Sculcoates is a suburb of
Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull, usually abbreviated to Hull, is a port city and unitary authority in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Estuary, inland from the North Sea and south-east ...
, north of the city centre, 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.
For many centuries, much of what was called Hull came within the parish of
St Mary's Church.
Sculcoates railway station
Sculcoates railway station was a railway station on the North Eastern Railway's Victoria Dock Branch Line in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was first opened by the York and North Midland Railway
The York and North Midland Rai ...
closed on 9 June 1912.
Amenities
Sculcoates has a library, a post office, a high school, two primary schools and a swimming bath called Beverley Road Baths. The baths was opened in 1905, and underwent a £3.75 million refurbishment from June 2020 until reopening in August 2021. The baths are a Grade II
Listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
.
Notable people
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Dorothy Mackaill – actress (1903–1990)
See also
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Sculcoates Rural District
Sculcoates was a rural district in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England from 1894 to 1935.
The district formed three separate areas around Kingston upon Hull municipal borough.
The district was created by the Local Government Act 1894.
In ...
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Sculcoates railway station
Sculcoates railway station was a railway station on the North Eastern Railway's Victoria Dock Branch Line in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was first opened by the York and North Midland Railway
The York and North Midland Rai ...
References
Further reading
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External links
Wards and districts of Kingston upon Hull
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