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Brough, pronounced, or Brough-on-Humber is a small town in the civil parish of Elloughton-cum-Brough in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The town has a population of around 7,000.

Location

It is located on the northern bank of the River Humber, approximately 12 miles (19 km) west of Hull city centre.

Demographics

Over the last couple of years there has been a shift in the socio-economic group of people living in Brough due to the great rail links and new housing developments with this change it has brought more money into the area[citation needed]. As a result the average wage rate and amount of spending has increased significantly[citation needed].

Facilities

Brough has a number of shops and takeaways. There are two main supermarkets - Morrisons and Sainsbury's. Brough also has a number of places to eat, most of which are takeaways. These include Medici, a Fish and Chip shop, Indian Ocean, Lara Bella's and Station Supper (Chinese takeaway and restaurant). There are two local bakery outlets - Woodheads, and The White and Tomlinson Bakery, famous for its Malt Loaf. Brough also has the Brough Golf Club, the Blackburn Leisure and Social Club, and the Brough Library. There are three pubs (one of which (The Ferry Inn) is the only actual documented home of highwayman Dick Turpin, and is also the place he was arrested[1]), dentists, a medical centre, a private hearing aid audiologist, a post office, and branches of Barclays, HSBC, NatWest and Lloyds TSB banks.


Hull Trains Class 222 Pioneer train arriving at Brough railway station

Transport

The town is served by Brough railway station on the Hull to Selby and Doncaster railway line. Direct rail services to London are provided by First Hull Trains (7 each weekday, 5 on Saturdays and Sundays) and National Express East Coast (one return each day - the InterCity 125 "Hull Executive"). There are other frequent services - First TransPennine Express trains run west to Leeds, Manchester, Manchester Airport, Liverpool, etc. while Northern Rail serves York, Leeds, Doncaster and Sheffield. All trains run east to Hull: some then head North to Beverley, Driffield, Bridlington, Filey and Scarborough.
Local bus services are provided by EYMS and run mainly to Hull.
The town lies 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the main A63 road from Kingston upon Hull to the M62 motorway. It is about 1 mile (1.6 km) to the A63 junction east, 2 miles (3.2 km) to the junction west (and then a further 4 miles (6.4 km) to the M62 motorway). Humberside Airport is 19 miles (31 km) to the south-east (reached by driving across the Humber Bridge), and overnight ferry services by P&O Ferries sail to Rotterdam and Zeebrugge from King George Dock, Hull (about 13 miles (21 km) away).

Industry

BAE Systems, Brough, manufactures the Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer aircraft at Brough Aerodrome. BAE also offer widely sought-after and very competitive Modern Apprenticeships to local school leavers. The runway at the site has re-opened for occasional use solely by Hawk aircraft taking off after manufacture to transfer by air to Warton in Lancashire for final flight testing and painting though the former Air Traffic Control building has now been transformed into the "Brough Business Centre".
On 3 April 2008 BAE Systems announced it would be losing 450 jobs from the Brough site.

History

The town was known as Petuaria during the Roman period, and served as the capital of the Celtic tribe of the Parisi. Petuaria marked the southern end of the Roman road known now as Cade's Road which ran roughly northwards for a hundred miles to Pons Aelius (modern day Newcastle upon Tyne).

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