Hemingbrough

Being off the River Ouse, there are a number of walks to take around the mainly flat land of Hemingbrough. Drax Golf Club and Skipwith Common are both close, there are open spaces aplenty in North Yorkshire and Hull, Leeds and York offer family days out within an hour or so.

The Fox & Pheasant and The Crown Inn are the two village pubs in Hemingbrough. There is also the Bread Bin bakery and two takeaways: New Mai Ling Chinese and The Fish Shop. On Hull Road there is the Yorkshire Fryer for more fish and chips, The Kings Head in Barmby on the Marsh is a charming gastropub and Howden and Selby have numerous other restaurant options.

Hemingbrough has a village post office, Londis convenience store and the well-established stores of R & R Country and The Blueberry Home. Howden is home to a number of mainly independent shops and boutiques while Selby has high street brands like Peacocks, Ladbrokes, Shoe Zone and supermarkets like Morrisons and Sainsburys.

The village is home to Hemingbrough Community Primary School and the majority of secondary school pupils attend Barlby High School.

Found off the A63 Hull Road, Hemingbrough is handily positioned within 10 minutes of the market towns of Howden and Selby. Neighbouring Wressle has a train station and the closest airport is Leeds Bradford, just over 40 miles away.

Mentioned in the Knytlinga saga of the 1250s, the name is likely to mean a village of someone named Hemingr. During the Middle Ages, Hemingbrough had the River Ouse running through it and was part of the Ouse and Derwent region of England. Until 1866, Barlby, Brackenholme with Woodhall, Cliffe cum Lund, Menthorpe with Bowthrope, Osgodby and South Duffield were townships in the parish of Hemingbrough. Today it is part of North Yorkshire and still used for agriculture.

Royal Navy officer Sir Jeremiah Smith, who fought in the Anglo-Dutch wars, was a resident of Hemingbrough.