Skipsea is a Village in the county of East Riding of Yorkshire.

Skipsea postcode: YO25 8SN

Retail in Skipsea

There are great places to visit near Skipsea including some great towns, villages and hiking areas.

Towns to visit near Skipsea include Beverley, and Bridlington.

The area close to Skipsea boasts some of the best villages including Bempton.

The area close to Skipsea boasts some of the best hiking areas including Flamborough Head.

Skipsea History

There are some historic monuments around Skipsea:

• Bowl barrow in Lady Boynton's Whin
• Iron Age square barrow cemetery on Haisthorpe Moor, 750m WNW of Demming Farm
• East Field crop mark site centred 300m SSE of Northorpe, interpreted as a Neolithic henge later reused as a Bronze Age ringwork
• Wharram Hill embankment cross
• Market cross
• Village cross
• Moated site in Hall Garth Park
• Medieval complex at Barmston Old Hall, including two moated sites, a pond, three fishponds and associated enclosures with part of a field system.
• Moated grange at Moor Grange
• Bowl barrow 200m west of Crest Cottages
• Skipsea Castle: 11th century motte and bailey castle and inland harbour
• Hallgarth medieval hall and moat
• Deserted medieval village of Hilderthorpe with associated ridge and furrow field system
• Royal Observer Corps underground monitoring post and World War II visual spotting post, 200m north of Southfield House
• Medieval settlement of Southorpe and field system, north east of Southorpe Farm
• Burton Agnes 12th-century manor house