Hessle
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Hessle (pronounced "Hezzle") is a town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, situated 5 miles west of Kingston upon Hull city centre. It is part of Hull's built-up area but not within the city boundaries.
It is on the north bank of the River Humber where that river is crossed by the Humber Bridge.
According to the 2001 UK census, Hessle parish had a population of 14,767.
The centre of Hessle is called The Square where there are many shops and a bus station. Hessle All Saints Church is based here too.
Hessle Town Hall was built in 1897 and is situated at the top of South Lane.
Hessle Police Station is also based next door to the Town Hall at the top of South Lane and the corner of Ferriby Road.
The Upper School site of Hessle High School situated on Heads Lane is based around a building donated to the Education Authority by a survivor of the Titanic disaster. It's education standards remain high above primary level, with it having a Specialist Science College, which achieves some of the best results in the county.
In the 13th century Joan Stuteville from this ancient settlement introduced the custom of ladies riding side-saddle on horses.
In more modern times, it has been a centre for shipbuilding. The largest shipbuilder was Dunstons, which went into liquidation in 1987. The location is now used as offices, car sales buildings and a dock for scrap metal and other materials for dispatch to others areas, or to be recycled. Dunstons ship repairs still exists further east along the Humber Estuary, with activity remaining fairly high.
Chalk quarrying was a major industry at Hessle into the 20th Century and quarries can still be seen in the west of the town, the largest being the Humber Bridge Country Park, which is a popular tourist attraction. Part of it is known as Little Switzerland.
Hessle is twinned with the French town Bourg-de-Thizy.
Transport to and from Hessle is convenient, with good access to main roads such as the A15, A63 & M62 (via the A63). It also has a railway station with hourly services to and from Hull going to destinations such as Doncaster and York.
Hessle is at the start of the Yorkshire Wolds Way, a long-distance footpath and designated National Trail; which crosses the Yorkshire Wolds and ends at Filey.
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