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.

Skipsea's best nearby towns can be found at Beverley, and Bridlington.

There are a several good villages in the area around Skipsea like Bempton.

Places near Skipsea feature a number of interesting hiking areas including Flamborough Head.

Skipsea History

There are some historic monuments around Skipsea:

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