Whitton Island

Whitton Island

Geography
Country
England
County	East Riding of Yorkshire  Lincolnshire
Civil Parish	Broomfleet, Blacktoft, Alkborough, Whitton
Demographics
Population	0 (as of 2014)

Whitton Island
Whitton Island  Whitton Island shown within the East Riding of Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE878250
Shire county	East Riding of Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Humberside
Fire	Humberside
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
List of places UK England Yorkshire

Coordinates: 53°42′50″N 0°40′12″W / 53.714°N 0.670°W / 53.714; -0.670

Whitton Island is an island situated at the western end of the Humber Estuary in northern England.

The almond-shaped island straddles the county boundary between the counties of East Riding of Yorkshire to the north and North Lincolnshire which otherwise runs over tidal water roughly along the centre line of the estuary. Parts of the island fall within the boundaries of four civil parishes. Despite its name the largest part of the island is in the Yorkshire parish of Blacktoft and much of the remainder is in the neighbouring parish of Broomfleet. Much smaller parts of the southeast coast of the island fall within the Lincolnshire parishes of Alkborough and Whitton.^[1]

Only in recent years has the island emerged sufficiently from the mud and sand bank known as Whitton Sand to be mapped by the Ordnance Survey as a new feature.^[2] Whitton Sands forms a part of the Humber Wildfowl Refuge.

Whitton Island is owned by Associated British Ports who have been in discussion with the RSPB during 2014 over its future management.^[3]

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