Traditional county: East Riding of Yorkshire · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Balkholme, East Riding of Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Balkholme map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
| Place | Balkholme |
| Traditional County | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.744056 |
| Longitude | -0.814289 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
Balkholme traces its quiet existence across the broad East Yorkshire plain. It lies 3.5 km east of Howden (from Howden: bearing 93°T, OS grid SE 782 281), and is situated south-west of Eastrington village. Here, the land unfolds in generous sweeps, the sky a vast canvas often painted with the soft, diffused light of the Humber region, lending a gentle luminescence to the fields. The air, when it carries the scent of freshly turned earth or distant livestock, speaks of a connection to the land that has endured for generations. Balkholme, though small, possesses a stillness that allows the subtle shifts of the seasons to be keenly felt, a place where the quiet hum of agricultural life forms the very pulse of its being.
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Explore Balkholme, East Riding of Yorkshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 53.744056, -0.814289. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | June 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |