December 2020

Concluding comments on the 20 blogs with the above title – examples covered = (a) Hudson Way, (b) Hull – Barnsley Railway (parts of), (c) Victoria Dock Railway in Hull (green corridor), (d) Hull – Hornsea Railway and (e) Hull – Withernsea Railway (Hull and Holderness Railway). The series also pays tribute to the pioneering […]

Two miles east of Keyingham station on the Hull and Holderness Railway (s.p.b.s) was Ottringham station, this out in the countryside a mile and a half north of the village proper. East of Ottringham station the route of the ex-rail-line loops south, crossing what is now the main road to Patrington and Withernsea from Hull

There were two and a half miles of open country between Marfleet and Hedon stations on the route of the Hull and Holderness Railway in the late 19th century with views to the south across the Humber Estuary to the county of Lindsey (today such a view blocked by King George Dock, Queen Elizabeth Dock

Although the length of the Hull – Withernsea rail-line was probably greater than that of the Hull – Hornsea line there were only six stations between Hull and the terminus at Withernsea, so the journey must have been less stop-start than must have been the case on the Hornsea line (s.p.b.). The Hull and Holderness

Above the last of a short run of views (s.p.b.s.) of/from Hall Garth Park, Hornsea, here showing a glimpse of the parish church’s east window /taken from just inside the Park’s perimeter wall/churchyard’s retaining wall near to the moated manor-house site within the Park (south-west corner). Only a short distance from Ellerby station (s.p.b.), on

Above, another view of Hall Garth Park, Hornsea (s,p,b,), this time of the north-west corner of the Park and shows an area of wetland that is left unmown as habitat. Along the far side of the wetland area a stream runs which defines the northern edge of the Park and the bottom of the adjoining