N 53 50.6299 W 0 26.0543 - Old School Hall - Blacktoft, East Riding of Yorkshire - Permanent Geographic Coordinates on Waymarking.com

Geopgraphic coordinates on the Larkin Trail (No 22 of 25), at the old school hall, Blacktoft.

The coordinates are for No 23 of 25, located in Beverley.

Blacktoft -
"Blacktoft, situated just beyond the Humber Estuary on the banks of the River Ouse, is half an hour or so west of Hull, and is one of several villages in this area that Larkin used to visit when out on his bike. He would often think nothing of cycling 30 miles or so, leaving the 'mortgaged, half-built edges' of Hull behind to wind his way along the many quiet lanes around Blacktoft, Broomfleet and Crabley Creek.

Larkin was drawn to this area's fields, 'too thin and thistled to be called meadows'. In a 1969 letter to Monica Jones, Larkin describes a magical meandering visit to the area, richly describing the glories of early summer and bitterly regretting that he had left his camera at home.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council has a dedicated walk for exploring this area as part of its'Walking the Riding'site.

Postcode: DN14 7YW

GPS (WGS84) Co-ordinates
Latitude: 53° 42.4842
Longitude: 0° 43.6422"

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Beverley -
"Beverley is a busy, ancient market town, dominated by the majestic Minster.

After his cycling expeditions around East Yorkshire, Larkin would often stop for tea at The Beverley Arms Hotel. According to Maeve Brennan, the Beverley Arms was 'our favourite place' where their friendship 'entered a new and headier phase'. It was also the place to which, in 1959, Larkin invited twelve or so junior library staff to dinner to say thanks for ensuring the success of the newly extended University library.

Close by the Beverley Arms is North Bar, part of the town's ancient walls. Beyond the archway, round to your left, lies Beverley Westwood, a large undulating common, grazed by free-roaming cattle. Opposite the Westwood is Beverley Racecourse, which is also home to one of the Larkin Toad artworks, created as part of the Larkin25 arts programme in 2010. Popular Hull band The Neat designed the Toad you can see here.

Postcode: HU17 8DD

GPS (WGS84) Co-ordinates
Latitude: 53° 50.6299
Longitude: 0° 26.0543"

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Type of structure: Sign Difference between the post coordinates and your GPSr reading: 15.2 miles (24.48 km) Reason for the coordinates: Larkin Trail

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