Welcome to ThisisGoole
Goole is strategically placed on the national motorway
network with direct access to Junction 36 of the M62 and
only 20 minutes from the North - South route of the M1.
The port of Goole has regular freight services to all major
North Sea ports on the European mainland and further a
field.
Goole is situated on the main Hull to London Kings Cross
rail line, which feeds directly into the East coast mainline
and Euro tunnel services. There are also 6 international
airports accessible within 1 hour by road or rail.
Goole is a town, civil parish and port located approximately 45 miles (75 Km) inland on the River Ouse in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The population as of the 2001 census was 17,600.[1] Goole is twinned with Złotów, Poland (and was twinned with Rostock, north of Germany in 1969 although this seems to have lapsed). Goole was twinned with Gibraltar in the 1960s, at that time Gibraltar Court was named in Goole and Goole Court was named in Gibraltar.
History
The
civil engineer Cornelius Vermuyden from The Netherlands
diverted the River Don northward to the Ouse in 1627 to
drain the marshland of Hatfield Chase at the behest of King
Charles I. This also made the lower Don navigable for small
barges so that coal from the southern Yorkshire coalfield
was transported to "Gool" at the new mouth of the Don (or
"Dutch River") for transfer to seagoing vessels.
The Aire and Calder Navigation Company opened their broad
canal from Knottingley in the northern sector of the
coalfield in 1826 together with two transshipment docks at
Goole and a company-built town. This gave rise to several
innovations in materials handling by the chief engineer,
William Bartholomew. In 1863 he introduced the Tom Pudding
system of compartment boats which could each carry around 40
tons of coal. In the docks Bartholomew introduced large boat
hoists which could lift the Puddings and discharge directly
into sea going ships which exported the coal to all parts of
the world. These managed to compete with rail and were used
until 1985.
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway built a line from
Pontefract and Wakefield in 1848 and the North Eastern
Railway connected with Doncaster and Hull in 1870. The
prosperity from the coal and general cargo trade with the
West Riding industrial area continued for 150 years after
the opening of the canal. After a period of decline, these
commodities were more than replaced by containers, the
export of steel and the import of timber from north-eastern
Europe. The two original 1826 docks, along with all six
others built later, are still in full operation.
Glass and clothing are produced in Goole and it is the focus
of an agricultural district.
Governance
Prior to the 1974 local government reform it was an urban
district in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It was then in the
Boothferry district of Humberside until that was abolished
in 1996. Because Goole was historically in the West Riding,
it was briefly considered to link it with the district of
Selby, borough of Doncaster and even the new North East
Lincolnshire Council instead.
Goole's population of 19,951 returns six councillors to the
East Riding Council and it is the western component of the
Brigg and Goole parliamentary constituency.
In March 2006, the go-ahead was given by the East Riding of Yorkshire Council for a new £237.5 million Centreport development, although there was significant opposition from local residents. This will surround the Guardian Glass factory, at Junction 36 of the M62, to the west of the town. A new Tesco Distribution Centre has recently opened on this land bringing thousands of jobs to the Goole District.
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