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East Riding unitary authority area  X 

East Riding is in 2022 the largest-area unitary authority anywhere in the Yorkshire region and is also bigger than any district authority.

With an area of around 930 square miles it covers an area about 60% bigger than the neighbouring Ryedale district of North Yorkshire.

It covers several towns and hundreds of villages in an area stretching between the Yorkshire Wolds, the Humber estuary and the Yorkshire coast.

While East Riding is one of the largest unitary authorities in England, in 2023 the Government plans to stretch such government even further and make North Yorkshire the largest unitary authority with an area 3½ times the size of the East Riding.

East Riding is the local government area which most closely matches one of Yorkshire's historic Ridings, although there were a considerable number of boundary changes when those Ridings came to an end in 1974.

The East Riding was initially split into districts of the Government's unsuccessful mix of Yorkshire and parts of Lincolnshire across the Humber estuary in a new county of Humberside. Except for police and fire services, that only lasted until 1996 when things were changed again and three Humberside districts, one of them named East Yorkshire, and half of another were merged into a new East Riding unitary authority.

The East Riding area we have today excludes the relatively small City of Hull area, which has its own unitary authority. Today's East Riding includes areas of the former West Riding around Snaith and Goole and has lost to North Yorkshire some of the historic East Riding's northernmost parts around Norton upon Derwent and Filey.

East Riding covers a large part of the sea coast of Yorkshire as well as most of the northern shore of the Humber estuary. The coastline includes two of Yorkshire's three heritage coasts at Flamborough and Spurn. Seaside resorts along the coast include Bridlington, Hornsea and Withernsea.

Although mostly an agricultural area, its sheer number of towns and villages make it Yorkshire's 6th most populated district or unitary authority area with a population of around 342,200 in the 2021 Census. Its population size ranks only after four of the five metropolitan districts of West Yorkshire (all except Calderdale), and Sheffield metropolitan district, one of four in South Yorkshire.

The East Riding's county town is Beverley where its County Hall is located. The largest town in the East Riding is Bridlington.

Below the unitary authority tier of local government, East Riding has widespread coverage of town and parish councils, a total of 168 in all.

Places in the East Riding unitary authority area are:
 Adlingfleet
 Airmyn
 Aldbrough
 Allerthorpe
 Anlaby
 Atwick
 Bainton
 Barmby Moor
 Barmby on the Marsh
 Barmston
 Beeford
 Beverley
 Bilton
 Bishop Burton
 Bishop Wilton
 Brantingham
 Brandesburton
 Bridlington
 Brough
 Buckton
 Burnby
 Burstwick
 Burton Fleming
 Burton Pidsea
 Catwick
 Cherry Burton
 Coniston
 Cottingham
 Driffield
 Easington East Riding
 East Cottingwith
 East Cowick
 Eastrington
 Ellerker
 Elloughton
 Elstronwick
 Etton
 Fangfoss
 Fimber
 Flamborough
 Fridaythorpe
 Garton
 Garton-on-the-Wolds
 Gilberdyke
 Goole
 Gowdall
Great Driffield see  Driffield
 Great Hatfield
 Harpham
 Hayton
 Hedon
 Hessle
 Hilston
 Hollym
 Holme-on-Spalding-Moor
 Holme on the Wolds
 Holmpton
 Hornsea
 Howden
 Huggate
 Hutton Cranswick
 Keyingham
 Kilham
 Kilnsea
 Kirkburn
 Kirk Ella
 Langtoft
 Leconfield
 Lelley
 Leven
 Little Driffield
 Little Weighton
 Londesborough
 Long Riston
 Lund
 Mappleton
 Market Weighton
 Melton
 Middleton-on-the-Wolds
 Millington
 Nafferton
 New Ellerby
 Newport
 Newton upon Derwent
 North Cave
 North Dalton
 North Ferriby
 Nunburnholme
 Patrington
 Paull
 Pocklington
 Pollington
 Preston
 Rawcliffe East Riding
 Reedness
 Roos
 Routh
 Rudston
 Ruston Parva
 Scalby East Riding
 Seaton
 Seaton Ross
 Shiptonthorpe
 Sigglesthorne
 Skeffling
 Skidby
 Skipsea
 Skirlaugh
 Sledmere
 Snaith
 South Cave
 South Dalton
 Sproatley
 Spurn Head
 Stamford Bridge
 Sutton upon Derwent
 Swanland
 Swinefleet
 Thorngumbald
 Tickton
 Ulrome
 Walkington
 Warter
 Wawne
 Weeton East Riding
 Welton
 Welwick
 West Cowick
 Wetwang
 Whitgift
 Willerby
 Wilberfoss
 Withernsea
 Withernwick
 Wold Newton


We continue to add more villages to our A to Y gazetteer and the above may not yet list all places in East Riding unitary authority area
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