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Goole is a fascinating Victorian town with a Georgian core very much centred around the docks. The port stands on the River Ouse some 50 miles from the North Sea and was developed when the Aire and Calder Canal was opened in 1826, linking it with Knottingley and the Yorkshire coalfields. Goole today is the UK’s largest inland port.

The Port and Town is the third ‘principal town’ in the East Riding of Yorkshire with a population of 18,000 people. Surrounded by Grade 1 agricultural land, the local commercial and industrial base in Goole has developed around port related industries and other industries seeking to utilise Goole’s excellent port, motorway and rail connections. Recent new businesses include Guardian Industries and a major Tesco distribution centre.

Shopping

Goole has a good variety of both national and independent retailers and two markets.

The main centre is pedestrianised and other shopping areas include Pasture Road, Boothferry Road, Wesley Square and North Street. The town’s markets are to be found on Boothferry Road. The Victorian Hall is open Wednesday to Saturday and The New Hall Thursday to Saturday.

Museums

Yorkshire Waterways Museum, Dutch Riverside, Goole DN14 5TB www.waterwaysmuseum.org.uk
Open Mon - Fri 9.00am to 4.00pm, weekends 10.00am to 4.00pm.
Tells the story of the port of Goole, the transportation of coal, the lives of barge families and the boat building tradition of our ancesters.

Goole Museum, Carlisle Street, Goole. Open Mon 2.00pm to 5.00pm. Tues - Fri 10.00am to 5.00pm and Sat 9.00am to 1.00pm. A community museum for the historice port of Goole.

Parking

Tesco in Boothferry Road - 2 hours free parking
Wesley Square - Pay and display
Estcourt Street - Free

Sports and Leisure

Football - Goole AFC (Unibond League 1), The Victoria Pleasure Grounds, Marcus Street.

Rugby - Goole RFC (Yorkshire Division 2) , Westfield Banks Sports Complex, Westfield Lane, Hook, Goole.

Cricket - Goole CC (Yorkshire Senior League Premier Division) Westfield Banks Sports Complex, Westfield Lane, Hook, Goole.

Bowls - Memorial Bowls Club, Bartholomew Avenue.

Goole Leisure Centre - North Street.

Theatre

The GATE, Dunhill Road, Goole for theatre, comedy, music and dance.
For programme visit website www.thegategool.com. Daytime box office Tel 01405 763652.
Showtime box office open from one hour before the advertised start time Tel 01045 720219

Schools

Secondary - Vermuyden School, Centenary Road, Goole DN14 6AN

Primary - Boothferry School, Newport Street, Goole DN14 6TL
Kingsway School, Fountayne Street, Goole DN14 5HQ
Marshlands School, Hall Road, Goole DN14 5UE
Parkside School, Western Road, Goole DN14 6RQ
St Joseph’s Catholic School, Kennedy Drive, Goole DN14 6HQ

Special - Riverside School, Ainsty Street, Goole DN14 5JS

Churches

St John’s, Church Street · St Mary’s, Swinefleet Road · Central Methodist, North Street · Clifton Methodist, Clifton Gardens · New Life, Mariner Street