The photo above shows a view looking east and taken on the north bank of the lower River Ouse before it flows into the Humber Estuary at Trent Falls. Having walked from the rail bridge over the R. Ouse opposite Goole Docks (lock and basins) the interesting village of Saltmarsh is passed, while ahead can be seen an avenue of trees (middle distance in the photo) that shades a driveway linking Yokefleet Hall with the Ouse river bank. A similar situation may be seen when walking beside the rail line between Hessle and North Ferriby where an avenue links a house on the south side of Ferriby High Road (not sure which one or its history) with the Estuary bank. It seems possible that in such situations the house once maybe had a private jetty and mooring; possibly like those still existing beside the River Thames up-River of Kingston.
In the middle distance on the right of the scene is Blacktoft Jetty, still today an important point along the River Ouse navigation. Fine views of Blacktoft jetty and the lower River Ouse can be had from the public right of way high up on the scarp slope above the lower River Trent between Alkborough and Burton Stather.
In a nearby location the north-south path through the linear shelter belt west of the residential area of North Ferriby gives the impression of an avenue, although here it is simply because the public right of way dissects a wide plantation (shelter belt).
Tree-lined avenues are a more rare feature along the south bank of the Humber Estuary, although one can be seen from the A15 at Kingsforth period house and local parkland about one mile south of Barton. The fine avenue of lime trees in Baysgarth Park, Barton is probably a product of post-war planting, this following the donation of the previously private park and house to the Urban District Council in 1930. Any devotee of municipal parks should visit Baysgarth Park, especially since the upper field south of the leisure centre now has a network of hard-surfaced pathways. Without doubt one of the finest parks in the Humberside region.