Hill figure
Horse figures -- List of UK figures
Table:
Name

County

Cutting date

Uffington White Horse

Oxfordshire

1000 BC

Westbury White Horse

Wiltshire

1778

Cherhill White Horse

Wiltshire

1780

Mormond White Horse

Aberdeenshire

1790s

Marlborough White Horse

Wiltshire

1804

Osmington White Horse

Dorset

1808

Alton Barnes White Horse

Wiltshire

1812

Hackpen White Horse

Wiltshire

1838

Woolbury White Horse

Hampshire

Before 1846

Kilburn White Horse

North Yorkshire

1857

Broad Town White Horse

Wiltshire

1864

Cleadon White Horse

South Tyneside

Before 1887

Litlington White Horse

East Sussex

1924

Pewsey White Horse

Wiltshire

1937

Devizes White Horse

Wiltshire

1999

Heeley White Horse

South Yorkshire

2000

Folkestone White Horse

Kent

2003

Lutterworth white horses

Leicestershire

2012

Nursteed School white horse, Devizes

Wiltshire

2012

Beverley Racecourse white horses

East Riding

2010s

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The Uffington White Horse is a prehistoric hill figure , 110 m ( 360 ft ) long , formed from deep trenches filled with crushed white chalk . The figure is situated on the upper slopes of White Horse Hill in the English civil parish of Uffington ( in the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire and historic county of Berkshire ) , some 10 mi ( 16 km ) east of Swindon , 8 km ( 5 mi ) south of the town of Faringdon and a similar distance west of the town of Wantage ; or 2.5 km ( 1.6 mi ) south of Uffington . The hill forms a part of the scarp of the Berkshire Downs and overlooks the Vale of White Horse to the north . The best views of the figure are obtained from the air , or from directly across the Vale , particularly around the villages of Great Coxwell , Longcot and Fernham . The site is owned and managed by the National Trust and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument . The Guardian stated in 2003 that for more than 3,000 years , the Uffington White Horse has been jealously guarded as a masterpiece of minimalist art . The Uffington Horse is by far the oldest of the white horse figures in Britain and is of an entirely different design from the others inspired by it .
Oxfordshire ( abbreviated Oxon , from Oxonium , the Latin name for Oxford ) is a county in South East England . The ceremonial county borders Warwickshire to the north-west , Northamptonshire to the north-east , Buckinghamshire to the east , Berkshire to the south , Wiltshire to the south-west and Gloucestershire to the west . The county has major education and tourist industries and is noted for the concentration of performance motorsport companies and facilities . Oxford University Press is the largest firm among a concentration of print and publishing firms ; the University of Oxford is also linked to the concentration of local biotechnology companies . As well as the city of Oxford , other centres of population are Banbury , Bicester , Kidlington and Chipping Norton to the north of Oxford ; Carterton and Witney to the west ; Thame and Chinnor to the east ; and Abingdon-on-Thames , Wantage , Didcot , Wallingford and Henley-on-Thames to the south . The areas south of the Thames , the Vale of White Horse and parts of South Oxfordshire , are in the historic county of Berkshire , as is the highest point , the 261 metres ( 856 ft ) White Horse Hill . Oxfordshire 's county flower is the snake's-head fritillary .
The Westbury or Bratton White Horse is a hill figure on the escarpment of Salisbury Plain , approximately 1.5 mi ( 2.4 km ) east of Westbury in Wiltshire , England . Located on the edge of Bratton Downs and lying just below an Iron Age hill fort , it is the oldest of several white horses carved in Wiltshire . It was restored in 1778 , an action which may have obliterated another horse that had occupied the same slope . A contemporary engraving from the 1760s appears to show a horse facing in the opposite direction that was rather smaller than the present figure . There is , however , no documentation or other evidence for the existence of a chalk horse at Westbury before 1742 . The horse is 180 feet ( 55 m ) tall and 170 feet ( 52 m ) wide and has been adopted as a symbol for the town of Westbury , appearing on welcome signs and the logo of its tourist information centre . It is also considered a symbol for Wiltshire as a whole .
Wiltshire ( /ˈwɪlt.ʃər , -ʃɪər/ ; abbreviated Wilts ) is a county in South West England with an area of 3,485 km2 ( 1,346 square miles ) . It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset , Somerset , Hampshire , Gloucestershire , Oxfordshire and Berkshire . The county town was originally Wilton , after which the county is named , but Wiltshire Council is now based in the county town of Trowbridge . Within the county 's boundary are two unitary authority areas , Wiltshire and Swindon , governed respectively by Wiltshire Council and Swindon Borough Council . Wiltshire is characterised by its high downland and wide valleys . Salisbury Plain is noted for being the location of the Stonehenge and Avebury stone circles and other ancient landmarks , and as a training area for the British Army . The city of Salisbury is notable for its medieval cathedral . Important country houses open to the public include Longleat , near Warminster , and the National Trust 's Stourhead , near Mere .
