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Days out in East Riding of Yorkshire for an older parent

Ten places in East Riding of Yorkshire that make a good day out for an older parent, from Beverley Minster to Humber Bridge Country Park and Hessle Mill. For each one: what its own access information confirms, what it costs, how long to allow, and the carers nearby who drive and could take them.

Researched by PrimeCarers from each place’s own website and access information  ·  Updated October 2026

Beverley Minster. Photo: Mark Stevenson, CC BY 2.0

Ten days out across eight towns

The best places to take an older parent in East Riding of Yorkshire

Seven of them are free to visit or to walk around. The access information for four describes a step-free route, and six confirm an accessible toilet. Where a place does not publish its access, we say so.

Beverley Minster, Beverley

Photo: Mark Stevenson, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Cathedral · Beverley

Beverley Minster

Beverley Minster is one of the finest Gothic churches in England, larger than many cathedrals, with carved stonework, medieval misericords and the tomb of Saint John of Beverley. Guided tours cover the ground floor, and the old market town of Beverley is on the doorstep.

There is a level, step-free entrance with a powered door, wheelchair accessible toilets and two Blue Badge spaces opposite the main entrance, and the ground floor tour route is all level.

Time to allow
An hour or two
Cost
Free

What their access information confirms

  • Step-free route
  • Accessible toilet
  • Blue Badge parking

Their websiteAccess information

Carers who drive, based near Beverley

Champney Treasure House and Beverley Art Gallery, Beverley

Photo: Bernard Sharp, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Gallery · Beverley

Champney Treasure House and Beverley Art Gallery

The recently renovated Champney Treasure House in Beverley brings together the town's library, museum, archives and Beverley Art Gallery. The gallery shows Victorian, Edwardian and modern paintings, including work by the local artists Fred and Mary Elwell, alongside changing exhibitions.

Admission is free, the entrance is flat at street level with automatic doors, there are disabled parking bays outside and wheelchair accessible toilets, and there is a café.

Time to allow
An hour or two
Cost
Free admission

What their access information confirms

  • Step-free route
  • Accessible toilet
  • Blue Badge parking
  • Café

Their website

Carers who drive, based near Beverley

Sewerby Hall and Gardens, Bridlington

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Historic house · Bridlington

Sewerby Hall and Gardens

Sewerby Hall is a Georgian country house on the clifftops just north of Bridlington, with period rooms, exhibitions and a collection about the aviator Amy Johnson. Outside are award-winning gardens, woodland walks and a small zoo.

There is a lift to all floors of the house, unisex disabled toilets in the Orangery and courtyard, Blue Badge parking in the main car park and wheelchairs to borrow, though the path from the car park is about 200 metres with a slight incline.

Time to allow
Half a day
Cost
Paid entry

What their access information confirms

  • Accessible toilet
  • Wheelchairs to borrow
  • Blue Badge parking
  • Café

Their websiteAccess information

Carers who drive, based near Bridlington

RSPB Bempton Cliffs, Bempton

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Nature reserve · Bempton

RSPB Bempton Cliffs

Bempton Cliffs are tall chalk cliffs north of Bridlington where around half a million seabirds nest in spring and summer, including puffins, gannets and kittiwakes. The RSPB visitor centre has a café, and clifftop viewpoints look along the cliffs.

There is an accessible toilet in the visitor centre, 11 Blue Badge spaces by the entrance, Tramper scooters and push wheelchairs to borrow, and the three viewpoints nearest the centre are fully wheelchair accessible.

Time to allow
Half a day
Cost
Check prices

What their access information confirms

  • Partly step-free
  • Accessible toilet
  • Blue Badge parking
  • Café

Their websiteAccess information

Carers who drive, based near Bempton

Bridlington South Beach, Bridlington

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Coast · Bridlington

Bridlington South Beach

Bridlington South Beach is a long sandy beach with a promenade running south from the harbour of this traditional seaside town. The South Side land train runs along the seafront, with step-free access and room for a wheelchair user on its rear carriage.

Ramps lead from the promenade onto the beach, beach wheelchairs can be booked through the Coastal Services Office, and there are RADAR toilets and a Changing Places toilet on the South Promenade.

Time to allow
Half a day
Cost
Free

What their access information confirms

  • Step-free route
  • Accessible toilet
  • Wheelchairs to borrow

Their websiteAccess information

Carers who drive, based near Bridlington

Hornsea Beach and Promenade, Hornsea

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Coast · Hornsea

Hornsea Beach and Promenade

Hornsea is a quieter seaside town on the Holderness coast with a long promenade above a sandy beach, looking out over the North Sea. Hornsea Mere, the largest freshwater lake in Yorkshire, is a short drive inland.

