Wilfholme Landing is located on the Driffield Navigation

Driffield Navigation

The Driffield Navigation is an waterway, through the heart of the Holderness Plain to the market town of Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The northern section of it is a canal, and the southern section is part of the River Hull. Construction was authorised in 1767, and it was fully...

 in the East Riding of Yorkshire

East Riding of Yorkshire

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, England

England

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. The navigation is still tidal at this point, and is often considered to still be the River Hull

River Hull

The River Hull is a navigable river in the East Riding of Yorkshire in the north of England. It rises from a series of springs to the west of Driffield, and enters the Humber estuary at Kingston upon Hull. Following a period when the Archbishops of York charged tolls for its use, it became a free...

, although technically the Navigation starts at the point where the Aike Beck

Aike Beck

Aike Beck or the Lockington Navigation is a stream in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, which was constructed as a navigation in the late 18th century, and ceased to function as such in the 1850s.-History:...

 used to join the river, a little further downstream. It is 0.9 miles (1.4 km) from the hamlet

Hamlet (place)

A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...

 of Wilfholme

Wilfholme

Wilfholme is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, it forms part of the civil parish of Beswick. It is situated just east of the A164 road, approximately north of Beverley and south of Driffield. Wilfholme Landing is to the south east and provides access to the Driffield Navigation....

, and its main features are boat moorings, a farm and a pumping station. It is a popular spot for fishing, with anglers targeting resident roach, bream

Common bream

The common bream, freshwater bream, bream, bronze bream or carp bream, Abramis brama, is a European species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae....

 and perch

Perch

Perch is a common name for fish of the genus Perca, freshwater gamefish belonging to the family Percidae. The perch, of which there are three species in different geographical areas, lend their name to a large order of vertebrates: the Perciformes, from the Greek perke meaning spotted, and the...

.

History

Immediately to the north of the approach road, Watton Beck enters the river, which is still tidal at this point, as are the first 550 yards (502.9 m) of the Beck. The Beck crosses over the Beverley and Barmston Drain, which runs to the west of, and parallel to, the Driffield Navigation. It was authorised by the Beverley Barmston Drainage Act, which was passed by parliament in 1798. The tunnel carrying the drain under Watton Beck was one of eleven similar structures made necessary because the drain needed to cross existing waterways. The civil engineer for the project was William Chapman, who had submitted the original plans in 1796.

Flood defence

The operation of the pumping station has been considered as part of a consultation on the River Hull flood risk management strategy. The Environment Agency

Environment Agency

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 has identified that the station which pumps water from the Beverley and Barmston Drain into the river costs £80,000 per year to operate. It can pump 161 million gallons per day (734 Mld (megalitres per day)), but is unable to operate when levels in the river are high, and therefore does not meet the current criteria for funding by the government. They had proposed to shut it down in a Catchment Flood Management Plan issued in 2008, even though they had identified that more land would become waterlogged, and more flooding would probably occur. East Riding of Yorkshire

East Riding of Yorkshire

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 Council applied to the High Court

High Court of Justice

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 for a judicial reveiw, and the plans have been shelved for five years while an alternative solution is sought.

Location

Situated on the Driffield Navigation

• Next place upstream = Struncheon Hill Lock
  Struncheon Hill Lock
  Struncheon Hill Lock was built as a later addition to the Driffield Navigation in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It improved access to the next section of water during low tide conditions, and is the first lock...
  
  
• Next place downstream = Aike Beck
  Aike Beck
  Aike Beck or the Lockington Navigation is a stream in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, which was constructed as a navigation in the late 18th century, and ceased to function as such in the 1850s.-History:...