The Cherhill White Horse is a hill figure on Cherhill Down , 3.5 miles east of Calne in Wiltshire , England . Dating from the late 18th century , it is the third oldest of several such white horses in Great Britain , with only the Uffington White Horse and the Westbury White Horse being older . The figure is also sometimes called the Oldbury White Horse .
Mormond Hill ( Scottish Gaelic A ' Mhormhonadh , meaning the great hill or moor ) is a large hill in Aberdeenshire , Scotland not far from Fraserburgh . The villages of Strichen and New Leeds can be found at its southern foothills . It also has a smattering of disused satellite dishes and masts on top , remnants from Cold War U.S. armed forces communications and British Telecom having a presence on the site . The hill is mentioned in the traditional Scottish ballad known as Mormond Braes . The word 'Brae ' comes from bràigh ( top ) in Scottish Gaelic , while the rest of the ballad is a mix of English and Scots , with references to 'Strichen toon ' . The ballad is about a girl who 's lost her lover and is preparing herself to face the world and get another . The hill is also referenced in the poem Farewell to Tarwathie by George Scroggie of Strichen , published in 1857 , and now better known as the song published in Volume 1 of the Greig-Duncan collection ( c. 1909 ) .
Aberdeenshire ( Scots : Aiberdeenshire ; Scottish Gaelic : Siorrachd Obar Dheathain ) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland . It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially different boundaries . The Aberdeenshire council area includes all of the area of the historic counties of Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire ( except the area making up the City of Aberdeen ) , as well as part of Banffshire . The county boundaries are officially used for a few purposes , namely land registration and lieutenancy . Aberdeenshire Council is headquartered at Woodhill House , in Aberdeen , making it the only Scottish council whose headquarters are located outside its jurisdiction . Aberdeen itself forms a different council area ( Aberdeen City ) . Aberdeenshire borders onto Angus and Perth and Kinross to the south , Highland and Moray to the west and Aberdeen City to the east . Traditionally , it has been economically dependent upon the primary sector ( agriculture , fishing , and forestry ) and related processing industries . Over the last 40 years , the development of the oil and gas industry and associated service sector has broadened Aberdeenshire 's economic base , and contributed to a rapid population growth of some 50% since 1975 . Its land represents 8% of Scotland 's overall territory . It covers an area of 6,313 square kilometres ( 2,437 sq mi ) .
The Marlborough White Horse , also called the Preshute White Horse , is a hill figure on Granham Hill , a fairly shallow slope of the downland above the hamlet of Preshute , southwest of Marlborough in the county of Wiltshire , England . Dating from 1804 , it is one of several such white horses to be seen around Great Britain , and one of nine in Wiltshire . Many distant views of the horse are obstructed by trees , but it can be seen from parts of the town of Marlborough . One good view is from a footpath running from Preshute House to the A345 road . The figure is some 500 metres south of Marlborough College , within 100 metres of the southeast corner of the sportsgrounds .
The Osmington White Horse is a hill figure cut into the limestone of Osmington Hill just north of Weymouth in 1808 . It is in the South Dorset Downs in the parish of Osmington . The figure is of King George III riding his horse and can be seen for miles around . The king was a regular visitor to Weymouth and made it 'the first resort ' . The figure is 280 feet ( 85 m ) long and 323 feet ( 98 m ) high and is best viewed from the A353 road . In 1989 the figure was restored for a broadcast of the TV show Challenge Anneka , although the work was subsequently criticised by historians for doing more harm than good . Anneka Rice , presenter of the show , stated that planning permission and advice had been sought before the work . In August 2011 pranksters added a 'horn ' made from plastic sheeting to make the horse resemble a unicorn . In 2012 , it was announced that for the Olympics 2012 , the horse would be cleaned and slightly recut to make it look like the original when it was cut in 1808 . Restoration was completed on 11 March 2012 , and Princess Anne attended a ceremony at which a new plaque made of local stone was revealed . The restoration was done by volunteers , who spent two years carrying out repairs .