The promenade is long and level, suiting wheelchairs and mobility scooters, with accessible parking bays close to the seafront and toilets for disabled visitors.

Time to allow
An hour or two
Cost
Free

What their access information confirms

  • Step-free route
  • Accessible toilet
  • Blue Badge parking

Their websiteAccess information

Carers who drive, based near Hornsea

Burnby Hall Gardens, Pocklington

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Garden · Pocklington

Burnby Hall Gardens

Burnby Hall Gardens in Pocklington is a nine-acre heritage garden with two lakes holding the national collection of hardy water lilies, at their best from June to August. There is also a small museum about Major Stewart, who created the gardens, and a spring tulip festival.

Most of the gardens are suitable for wheelchairs, the paths around the lakes are smooth with benches along the way, and there is a café and gift shop.

Time to allow
An hour or two
Cost
Check prices

What their access information confirms

  • Partly step-free
  • Café

Their websiteAccess information

Carers who drive, based near Pocklington

Spurn National Nature Reserve, Kilnsea

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Nature reserve · Kilnsea

Spurn National Nature Reserve

Spurn is a long, narrow spit of sand curving across the mouth of the Humber, looked after by Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, with beach, mudflats, saltmarsh, dunes and lagoons. The Spurn Discovery Centre at Kilnsea has a café, toilets and wildlife displays, and the area is famous for migrating birds.

There is a large car park at the Discovery Centre with disabled spaces, so a carer can enjoy the café and the view over the estuary without walking out along the spit.

Time to allow
Half a day
Cost
Free to walk, parking charged for non-members

What their access information confirms

  • Blue Badge parking
  • Café

Their website

Carers who drive, based near Kilnsea

Howden Minster, Howden

Photo: Philip Pankhurst, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Cathedral · Howden

Howden Minster

Howden Minster is a large medieval church in the small market town of Howden, still in use, with the ruined 14th-century chancel and chapter house looked after by English Heritage. The decorated ruins can be seen from outside at any reasonable time during daylight.

The ruins are viewed from outside, there are public toilets and places to eat in Howden, and on-street parking is in the town, so a short visit is easy to plan around the market place.

Time to allow
An hour or two
Cost
Free

Access

Their website does not set out its access in detail, so ring ahead about parking, paths and toilets.

Their website

Carers who drive, based near Howden

Humber Bridge Country Park and Hessle Mill, Hessle

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Park · Hessle

Humber Bridge Country Park and Hessle Mill

Humber Bridge Country Park is a former chalk quarry below the Humber Bridge, now a local nature reserve with woodland paths, picnic areas and the Chalk Walk heritage trail. On the foreshore, Hessle Mill is an early 19th-century whiting mill with free displays about milling and quarrying.

There is free parking at the top of the park and behind the mill, and the foreshore by the mill gives views of the bridge without a long walk, though the mill's upper floors are reached by stairs only.

Time to allow
An hour or two
Cost
Free, with free parking

Access

Their website does not set out its access in detail, so ring ahead about parking, paths and toilets.

Their website

Carers who drive, based near Hessle

Regular groups and events in East Riding of Yorkshire

Something to go back to every week or every year, from our research into what older people enjoy doing in East Riding of Yorkshire.

  • Music · BeverleyBeverley and East Riding Early Music FestivalAn annual festival of early music held in Beverley and other East Riding churches, with daytime as well as evening concerts. A carer can pick a shorter afternoon recital, book seats near an aisle and handle the parking and travel.Details
  • Dancing · BridlingtonTea dances at Bridlington SpaRegular afternoon tea dances in the Spa ballroom with live organ music, ballroom and sequence dancing. A carer can go along as a partner or simply sit with them at a table, which suits someone who wants the music and company more than a full dance card.Details
  • ReadingEast Riding LibrariesThe council runs libraries in the market towns and coastal towns across the East Riding, with free membership, large print and audio stock and online services. A carer can drive them to their nearest branch, help with renewals and choose books together when eyesight or handling makes browsing harder.Details
  • Volunteering · BeverleyVolunteering at Beverley MinsterThe Minster uses volunteers as welcomers, guides, shop helpers and in the coffee area, with set shifts each week. A carer can help with the travel and stay nearby during a shift, which makes a couple of hours of welcoming visitors realistic.Details

Hobbies and carers who share them in East Riding of Yorkshire

At a glance

The ten places side by side

What each place’s own access information confirms. “Ask” means it does not say, not that it is missing.

