Ousefleet

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Ousefleet
Ousefleet (East Riding of Yorkshire)
Ousefleet

Ousefleet shown within the East Riding of Yorkshire
OS grid reference SE828231
Parish Twin Rivers
Unitary authority East Riding of Yorkshire
Ceremonial county East Riding of Yorkshire
Region Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town GOOLE
Postcode district DN14
Dialling code 01405
Police Humberside
Fire Humberside
Ambulance Yorkshire
European Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament Brigg and Goole
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

Coordinates: 53°41′54″N 0°44′50″W / 53.698232, -0.747219

Ousefleet is a small hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Goole. It is located just south of the River Ouse and north of the A161 road between Goole and Scunthorpe.

The Whitgift Lighthouse, on the west side of Ousefleet
The Whitgift Lighthouse, on the west side of Ousefleet

It forms part of the civil parish of Twin Rivers.

Ousefleet was previously a civil parish that was part of the Goole Rural District in the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1894 to 1974, then in Boothferry district of Humberside until 1996.

Ousefleet is listed by Ordnance Survey as being near to the grid square (on 1:50000 and 1:25000 maps) that has the least detail (a pylon line).[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Map Zone. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved on 2008-05-03.


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