Dorset ( /ˈdɔːrsɪt/ ; archaically : Dorsetshire ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast . The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth , Christchurch and Poole and Dorset . Covering an area of 2,653 square kilometres ( 1,024 sq mi ) , Dorset borders Devon to the west , Somerset to the north-west , Wiltshire to the north-east , and Hampshire to the east . The county town is Dorchester which is in the south . After the reorganisation of local government in 1974 the county 's border was extended eastward to incorporate the Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch . Around half of the population lives in the South East Dorset conurbation , while the rest of the county is largely rural with a low population density . The county has a long history of human settlement stretching back to the Neolithic era . The Romans conquered Dorset 's indigenous Celtic tribe , and during the Early Middle Ages , the Saxons settled the area and made Dorset a shire in the 7th century . The first recorded Viking raid on the British Isles occurred in Dorset during the eighth century , and the Black Death entered England at Melcombe Regis in 1348 . Dorset has seen much civil unrest : in the English Civil War , an uprising of vigilantes was crushed by Oliver Cromwell 's forces in a pitched battle near Shaftesbury ; the doomed Monmouth Rebellion began at Lyme Regis ; and a group of farm labourers from Tolpuddle were instrumental in the formation of the trade union movement . During the Second World War , Dorset was heavily involved in the preparations for the invasion of Normandy , and the large harbours of Portland and Poole were two of the main embarkation points . The former was the sailing venue in the 2012 Summer Olympics , and both have clubs or hire venues for sailing , Cornish pilot gig rowing , sea kayaking and powerboating .
Alton Barnes White Horse is a chalk hill figure of a white horse located on Milk Hill some 1,000 metres north of the village of Alton , Wiltshire , England . The horse is approximately 180 feet high and 160 feet long , and was cut in 1812 under the commission of local farmer Robert Pile . Pile instructed inn sign painter John Thorne to design and cut the horse , although Thorne conned Pile by leaving with his advance sum while employing local resident John Harvey to cut the horse instead . It is based on another white horse hill figure in Wiltshire , the Cherhill White Horse , and is the second-biggest of nine white horses in Wiltshire . One of the county 's best-loved and most iconic white horses , it remains a tourist attraction and has been regularly maintained throughout time , with numerous groups or individuals scouring the horse throughout its life . More recently , the horse was illuminated by candles every winter solstice for over ten years , as well as in a lantern parade to celebrate the horse 's 200th birthday in 2012 . The horse has also been transformed into a zebra on April Fools ' Day on two occasions .
Hackpen White Horse is a chalk hill figure of a white horse on Hackpen Hill , located below The Ridgeway on the edge of the Marlborough Downs , two miles south east of Broad Hinton , Wiltshire , England . It is one of nine white horse hill figures located in Wiltshire . It is also known as the Broad Hinton White Horse due to its near location to Broad Hinton . Supposedly cut by local parish clerk Henry Eatwell in 1838 to commemorate the coronation of Queen Victoria , the horse is 90 square feet ( 8.4 m2 ) . The horse is regularly scoured and maintained .
Hampshire ( /ˈhæmpʃər/ , /-ʃɪər/ ( listen ) ; postal abbreviation Hants . ) [ note 1 ] is a county in southern England . The county town is the city of Winchester . Its two largest cities , Southampton and Portsmouth , are administered separately as unitary authorities ; the rest of the county is governed by Hampshire County Council . First settled about 14,000 years ago , Hampshire 's history dates to Roman Britain , when its chief town was Winchester . When the Romans left Britain , the area was infiltrated by tribes from Scandinavia and mainland Europe , principally in the river valleys . The county was recorded in the 11th century Domesday Book , divided into 44 hundreds . From the 12th century , the ports grew in importance , fuelled by trade with the continent , wool and cloth manufacture in the county , and the fishing industry , and a shipbuilding industry was established . By the 16th century , the population of Southampton had outstripped that of Winchester . By the mid-19th century , with the county 's population at 219,210 ( double that at the beginning of the century ) in more than 86,000 dwellings , agriculture was the principal industry and 10 per cent of the county was still forest . Hampshire played a crucial military role in both World Wars . The Isle of Wight , historically part of Hampshire , became a separate ceremonial county in 1974 .
