Brantingham

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Brantingham
Brantingham shown within the East Riding of Yorkshire
Population	410 (2001 census)^[1]
OS grid reference	SE940295
Parish	Brantingham
Unitary authority	East Riding of Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	East Riding of Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BROUGH
Postcode district	HU15
Dialling code	01482
Police	Humberside
Fire	Humberside
Ambulance	Yorkshire
European Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Haltemprice and Howden
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

Coordinates: 53°45′13″N 0°34′32″W / 53.753653, -0.575488Brantingham is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated about two miles north of Brough, and twelve miles west of Kingston upon Hull. It lies to the north of the A63 road. According to the 2001 UK census, Brantingham parish had a population of 410.^[1]

It has one pub, a post office, and a duckpond.

The pub, called The Triton Inn, was formerly a coaching inn on the road west from Hull - Brantingham then being an important staging post on the road between Welton and South Cave. At that time the present Triton Inn was called The Tiger inn and had a wheelwrights and an agricultural engineer (a Mr Watson) in the yard at the front. The pub changed its name to become the Wounded Tiger in the 1850s, but then in the 1860s was renamed The Triton, after part of the family crest of the Sykes family, who bought nearby Brantinghamthorpe Hall. They owned the pub as well as another Triton Inn on their Sledmere estate just north of Driffield (also in the East Riding of Yorkshire). The pub has been called The Triton Inn ever since.

The duck pond, Brantingham

The original pub building still stands - a lovely old stone building, which now houses the bar and lounge as well as the manager's accommodation. To the side of the pub is a 1970s built extension containing a dining room plus a restaurant and kitchen complex. The pub is well-known for its fine dining as well as pub grub and has one of the largest car parks in the area. A popular location for wedding receptions and christening celebrations, it also has extensive gardens adjoining and children's playground so is a magnet for families, especially when the weather is fine. New owners in 2006 are Paul and Anne and their family.

In the 1950s the village gave its name to HMS Brantingham, a Ham class minesweeper.

Brantingham is on the major 155 bus route between Hull and South Cave / Goole / Howden, and is the last village west within the Hull telephone area. The village has several beautiful old houses of note - Brantingham Hall and Brantingham House, for example, which overlook the duck pond in the centre of the village.

Because Brantingham is situated on the western flank of the southern end of the Yorkshire Wolds, its surrounding area has a somewhat different character depending whether you head east or west. Heading west is incredibly flat, as it heads across the Vale of York. If you head west you enter the hills of the Yorkshire Wolds. In this respect, Brantingham is possibly best known locally for Spout Hill, so named after the old water spout that is located at the bottom. The road from this spout leads steeply upwards, gaining 100m or so in height. This affords some good views westerly across the Vale of York. The road then degrades to a bridleway leading to Riplingham, Elloughton and Welton. Two-thirds of the way up Spout Hill is another path that leads south, through the woods to Elloughton. The paths around and from Spout Hill are popular with walkers and runners. The climb of Spout Hill and its following bridleway is also popular with cyclists.

The Yorkshire Wolds Way long distance footpath passes through the village.