North Ella

Settlement in Yorkshire

England

North Ella

North Lodge, De La Pole Hospital One of a pair of lodges at the Willerby Low Road entrance to the former psychiatric hospital. The lodge is neatly bisected by the TA03 gridline, so is in two squares. — North Lodge, De La Pole Hospital Credit: Paul Harrop

North Ella is a small village situated in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located approximately 8 miles west of the city of Kingston upon Hull and is part of the civil parish of Welton. The village is nestled in the picturesque Yorkshire Wolds, surrounded by beautiful countryside and rolling hills.

Historically, North Ella has been an agricultural community, with farming playing a significant role in the local economy. The village itself is small and quaint, characterized by its charming cottages and traditional architecture. It has a close-knit community, with a population of around 200 residents.

The village is well-connected, with good transport links to nearby towns and cities. The A63 road runs close by, providing easy access to Hull and other major cities in the region. Additionally, there are regular bus services connecting North Ella to surrounding areas.

Despite its small size, North Ella boasts a number of amenities for its residents. The village has a primary school, providing education for children in the local area. There is also a church, offering religious services and community events.

For outdoor enthusiasts, North Ella is surrounded by beautiful countryside, offering ample opportunities for walking, hiking, and exploring nature. The Yorkshire Wolds Way, a long-distance footpath, passes close to the village, attracting walkers and nature lovers from far and wide.

Overall, North Ella is a charming and peaceful village, perfect for those seeking a tranquil rural setting with easy access to nearby urban areas.

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North Ella Images

Images are sourced within 2km of 53.758276/-0.43925 or Grid Reference TA0230. Thanks to Geograph Open Source API. All images are credited.

North Lodge, De La Pole Hospital

One of a pair of lodges at the Willerby Low Road entrance to the former psychiatric hospital. The lodge is neatly bisected by the TA03 gridline, so is in two squares.

Paul Harrop

Trees and power lines, near Willerby

The view east across fields next to Willerby Low Road

Paul Harrop

New build housing, Cottingham

Houses at the western end of the Persimmon Homes development off Castle Road. Cottingham's recent and ongoing expansion has tended to be, like this, on higher ground to the west of the settlement. I imagine this is partly because of flood risk on lower land, but also because development to the east or south would mean the 'village' effectively merging with Hull. Persimmon Homes was, in 2018, granted planning permission for these 180 homes on 20 acres of surplus farmland opposite Castle Hill Hospital, which it bought from Hull & East Yorkshire NHS Trust.

Paul Harrop

Taylor Avenue, Cottingham

Houses at the eastern end of the Persimmon Homes development off Castle Road, near to its boundary at Willerby Low Road. Cottingham's recent and ongoing expansion has tended to be, like this, on higher ground to the west of the settlement. I imagine this is partly because of flood risk on lower land, but also because development to the east or south would mean the 'village' effectively merging with Hull. Persimmon Homes was, in 2018, granted planning permission for these 180 homes on 20 acres of surplus farmland opposite Castle Hill Hospital, which it bought from Hull & East Yorkshire NHS Trust.

Paul Harrop

Wheatley Drive, Cottingham

Houses on the Persimmon Homes development off Castle Road. Cottingham's recent and ongoing expansion has tended to be, like this, on higher ground to the west of the settlement. I imagine this is partly because of flood risk on lower land, but also because development to the east or south would mean the 'village' effectively merging with Hull. Persimmon Homes was, in 2018, granted planning permission for these 180 homes on 20 acres of surplus farmland opposite Castle Hill Hospital, which it bought from Hull & East Yorkshire NHS Trust.

Paul Harrop

New Costa, Willerby

Drive-through coffee shop next to the Willerby Business Park at Castle Hill. Along with an adjacent Burger King restaurant, it opened in October 2021 in the grounds of the TA0231 : Total Fitness health club

Paul Harrop

Hand car wash, Willerby

Car wash by Grange Park Lane, at the northern end of the Willerby Shopping Park, behind the Sewell 'On the Go' filling station. Of the several hand car wash businesses in and around Hull, this is one of the more upmarket, catering here mainly, but not exclusively, for Mercedes owners with personalised number plates. It is well sited to cater for shoppers leaving the adjacent branch of Waitrose.

Paul Harrop

Hand finishing, Willerby car wash

Workers at the business shown at TA0231 : Hand car wash, Willerby by Grange Park Lane, at the northern end of the Willerby Shopping Park, behind the Sewell 'On the Go' filling station. Having passed through the covered area, cars are then rinsed and dried by hand.

Paul Harrop

Horse at Willerby

Tethered horse in a field next to the car park of the Mercure Hull Grange Park Hotel. These horses are often seen on fields and river banks etc in the area, and generally belong to travellers. Although there are a couple of traveller sites not far away, these horses are some distance from either.

Paul Harrop

Carr Lane, Willerby

Public footpath/cycle path running along the northern edge of Springhead Park golf course. It has the same name as, and continues the course of, the residential road, but this section is closed to motorised traffic.

Paul Harrop

Farm at Willerby

Bellfield Farm, seen from the east on Well Lane. The dairy herd farmed here can just about be made out in the yard, being fed bales of fodder; presumably it is not yet time for them to be let out on to the fields.

Paul Harrop

Demolition site, Willerby

Seen through the gate to the site from the footway on the public road outside, this structure on Well Lane is all that remains of the Willerby Manor Hotel. The hotel closed during the Covid 19 lockdown in 2020 and it was later announced that it would not re-open. The original manor house dated from the late 19th century, was converted to a hotel around the start of the 1960s and later considerably extended. Geograph does not appear to have any pictures of it pre-demolition; the following link is to a history of the building and includes a number of maps and photographs: Link

The site has been sold and will be developed by Duchy Homes into an estate of 50 houses, under the banner of 'Manor Grange'.

Paul Harrop

Self-service dairy shop, Willerby

Customers arrive at 'The Milk Well' at Bellfield Farm on Well Lane. Equipped with vending machines for the farm's milk, as well as for glass bottles and coffee, the shop opened in late October 2022. (For an inside view, see TA0230 : Inside The Milk Well, Willerby). Founded in 1928, the original 'Botanic' pedigree herd took its name from the former Botanic railway station in Hull. Today the 200-acre farm on greenbelt land between Willerby and Cottingham has 70 Holstein and Jersey cows. The farm joins an estimated 400 others around the UK which are turning to selling milk directly to consumers from vending machines in an attempt to counter the low wholesale prices paid to farmers.

Paul Harrop

Inside The Milk Well, Willerby

Vending machines inside TA0230 : Self-service dairy shop, Willerby. The touch-screen controls and contactless card payment technology seemed simple enough for even slightly confused elderly customers.

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Silver birches, Willerby

Some of the remaining trees in a former area of woodland, most of which has been felled in recent months. The cleared land occupies around 20 hectares bounded to the south and east by Willerby Low Road. There does not appear to be any information online or on the site about the reasons for the development.

Paul Harrop

'Solar field', Cottingham

One of two fields of ground-mounted solar photovoltaic arrays to the south of Castle Road. They were installed between 2021 and 2022 to provide power to the Castle Hill Hospital complex on the north side of Castle Road. The two sets of solar arrays, Field A, and Field B (shown here) between them provide 5MW from nearly 11,000 panels, making the hospital self-sufficient in energy during the summer and saving around £250,000 to £300,000 per month on energy bills (although this saving is presumably larger now due to recent price rises). Fuller details can be seen via this Link

Paul Harrop