PlaceTimeCostStep-freeToiletCafé
Beverley MinsterBeverleyan hour or twoFreeYesYesAsk
Champney Treasure House and Beverley Art GalleryBeverleyan hour or twoFreeYesYesYes
Sewerby Hall and GardensBridlingtonhalf a dayPaid entryAskYesYes
RSPB Bempton CliffsBemptonhalf a dayCheck pricesPartlyYesYes
Bridlington South BeachBridlingtonhalf a dayFreeYesYesAsk
Hornsea Beach and PromenadeHornseaan hour or twoFreeYesYesAsk
Burnby Hall GardensPocklingtonan hour or twoCheck pricesPartlyAskYes
Spurn National Nature ReserveKilnseahalf a dayFreeAskAskYes
Howden MinsterHowdenan hour or twoFreeAskAskAsk
Humber Bridge Country Park and Hessle MillHesslean hour or twoFreeAskAskAsk

Where the places are in East Riding of Yorkshire

The county’s boundary, numbered as on this page, with the main towns for reference.

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  1. 1Beverley Minster, Beverley
  2. 2Champney Treasure House and Beverley Art Gallery, Beverley
  3. 3Sewerby Hall and Gardens, Bridlington
  4. 4RSPB Bempton Cliffs, Bempton
  5. 5Bridlington South Beach, Bridlington
  6. 6Hornsea Beach and Promenade, Hornsea
  7. 7Burnby Hall Gardens, Pocklington
  8. 8Spurn National Nature Reserve, Kilnsea
  9. 9Howden Minster, Howden
  10. 10Humber Bridge Country Park and Hessle Mill, Hessle

What it costs

What a day out with a carer costs in East Riding of Yorkshire

Carers in East Riding of Yorkshire charge £19 to £21 an hour through PrimeCarers, typically £20, with our fee included. A four-hour outing is about £80 for the carer’s time. Entry, food and parking are extra, and travel costs are only payable if you agree them with the carer in advance, in writing. The cost of home care in East Riding of Yorkshire has the full figures.

Photographs on this page are from Wikimedia Commons, credited under each one.

Questions

Questions families ask about days out in East Riding of Yorkshire

Beverley Minster in Beverley, Champney Treasure House and Beverley Art Gallery in Beverley, Sewerby Hall and Gardens in Bridlington, RSPB Bempton Cliffs in Bempton, Bridlington South Beach in Bridlington, Hornsea Beach and Promenade in Hornsea, Burnby Hall Gardens in Pocklington, Spurn National Nature Reserve in Kilnsea, Howden Minster in Howden and Humber Bridge Country Park and Hessle Mill in Hessle. Each has its own section on this page with what its access information confirms, the cost and how long to allow.

The access information for Beverley Minster, Champney Treasure House and Beverley Art Gallery, Bridlington South Beach and Hornsea Beach and Promenade describes a step-free route. Beverley Minster, Champney Treasure House and Beverley Art Gallery, Sewerby Hall and Gardens, RSPB Bempton Cliffs, Bridlington South Beach and Hornsea Beach and Promenade have an accessible toilet. Sewerby Hall and Gardens and Bridlington South Beach lend wheelchairs. Access changes, so ring ahead about anything your parent depends on.

Beverley Minster, Champney Treasure House and Beverley Art Gallery, Bridlington South Beach, Hornsea Beach and Promenade, Spurn National Nature Reserve, Howden Minster and Humber Bridge Country Park and Hessle Mill. Parking is often charged even where entry is free.

Yes. A companion carer can drive your parent there, walk at their pace, help with the toilet and meals, and bring them home. 30 of the carers with a rate near East Riding of Yorkshire drive. Visits are booked by the hour, typically £20 an hour here with our fee included. Companionship care in East Riding of Yorkshire shows who is available.

Often. Many attractions let a carer or companion in free, or at a reduced price, with a disabled visitor, and some ask for proof such as a letter or a benefit award. It varies, so check each place’s access or prices page before you go.

Where the nearest carers live

From the profiles of the carers based within about 45 minutes of East Riding of Yorkshire

Where the nearest carers live. A carer close to home can manage a longer day out.

Companionship care in the counties around East Riding of Yorkshire

Days out in the areas around East Riding of Yorkshire

Companionship care by town in East Riding of Yorkshire

Each town page shows the carers who list it as home, with their rates and reviews.

Find a carer who could take them out in East Riding of Yorkshire

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