Bishop Wilton Wold is the highest point of the Yorkshire Wolds in the

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. The summit, known as Garrowby Hill, lies about north of Pocklington. As with most of the wolds, it is wide, flat and agricultural in nature. The A166 road passes right by the top. However it is a Marilyn (having

topographic prominence In topography, prominence (also referred to as autonomous height, relative height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop or relative height in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contou ...

of at least ). There is a trig point, two covered reservoirs and an aerial. The British

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painted the view from the summit in 1998.

Halifax bomber crash 1944

Around 10 am on 7 February 1944 a Halifax MkV DK192 (OO-N) from 1663 HCU based at

RAF Rufforth Royal Air Force Rufforth or RAF Rufforth is a former Royal Air Force station located near Rufforth in North Yorkshire, England. It was used by only one operational squadron on long-range bombing missions during the Second World War, with most fl ...

crashed on Garrowby Hill. As well as the 7 aircrew who were on a training flight, a passing lorry driver was also killed. There is a memorial in a layby on the A166 at Garrowby Hill Memorial Garrowby Hill

David Hockney

Yorkshire-born artist

produced a painting of Garrowby Hill in 1998.

References

External links

Hockney's painting ''Garrowby Hill''

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