page_title: Pocklington
section_title: Boat
hierarchical_section_title: Pocklington / Transport / Boat
caption_attribution_description: English: Lock on the Pocklington Canal, south of Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.Lock on the Pocklington Canal near to the canal head
context_page_description: Pocklington is a small market town and civil parish situated at the foot of the Yorkshire Wolds in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The 2011 Census recorded its population as 8,337. It is 12.5 miles east of York and 22 miles northwest of Hull.
  The town's skyline is marked by the 15th-century west tower of All Saints' parish church.
  Pocklington is at the centre of the ecclesiastical Parish of Pocklington, which also includes the hamlet of Kilnwick Percy and outlying farms and houses.
context_section_description: The Pocklington Canal, previously in commercial use in the 19th century by barges, is now navigable as far as Bielby Basin. Full restoration of the canal is one of the aims of the Pocklington Canal Amenity Society, which was formed in 1969.
caption: Pocklington Canal
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