Bempton

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Bempton
Statistics
Population:	1050
Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference:	TA115807
Administration
District:	Bempton Parish
Shire county:	East Riding of Yorkshire
Region:	Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituent country:	England
Sovereign state:	United Kingdom
Other
Ceremonial county:	East Riding of Yorkshire
Historic county:	East Riding of Yorkshire
Services
Police force:	Humberside Police
Fire and rescue:	{{{Fire}}}
Ambulance:	Yorkshire
Post office and telephone
Post town:	BRIDLINGTON
Postal district:	YO15
Dialling code:	01262
Politics
UK Parliament:	East Yorkshire
European Parliament:	Yorkshire and the Humber

Bempton is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It is near the coast and Flamborough Head, and about four miles north of Bridlington. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,050. It is served by Bempton railway station which is on the Yorkshire Coast Line that runs between Hull and Scarborough.

The parish of Bempton also contains Buckton village, which is situated directly next to Bempton.

The village is well known for its cliffs. RSPB Bempton Cliffs is a nature reserve, best known for its breeding seabirds, including Northern Gannet, Atlantic Puffin, Razorbill, Common Guillemot, Kittiwake and Fulmar.

Bempton has a post office and general store, a garage, a public house (The White Horse), a hairdressers and an antique shop.

Bronze Age pit dwellings have been discovered near Bempton.