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Seaways Cafe
Famous bikers' cafe at Fridaythorpe on the rolling B1251 through the Yorkshire Wolds, drawing hundreds of motorcycles and sports cars on summer weekends for its renowned breakfasts.
7 km · about 15 min drive
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Kirby Underdale
England, United Kingdom · Europe
About Kirby Underdale
Kirby Underdale works well as a base: 15 minutes from Full Sutton, 35km from Hole of Horcum.
Kirby Underdale is a town located in England, United Kingdom. With a population of 0, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Kirby Underdale sits in United Kingdom, where you drive on the left. It's in the Europe/London time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Kirby Underdale to your route.
About Kirby Underdale
Kirby Underdale is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately six miles (ten kilometres) north of Pocklington town centre and lies one mile (1.5 km) north of the main A166 road from York to Driffield.
The civil parish is formed by the village of Kirby UnderdaleRead more
and the hamlets of Garrowby, Painsthorpe and Uncleby.
According to the 2011 UK Census, Kirby Underdale parish had a population of 125, a decrease on the 2001 UK Census figure of 129.
The name Kirby derives from the Old Norse kirkjubýr meaning 'village with a church'. Underdale derives from the Old Norse personal name Hundolf and the Old English dæl meaning 'dale' (valley).
All Saints' Church, Kirby Underdale was designated a Grade I listed building in 1987 and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.
In Baines 1823 History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York, Kirby Underdale village and parish was listed as "Kirby Guderdale", and was in the Wapentake of Buckrose. All Saints' Church and its benefice was in the patronage of King George IV. Population at the time was 385, which included two farmers, one of whom was a butcher, a blacksmith, a grocer, and a carpenter. Included in the parish and its population was the hamlet of Garraby, one mile (1.5 km) south-west, with two farmers and Sir F. L. Wood.
Sir Francis Lindley Wood of Garrowby Hall and Hickleton Hall was lord of the manor and owner of most parish land, and provided a schoolmaster to teach poor parish children at Uncleby, a further parish hamlet one mile (1.5 km) north of Kirby. One mile (1.5 km) farther to the north was the parish hamlet of Hanging Grimston, and one mile (1.5 km) southeast, that of Painsthorpe, where Rear-Admiral Charles Richardson lived. The population by 1840 was 293, with parish occupations that included twenty-one farmers, two wheelwrights, two shopkeepers, a tailor, a woodman, and a gamekeeper. Further residents were a schoolmaster and schoolmistress, a parish clerk, a yeoman, and the parish incumbent at the rectory.
In 1868 a tumulus on the Uncleby Wold revealed two barrows, one British (70 feet) and one Anglo-Saxon (94 feet) the former inside the latter. 70 Anglo-Saxon skeletons were found among numerous relics from the two cultures.
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Kirby Underdale is located in England, United Kingdom, Europe. The coordinates are 54.0172 latitude, -0.7710 longitude.
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Kirby Underdale has a population of approximately 0 people, making it a town in United Kingdom.
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- Population
- 0
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- England
- Timezone
- Europe/London
- Coordinates
- 54.0172, -0.7710
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in United Kingdom
112 also works. NHS non-emergency medical advice: 111. National Highways breakdown assistance on motorways: 0300 123 5000.
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Worth the detour from Kirby Underdale
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
castle
Castle Howard
A stately home in North Yorkshire, not a true castle but one of England's grandest Baroque residences, famous from Brideshead Revisited.
14 km · about 25 min drive
cathedral
York Minster
One of the largest Gothic cathedrals in Northern Europe, famous for its medieval stained glass.
21 km · about 25 min drive
photogenic
The Shambles
Medieval York street where overhanging timber-framed shops nearly touch across the lane, some dating to the 14th century. Once a row of butchers' shops; the meat-hooks and wide sill-boards survive.
21 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
North Yorkshire Moors Railway
An 18-mile heritage steam line from Pickering across the moors to Grosmont and on to Whitby, one of the busiest in Britain.
25 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Helmsley
A handsome market town on the edge of the North York Moors with a ruined castle and a walled garden.
32 km · about 35 min drive
natural wonder
Hole of Horcum
A vast natural amphitheatre 120 m deep on the Pickering-to-Whitby road, hollowed out by spring sapping rather than by ice.
35 km · about 40 min drive
ancient ruins
Rievaulx Abbey
The ruins of one of the great Cistercian monasteries of medieval England, set in a secluded wooded valley near Helmsley.
35 km · about 40 min drive
Driving roads near Kirby Underdale
6 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
- 37 kmRosedale Chimney BankOne of England's steepest roads, hitting 1-in-3 (33%) as it climbs from Rosedale Abbey onto the North York Moors past old ironstone kilns. A rite of passage for drivers and cyclists; caravans are banned.
- 37 kmSutton BankA steep escarpment with a 1-in-4 hairpin climb and a view James Herriot called 'the finest in England', looking over the Vale of York.
- 40 kmHumber BridgeVast single-span suspension bridge over the Humber estuary near Hull: the world's longest of its kind for 16 years after opening in 1981, with a 2.2km crossing that still feels like flying over water.
- 59 kmRoseberry ToppingA distinctive half-cone hill on the edge of the North York Moors, its shape the result of a 1912 landslip caused by mining.
Driving in United Kingdom
- Drives on
- the left
- Petrol
- ~€1.73/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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