Traditional county: North Yorkshire · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
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| Place | Great Heck |
| Traditional County | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.682070 |
| Longitude | -1.104023 |
| Place Type | Village |
Great Heck is a small village nestled in the flat, agricultural landscape of North Yorkshire, England, within the Yorkshire and the Humber region, located at approximately 53.6821°N, -1.1040°W. It lies a few miles south of the M62 motorway, east of the A1(M), and is situated between the market towns of Snaith to the east and Knottingley to the west. The village is perhaps most widely known for the tragic Great Heck rail crash in February 2001, which occurred on the East Coast Main Line running through the area, bringing it into national focus. Beyond this significant event, Great Heck remains a quiet, predominantly rural settlement amidst the wider agricultural plain.
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Great Heck is a village in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region. It is situated at 53.682070°N, -1.104023°W.
This page provides a live interactive map with street, satellite and terrain layers and Street View. Weather is displayed from Open-Meteo, covering current conditions, hourly forecasts and a 7-day outlook. Local and world news are updated in real time where feeds are available. A Wikipedia summary for Great Heck is included above.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0.
| Page built | May 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. |