Ottringham

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Ottringham
Ottringham shown within the East Riding of Yorkshire
Population	637 (2001 census)^[1]
OS grid reference	TA268243
Parish	Ottringham
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	HULL
Postcode district	HU12
Dialling code	01964
Police	Humberside
Fire	Humberside
Ambulance	Yorkshire
European Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Beverley and Holderness
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

Coordinates: 53°42′02″N 0°04′47″W / 53.700447, -0.079639

Ottringham is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 12 miles to the east of Hull city centre and 5 miles south west of Withernsea. It lies on the A1033 road from Hull to Withernsea.

According to the 2001 UK census, Ottringham parish had a population of 637.^[1]

St Wilfrid's Church, Ottringham

The parish church of St Wilfred is a Grade I listed building.

During World War II, in 1943, the BBC built a transmitting station there, named BBC Ottringham or OSE5. Its purpose was to counter the increase in German jamming signals, and to broadcast propaganda into Germany. Following the end of the war, and with lack of funds, the station was deconstructed in 1953 and its transmitters moved to Droitwich.

In 1958 a Ham class minesweeper HMS Ottringham was named after the village.