East Riding of Yorkshire

East Riding of Yorkshire is a unitary authority in Yorkshire and the Humber, stretching from the Humber Estuary to the North Sea. The area includes low-lying agricultural plains, market towns and a long coastline. Beverley is the administrative centre, home to Beverley Minster and a historic market square. Coastal settlements such as Bridlington, Hornsea and Withernsea provide fishing harbours and promenades; Goole serves as the region's inland port with links into the Aire and Calder navigation.
The coastline contains notable features: the chalk promontory at Flamborough Head and Bempton Cliffs, where large seabird colonies are monitored by the RSPB. Spurn Point projects south into the Humber as a narrow sandspit with a nature reserve and seasonal visitor access. The Holderness coast is one of the fastest-eroding in Europe, shaping settlement and land-management decisions. Land use ranges from arable farming across the plains to wetlands beside the estuary, with transport corridors for rail and river freight connecting local industry to maritime routes.