Raywell is a

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

in the

East Riding of Yorkshire The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a ceremonial county and unitary authority area in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and west, South Yorkshire to t ...

, England. It is situated approximately north-west of Hull city centre and north of

Swanland Swanland is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire in England. The village is about to the west of Kingston upon Hull city centre and north of the Humber Estuary in the foothills of the Yorkshire Wolds on the B1231 road. ...

. It is located on the crossroads of Westfields Road and Riplingham Road. These roads link

Riplingham Riplingham is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately south-west of Beverley and east of South Cave, on the crossroads that link (broadly speaking) South Cave, Welton, North Newbald and Raywell. Ripl ...

(

South Cave South Cave is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately to the west of Kingston upon Hull, Hull city centre on the A1034 road just to the north of the A63 road. ...

Eppleworth Eppleworth is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated on Westfields Road and lies to the south of Skidby and to the west of Cottingham. Further west along Westfields Road lies Raywell. Eppleworth forms part of the ...

( Cottingham) and

Kirk Ella Kirk Ella is a village and civil parish on the western outskirts of Kingston upon Hull, approximately west of the city centre, situated in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The parish includes West Ella. Kirk Ella has been a village since ...

. Raywell forms part of the

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

Skidby Skidby is a small village and civil parish in Yorkshire Wolds of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated about north-west of Hull city centre, west of Cottingham and south of Beverley. The civil parish contains mainly agricult ...

. It consists of a farm and an old manor house. It is noted as a local Scout/Girl guides site. Locally it is also noted because of a number of walks that start there.

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* Hamlets in the East Riding of Yorkshire {{Scout-stub