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Snaith

Built-up area in East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Coordinates:53.689, -1.025
OS grid ref:SE 64 21
Population:3,305

Snaith is a small historic market town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, set beside the River Aire and close to the M62 corridor. Its position on low-lying river plain and near the Aire and Calder navigation has long shaped its character, giving a mix of riverside scenery and easy road links to nearby centres such as Goole, Hull and Leeds.

Locally Snaith has a strong village-community feel, with roots as a market and agricultural service centre and a compact historic core centred on the parish church, All Saints' Church. The economy remains largely tied to surrounding farming and small businesses, while many residents commute to larger towns; social life revolves around village clubs, sports teams and occasional local fairs and gatherings that reflect its rural heritage.

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Transport links

  • Airport Doncaster Sheffield Airport 14.3 miles23.1 km
  • Airport Leeds Bradford International Airport 28.7 miles46.1 km
  • Railway station Snaith Railway Station 0.3 miles0.4 km
  • Railway station Rawcliffe Railway Station 2.7 miles4.4 km

Schools in Snaith

  • The Snaith School Secondary

Local points of interest

  • Hampole Priory Historic site 11.1 miles17.9 km
  • Doncaster Racecourse Recreation 12 miles19.3 km
  • Sandall Beat Wood Forest 12 miles19.4 km
  • Fairnurn Ings Nature reserve 12.2 miles19.6 km
  • Nun Appleton Priory Historic site 12.5 miles20.1 km
  • Nun Appleton Hall Estate 12.5 miles20.1 km
  • South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum Museum 12.6 miles20.2 km
  • Pontefract Racecourse Recreation 12.6 miles20.3 km
  • Cusworth Hall Museum Museum 12.7 miles20.4 km
  • Keepmoat Stadium Stadium 12.9 miles20.8 km
  • Potteric Carr Nature Reserve Nature reserve 13.5 miles21.8 km
  • Nostell Priory Country house 15.1 miles24.3 km