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Places to stay in Pocklington
Unusually for a town of over 7,000 inhabitants, Pocklington – known
locally as Pock - in the East Riding of Yorkshire is set away from all
the main roads in the district.
Perhaps this is results from the town’s antiquity – there
is plenty of evidence nearby of Iron Age and even Bronze Age settlement
– predating any road system.
The town sits on the edge of the Wolds, the chalk hills of this part of
Yorkshire, and of flat arable land reclaimed from the marshes centuries
ago. In 1896 the town suffered a disastrous fire, which destroyed several
buildings in the town centre, and local legend has it that the blaze was
so bright that night that people in Market Weighton seven miles away could
read by it.
Apart from the natural beauty of the Wolds, Pocklington has Burnby Hall
to offer the visitor, with its internationally important collection of
water lilies.
Kilnwick Percy Golf Club is just to the north of the town, but for those
who prefer a good walk not to be spoiled as the saying goes, Pocklington
canal has also been somewhat restored, and its paths provide notable places
for spotting aquatic wildlife.
For those after a bit of local shopping the market day is Tuesday.
