Kiplingcotes

Coordinates: 53°53′51″N 0°35′38″W / 53.897429°N 0.593796°W / 53.897429; -0.593796

Kiplingcotes is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 3.5 miles (6 km) north-east of the market town of Market Weighton. 3 miles (5 km) to the east lies Etton.

It is split between the civil parishes of Dalton Holme and Etton.

Kiplingcotes is the location for the annual Kiplingcotes Derby horse race. The 495th event took place on 20 March 2014.

The hamlet was served by Kiplingcotes railway station on the York to Beverley Line between 1865 and 1965.

In 1823 Kiplingcotes (then alternatively Kipling Coates House), was in the parish of Middleton on the Wolds. and the Wapentake of Harthill. Inhabitants included one farmer.

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Kiplingcotes station, now disused

Kiplingcotes station, now disused

Benchmark used as the start post for the Kiplingcotes Derby

Benchmark used as the start post for the Kiplingcotes Derby

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Media related to Kiplingcotes at Wikimedia Commons