Wilfholme Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:53.917°N -0.4029°W
Label Position:left
Official Name:Wilfholme
Civil Parish:Beswick
Unitary England:East Riding of Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Lieutenancy England:East Riding of Yorkshire
Constituency Westminster:Beverley and Holderness
Post Town:DRIFFIELD
Postcode District:YO25
Postcode Area:YO
Dial Code:01377
Os Grid Reference:TA049479
London Distance Mi:170
London Direction:S

Wilfholme is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the civil parish of Beswick, and is situated just east from the A164 road, approximately 5miles north from Beverley and 6miles south from Driffield. Wilfholme Landing is 0.9miles to the south-east and provides access to the Driffield Navigation.

A nine-year-old dressage horse, Faldo, trained for nine months at Wilfholme, was bought in 2010 by the production company for Steven Spielberg's film War Horse to play one of the film's two horses in the role of Topthorn.[1]

In 2010 local farmers expressed concern at the Environment Agency's possible decision to stop maintaining water pumping stations and flood banks at Wilfholme, Tickton and Hempholme, which they felt would increase the risk of flooding to arable and urban areas.[2] In 2009 the Agency had reverted plans to end this maintenance, a decision supported by local Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart.[3]

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  1. News: The Wilfholme war horse. Driffield Times & Post. 27 January 2012. 22 July 2013.
  2. News: Farmers bid to save East Yorkshire pumping stations. BBC News. 13 July 2010. 22 July 2013.
  3. News: MP gives backing as flood water plan ditched. Beverley Guardian. 23 December 2009. 22 July 2013.