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Goole is a town on the River Ouse with a history of coal and general cargo trade. It has a population of 20,475, a twin town in Poland, and a railway station at the junction of two lines.
Port of Goole is a maritime port in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, connected to the Humber Estuary by the Aire and Calder Navigation. It is Britain's largest inland port, handling about £800 million worth of trade each year, and has a history of coal, timber and other industries.
The bridge (2003) The bridge consisted of four fixed spans, one swing span and a fifth swing span, and carried a double-track railway. [5] [note 1]Pier foundations for the bridge spans were of 7 ft (2.1 m) base diameter cast iron cylinders, which tapered to 5.5 ft (1.7 m) diameter at the high water level, each column was around 90 ft (27 m) long. [6]
St John's Church or the Church of St John the Evangelist is an active parish church in the town of Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was built between 1843 and 1848 in the Gothic Revival style and has been an active place of worship for Christians since.
It is situated approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north-east of Goole town centre and lies on the west bank of the River Ouse. According to the 2011 UK census, Hook parish had a population of 1,292, [1] an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 1,141. [2] Grade II* listed swing railway bridge at Hook [3] Blacksmith's Arms public house, Hook
Goole Fields is a civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south-west of Goole town centre and lies at both sides but mainly south of the A161 road ( Swinefleet Road), covering an area of 1,980.59 hectares (4,894.1 acres). [ 2 ]
Twin Rivers is a civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.It is situated along the south bank of the River Ouse to the east of the town of Goole, covering an area of 2,403.178 hectares (5,938.38 acres).
Goole was a rural district in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England from 1894 to 1974. [1] It was created under the Local Government Act 1894, based on most of the Goole rural sanitary district (two parishes of which in Lincolnshire became part of the Isle of Axholme Rural District). The town of Goole itself formed a separate urban district.