The Kilburn White Horse , grid reference SE516813 , is a hill figure cut into the hillside in the North York Moors National Park near Kilburn in North Yorkshire , England . The figure is 318 feet ( 97 m ) long by 220 ft ( 67 m ) high and covers about 1.6 acres ( 6,475.0 m2 ) and said to be the largest and most northerly hill figure in England . Located on the southern flank of Sutton Bank , near Roulston Scar at the edge of the Hambleton table-land , it faces south-south-west and is visible from some distance , particularly from the East Coast Main Line railway south of Thirsk , and from the A19 . On a clear day , the horse is visible from north Leeds , 28 miles ( 45 km ) away on the higher ground to the west of the Vale of York . Sutton Bank , geologically , is formed of sandstone and the horse was created by removing the topsoil and exposing the underlying rock and covering it with white limestone chips . It was created in November 1857 , and some accounts state that it was done by school master John Hodgson and his pupils , together with local volunteers . A tablet erected at the car park below it reads , The Kilburn 'White Horse ' -- This figure was cut in 1857 on the initiative of Thomas Taylor , a native of Kilburn . In 1925 a restoration fund was subscribed by the readers of the Yorkshire Evening Post and the residue of £100 was invested to provide for the triennial grooming of the figure . However , Morris Marples in his 1949 book gives Thomas Taylor the credit for being the prime mover : a native of Kilburn , he was a buyer for a London provision merchant , and he seems to have attended celebrations at Uffington White Horse in 1857 , and he was inspired to give his home village a similar example . Thirty-three men were involved in cutting it , and 6 tons ( 6.1 metric tonnes ) of lime were used to whiten the exposed rock . Nowadays a car park is provided below the white horse and there is a footpath ascending past it and crossing immediately above it . The image itself is now formed of off-white limestone chips , but the steep gradient of the hillside , especially at the horse 's breast and forelegs , have led to slumping and retention boards have been fixed to restrain this .
North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan county ( or shire county ) and the largest ceremonial county in England by area . It is located primarily in the region of Yorkshire and the Humber but partly in the region of North East England . The estimated ( by ONS ) population of North Yorkshire was 602,300 in mid-2016 ( not including the unitary districts of York , Middlesbrough , Stockton and Redcar & Cleveland ) . Created by the Local Government Act 1972 , it covers an area of 8,654 square kilometres ( 3,341 sq mi ) , making it the largest county in England . The majority of the Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors lie within North Yorkshire 's boundaries , and around 40% of the county is covered by National Parks . The largest towns are Middlesbrough ( 174,700 ) , York ( 152,841 ) , Harrogate ( 73,576 ) and Scarborough ( 61,749 ) ; the county town , Northallerton , has a population of 16,832 .
The Broad Town White Horse is a hill figure of a white horse located in the village of Broad Town , Wiltshire , England . One of eight canonical hill figures in Wiltshire depicting a white horse , it is carved into a 45° slope above Little Town Nursery Farmhouse and is visible for 20 miles . The horse is 80 by 60 feet ( 24 by 18 m ) in size and composed of fine compacted chalk with well defined edges . Although its origin is uncertain , according to Rev . Plenderleath , writing in 1885 , it was cut in 1864 by a William Simmonds , who held the farm then . Simmonds claimed later that it had been his intention to enlarge the horse gradually over the years , but he had to give up the farm and so did not have the opportunity . The white horse serves as an icon for the village of Broad Town and is generally regarded as one of the most animated white horse figures in Wiltshire , and has been noted for being both conspicuous , due to its being visible for many miles , and the secret white horse , due to its rural location away from main roads . The horse regularly fell into neglect over time , and scouring and maintaining the horse was frequently a problem until 1991 , when the Broad Town White Horse Restoration Society was formed by local villagers to regularly scour and maintain the horse , which they have continued to do ever since .
Cleadon is a suburban village in South Tyneside , North East England in the county of Tyne and Wear , and the historic County Durham . In 2001 the population of Cleadon was 4,795 , increasing for the South Tyneside ward of Cleadon and Boldon at the 2011 Census to 8,457 . Nearby villages or population centres include East Boldon , Whitburn , and Jarrow . The village is around 5 miles from the city of Sunderland and 10 miles from the city of Newcastle .
