (York & Selby). The Transpennine trail follows the east bank of the River Ouse down to Goole, then on towards Hull and the coast.
- 01Selby Golf Club is on Mill Lane
- 02Sherburn Aero Club offers air experiences
Where to eat
La Palma at 71 Gowthorpe is open daily noon-11PM. Thai Sunshine at
Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Selby (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.