Catfoss is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately west of the town of Hornsea. The hamlet is mentioned in the Domesday Book as having ten villagers, six ploughlands, and meadows covering . the name derives from two elements; the first is a personal name (Catta) and the second is a common word for a stream or watercourse in Northern England (Foss). Catfoss Lane, between Catfoss and Brandesburton, is the location of the former RAF Catfoss, an airfield which is now home to a variety of businesses.

It forms part of the civil parish of Seaton, and is represented at Westminster as part of the

Beverley and Holderness Beverley and Holderness is a county constituency in the East Riding of Yorkshire for the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years by the first-past-the-post ...

constituency.

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Catfoss Group
Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire Holderness {{EastRiding-geo-stub