South Tyneside is a metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear in North East England . It is bordered by three other boroughs - Gateshead to the west , Sunderland in the south and North Tyneside to the north . The border county of Northumberland lies further north . The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the County Borough of South Shields along with the municipal borough of Jarrow and the urban districts of Boldon and Hebburn from County Durham . South Tyneside forms part of the Tyneside conurbation , the sixth largest in the United Kingdom , with a geographical area of 64.43 km2 ( 24.88 sq mi ) and an estimated population of 153,700 ( Mid-year 2010 ) , measured at the 2011 Census as 148,127 . It is bordered to the east by the North Sea and to the north by the River Tyne . A Green Belt of 23.64 km2 ( 9.13 sq mi ) is at its southern boundary . The main administrative centre and largest town is South Shields . Other riverside towns are Jarrow and Hebburn , while the villages of Cleadon , Whitburn and The Boldons border the South Tyneside green belt , with Wearside to the south at Sunderland . South Tyneside is represented by two Members of Parliament with two constituencies : South Shields ( including Whitburn ) and Jarrow ( which also serves Hebburn , the Urban Fringe villages and eastern parts of Gateshead ) . Mr. Martin Swales has been Chief Executive at South Tyneside Council since December 3 , 2009 . Mr. Swales previously served as Strategic Director of Development at North Tyneside Council .
Litlington is a very lightly populated village in the Cuckmere Valley ( which is also its Civil Parish ) in England , focussed 3 miles ( 4.8 km ) ENE of Seaford , East Sussex on the south coast . It is in a roughly square parish of dramatic chalkland that extends down to a natural coastline of pebble beach , Cuckmere Haven .
East Sussex is a county in South East England . It is bordered by the counties of Kent to the north and east , West Sussex to the west , and Surrey to the north-west , as well as the English Channel to the south .
A previous white horse was cut on the same hill , probably in 1785 . It was cut by , or on the instructions of , Robert Pile of Manor Farm , Alton Barnes . The nearby Alton Barnes White Horse was cut 27 years later by a Robert Pile of the same address , but is unknown if this is the same man . The horse received a scouring in 1789 , believed to be the first and last scouring , as the landowner objected to the festivities which had accompanied the scouring and thus refused to allow it to happen again . Thus , it fell into neglect , and by the mid-1800s was in a bad state of repair . By the mid-1930s , the chalk of the horse was no longer visible . Nonetheless , the outline of the head and body could still vaguely be seen , both as raised contours revealed by both the light of the rising sun and as a discolouration of the grass . As is visible from a sketch of the contours still visible in 1939 , the horse may have been of fairly good proportions . A local legend says that the horse had a boy rider , but there appears to have been no visible rider in the late 1800s when the chalk was still able to be seen , so this theory has often been refuted . Had it had a rider , it would have been one of two of such horses to do so in England , alongside the 19th century Osmington White Horse near Weymouth , Dorset . In 1937 , George Marples , an authority on hill figures , was in the area researching the horse , which at this time was barely visible , when he was approached by a committee that had just been formed to find a suitable way of commemorating the Coronation of George VI . Marples drew up three designs for a horse and , for ease of maintenance , the horse shown trotting to the left was chosen .
The Devizes White Horse , officially known as the Devizes Millennium White Horse , is a chalk hill figure of a horse located on Bank Field , an escarpment at Roundway Hill , on the outskirts of the town of Devizes above the hamlet of Roundway , Wiltshire , England ; it is about ½ mile north of Roundway . It was cut in 1999 to celebrate the forthcoming third millennium , and is based on a design of another white horse hill figure , which was also known as the Devizes White Horse , or sometimes The Snobs Horse , which was very close to the present horse as it was also on Roundway Hill beneath the Oliver 's Castle hill fort . Traces of the Snobs Horse can still be seen under the right conditions . The Devizes White Horse is the eighth and latest major white horse hill figure cut in Wiltshire to be seen today , and is 45.7 metres ( 150 ft ) long by 45 metres ( 148 ft ) high . The horse , although sometimes viewed from an skewed angle when on nearby roads , can be seen from miles away , including from Bratton Castle on Bratton Downs , home to Westbury White Horse . It is also visible from the Vale of Pewsey , home to the Pewsey White Horse , where the Devizes White Horse and Alton Barnes White Horse can be seen facing each other .
