North Ferriby

North Ferriby is a pretty and historic village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, on the north bank of the Humber Estuary, one of England's largest rivers.  It is a close neighbour of the City of Hull, and was the location of the 1931 discovery of wooden planks belonging to an ancient boat on the shore of the Humber. Two more boats have been discovered since. Radiocarbon dating estimates dated the boats to the Bronze Age, at between 2030 and 1680 BC. Known as the Ferriby boats, they are the earliest known boats to have been discovered in Europe.

The East Riding as a whole offers a large number of things to see and do, including the historic buildings of Burnby Hall, Burton Agnes Manor House, Burton Agnes Hall, Sewerby Hall, and Skipsea Castle as well as the gun battery of Fort Paull. Spurn Point, Bempton Cliffs, and the various rivers of the area are mainly under the care of the National Trust and include many areas of natural beauty and significance, that can be explored by way of the various canals and waterways, as well as the countless walking routes, including the Yorkshire Wolds Way long distance footpath, which starts at Hessle and winds its way through the Yorkshire Wolds to Filey.