The town of Driffield is a market town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire in England. The civil parish is formed by the town of Driffield and the village of Little Driffield. The town is set in the Yorkshire Wolds, on the Driffield Navigation canal, and near the source of the River Hull. Driffield lays on the A614, A166 and B1249, and on the Yorkshire Coast railway from Scarborough to Hull. It is located near Little Driffield, where King Aldfrith of Northumbria was reputedly buried, and it is additionally quite close to Nafferton, Hutton Cranswick and Wansford. Driffield is referred to as the 'Capital of the Wolds', predominately because of its favourable setting in between Bridlington, Beverley and York. It lies around 74.5 miles (119.9 km) to the north-east of Sheffield, 52.4 miles (84.3 km) to the east of Leeds, 29.4 miles (47.3 kilometres) to the east of York, 22.8 miles (36.7 km) to the north of Hull, 72.8 miles (117.2 km) south-west of Middlesbrough and 217.9 miles (350.7 kilometres) to the north of London. According to the 2011 Census, Driffield has a permanent population of 13080, suggesting an increase on the 2001 Census number of 11477. The town features a modest community medical facility, modest fire station, police and ambulance stations, a variety of churches, with the largest being All Saints' Parish Church, whose bells were brought back for the millennium, and a fairly small high street. There is also an area of parkland near the parish church next to the stream, Driffield Beck, that runs roughly parallel to the high street. For all of your house upgrades, be sure to identify credible experts in Driffield to make certain of quality.