Heeley is a former cluster of villages now a suburb in the south of the City of Sheffield , England . The village has existed at least since 1343 , its name deriving from Heah Leah , High Lea then Hely , meaning a high , woodland clearing . Originally Heeley was divided into three : Upper Heeley ( or Heeley Top ) was around the intersection of Myrtle Road and Heeley Green , Middle Heeley was on the Gleadless Road at Well Road , and Lower Heeley ( or Heeley Bottom ) was on the London Road around Artisan View . At the 2011 Census the village formed part of the Gleadless Valley ward of the City of Sheffield .
South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England . It is the southernmost county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region and had a population of 1.34 million in 2011 . It has an area of 1,552 square kilometres ( 599 sq mi ) and consists of four metropolitan boroughs , Barnsley , Doncaster , Rotherham and Sheffield . South Yorkshire was created on 1 April 1974 as a result of the Local Government Act 1972 . Its largest settlement is Sheffield . Lying on the east side of the Pennines , South Yorkshire is landlocked , and borders Derbyshire to the west and south-west , West Yorkshire to the north-west , North Yorkshire to the north , the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north-east , Lincolnshire to the east and Nottinghamshire to the south-east . The Sheffield Urban Area is the tenth most populous conurbation in the United Kingdom , and dominates the western half of South Yorkshire with over half of the county 's population living within it . South Yorkshire lies within the Sheffield City Region with Barnsley also being within the Leeds City Region , reflecting its geographical position midway between Yorkshire 's two largest cities . South Yorkshire County Council was abolished in 1986 and its metropolitan boroughs are now effectively unitary authorities , although the metropolitan county continues to exist in law . As a ceremonial county , South Yorkshire has a Lord Lieutenant and a High Sheriff . South Yorkshire was created from 32 local government districts of the West Riding of Yorkshire ( the administrative county and four independent county boroughs ) , with small areas from Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire . In the 2016 referendum on the United Kingdom 's membership of the European Union , South Yorkshire voted 62% leave and 38% remain , making it one of the most heavily Leave areas in the country .
The Folkestone White Horse is a white horse hill figure , carved into Cheriton Hill , Folkestone , Kent , South East England . It overlooks the English terminal of the Channel Tunnel and was completed in June 2003 . The horse was planned as a Millennium Landmark to help regenerate the Folkestone area . The design for the horse was drawn by a local artist , Charlie Newington , inspired by a nearby Iron Age fort in an area known as Horse Hill dating from three millennia ago and also based on the White Horse of Uffington . [ citation needed ] It is the first official hill figure in the town , although an area of chalk on Summerhouse Hill is said to resemble an elephant 's head and has become known as the Folkestone Elephant . Planning permission for the project was first applied for in April 1998 , with an illustrative canvas mockup being erected in August 1999 . The project was opposed by the Government watchdog English Nature due to the site 's importance as a Site of Special Scientific Interest . In 2000 English Nature appealed to Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott , although the project was said to have widespread public support by local MP and prominent politician Michael Howard . The project was supported by Folkestone and Hythe District Council , who adopted it as their corporate logo . Due to the opposition , the project went to a public enquiry in 2001 . The project was given the go-ahead in March 2002 by Stephen Byers , then Secretary of State for Transport , Local Government and the Regions , who stated that the emotional and symbolic value of the project outweighed the possible environmental damage . Construction of the horse began in September 2002 .
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties . It borders Greater London to the north-west , Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west . The county also shares borders with Essex along the estuary of the River Thames ( connected by land via High Speed 1 and the Dartford Crossing ) , and with the French department of Pas-de-Calais through the Channel Tunnel . The county town is Maidstone . Kent was among the first British territories conquered and settled by Anglo-Saxons . Canterbury Cathedral in Kent has been the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury , leader of the Church of England , since the Reformation . Prior to that it was built by Catholics , dating back to the conversion of England to Catholicism by Saint Augustine that began in the 6th century . Before the English Reformation the cathedral was part of a Benedictine monastic community known as Christ Church , Canterbury , as well as being the seat of the Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury . The last Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury was Reginald Pole . Rochester Cathedral is also in Kent , in Medway . It is the second-oldest cathedral in England , with Canterbury Cathedral being the oldest . Between London and the Strait of Dover , which separates it from mainland Europe , Kent has seen both diplomacy and conflict , ranging from the Leeds Castle peace talks of 1978 and 2004 to the Battle of Britain in World War II .
