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[[Image:Goole.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Goole's port]]
[[Image:Goole.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Goole's port]]
'''Goole''' (19,500 inhabitants<ref>[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123797&c=goole&d=16&e=62&g=6380828&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1435309129870&enc=1&nsjs=false&nsck=false&nssvg=false Office for National Statistics, 2011]</ref>) is a port town in Yorkshire, England. It is within the traditional [[West Riding of Yorkshire|West Riding]] of that county. Administratively, it is in the council are [[East Riding of Yorkshire Council]], follwing the abolition of [[Humberside]] in 1996, before which it was administered by [[West Riding County Council]] from 1888 to 1974. Goole is the furthest inland seaport in the [[United Kingdom]], situated at the junction of the Knottingley & Goole [[Canal]] and the [[River Ouse]]. It was founded in 1826 when the canal was opened as a transhipment point between the canal system and the river, navigable by sea-going vessels, and established a trade built largely on the export of [[coal]].
'''Goole''' (19,500 inhabitants<ref>[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123797&c=goole&d=16&e=62&g=6380828&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1435309129870&enc=1&nsjs=false&nsck=false&nssvg=false Office for National Statistics, 2011]</ref>) is a port town in [[Yorkshire]], England. It is within the traditional [[West Riding of Yorkshire|West Riding]] of that county. Administratively, it is part of the [[Local authorities in the United Kingdom|local authority]] area of [[East Riding of Yorkshire Council]], following the abolition of [[Humberside]] in 1996, before which it was administered by [[West Riding County Council]] from 1888 to 1974. Goole is the furthest inland seaport in the [[United Kingdom]], situated at the junction of the Knottingley & Goole [[Canal]] and the [[River Ouse]]. It was founded in 1826 when the canal was opened as a transhipment point between the canal system and the river, navigable by sea-going vessels, and established a trade built largely on the export of [[coal]].
[[Image:Goolewatertower.jpg|thumb|left|Water towers - known locally as the "Salt and Pepper Pots".]]
[[Image:Goolewatertower.jpg|thumb|left|Water towers - known locally as the "Salt and Pepper Pots".]]