Goole

Also known as Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire

Goole is a port town and civil parish on the River Ouse in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The town's historic county is the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Key facts

UK place.official_name: Goole
UK place.type: Town
UK place.population: 20,475
UK place.population_ref: (2021 Census)
UK place.civil_parish: Goole
UK place.unitary_england: East Riding of Yorkshire
UK place.lieutenancy_england: East Riding of Yorkshire
UK place.region: Yorkshire and the Humber
UK place.country: England
UK place.constituency_westminster: Goole and Pocklington
UK place.post_town: GOOLE
UK place.postcode_area: DN
UK place.postcode_district: DN14
UK place.dial_code: 01405
UK place.os_grid_reference: SE746231

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: civil parish
Country: United Kingdom
Located in: East Riding of Yorkshire
Population: 20477
Time zone: UTC±00:00
Official website: www.goole-tc.gov.uk
Image: Boothferry Road, Goole.jpg
Dialing code: 01405

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historic county: Yorkshire
Commons category: Goole
topic's main category: Category:Goole
native label: Goole
OS grid reference: SE746231
postal code: DN14
different from: Google
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described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition

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Goole is a port town and civil parish on the River Ouse in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The town's historic county is the West Riding of Yorkshire.

At the 2021 UK census, Goole parish had a population of 20,475. It is north-east of Doncaster, south of York and west of Hull.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Goole” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.