Lutterworth is a market town and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire , England . The town is located in southern Leicestershire , close to the borders with Warwickshire and Northamptonshire . It is located 6.4 miles ( 10.3 kilometres ) north of Rugby , Warwickshire and 12 miles ( 19 kilometres ) south of Leicester . At the 2011 UK census , the civil parish of Lutterworth had a population of 9,353 . The built up area of Lutterworth , which also includes the adjacent village of Bitteswell had a population of 9,907 .
Leicestershire ( /ˈlɛstərʃər , -ʃɪər/ ( listen ) ; postal abbreviation Leics . ) is a landlocked county in the English Midlands . The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north , Lincolnshire to the north-east , Rutland to the east , Northamptonshire to the south-east , Warwickshire to the south-west , Staffordshire to the west , and Derbyshire to the north-west . The border with most of Warwickshire is Watling Street , the modern A5 road . Leicestershire takes its name from the city of Leicester located at its centre and administered separately from the rest of the county . The ceremonial county - the non-metropolitan county plus the city of Leicester - has a total population of just over 1 million ( 2016 estimate ) , more than half of which lives in the Leicester Urban Area .
Beverley Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in the town of Beverley in the East Riding of Yorkshire , England . An annual meeting at Beverley was first established in 1767 . Before that races had only occasionally been run there . Then , for a short period between 1798 and 1805 racing once again stopped . Later in the 19th century a three-day meeting was taking place annually in the week after York 's May meeting . In 2012 , Beverley hosted racing on 19 days . Its most prestigious races being two Listed races - the Hilary Needler Trophy for two-year-olds in May and Beverley Bullet Sprint over 5 furlongs in August for three-year-olds and up . The racecourse is a right-handed flat course , that is just over 1 mile 3 furlongs . It is predominantly flat but with a stiff , uphill finish and tight turns . Beverley has the most pronounced draw bias on a UK racecourse on its 5 furlong course . The sharp right hand bend and the fact that the ground runs away to the left make a low draw ( i.e . on the inside rail ) much more advantageous than a high draw ( i.e .
The East Riding of Yorkshire , or simply East Riding or East Yorkshire , is an area in Northern England and can refer either to the administrative county ( Local Government Area ) of the East Riding of Yorkshire which is a unitary authority , to the ceremonial county ( Lieutenancy ) of the East Riding of Yorkshire or to the easternmost of the three subdivisions ( ridings ) of the traditional county of Yorkshire . No two of these areas share the same geographical boundaries despite sharing the same name . The traditional East Riding of Yorkshire includes parts of ceremonial North Yorkshire such as Filey but not Goole , whereas both the administrative and ceremonial East Riding of Yorkshire include Goole but not those parts of North Yorkshire . Both the traditional and ceremonial East Riding include Kingston upon Hull , but the administrative East Riding does not as Kingston upon Hull is in its own unitary authority . The traditional East Riding covers a larger area than both the ceremonial and administrative East Riding . The East Riding , North Riding and West Riding were treated as three separate counties for many purposes , such as having separate quarter sessions . In 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888 , administrative counties with a county council were created on the historic boundaries . In 1974 both the Local Government Area and the Lieutenancy of the East Riding of Yorkshire were abolished under the Local Government Act 1972 , being succeeded in most of the riding by the newly created Humberside which included parts of the West Riding and parts of Lincolnshire . The modern Local Government Area and the ceremonial East Riding of Yorkshire were formed in 1996 from the northern part of Humberside upon its abolition . At the 2011 Census , the population was 334,179 . The landscape consists of a crescent of low chalk hills , the Yorkshire Wolds , surrounded by the low-lying fertile plains of Holderness and the Vale of York . The Humber Estuary and North Sea mark its southern and eastern limits .