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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 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 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]]. |
[[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".]] | ||
Revision as of 09:57, October 13, 2024
Goole (19,500 inhabitants[1]) is a port town in Yorkshire, England. It is within the traditional 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.
