Beswick Parish Council

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20 January 2025 - Proposed 320 MW Kingfisher Solar Farm for land east of the A164 at Beswick, Lockington and Scorborough.

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The civil parish of Beswick lies in the East Riding of Yorkshire, halfway between the market towns of Beverley and Driffield.  The parish extends for seven miles west-east between the Beverley-Malton road (B1248) and the River Hull, and about one and a half miles south-north, sandwiched by the neighbouring parishes of Lockington and Watton. 

There are two villages.  The larger is Kilnwick (click here for more information).  The smaller is Beswick (click here for more information).  About one-third of parishioners live in the surrounding countryside at Kilnwick Lodges, Lund Moor and Wilfholme.