Blacktoft is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire

East Riding of Yorkshire

The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire, is a local government district with unitary authority status, and a ceremonial county of England. For ceremonial purposes the county also includes the city of Kingston upon Hull, which is a separate unitary authority...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. It is situated on the north bank of the River Ouse

River Ouse, Yorkshire

The River Ouse is a river in North Yorkshire, England. The river is formed from the River Ure at Cuddy Shaw Reach near Linton-on-Ouse, about 6 miles downstream of the confluence of the River Swale with the River Ure...

, not far from where it flows into the River Trent

River Trent

The River Trent is one of the major rivers of England. Its source is in Staffordshire on the southern edge of Biddulph Moor. It flows through the Midlands until it joins the River Ouse at Trent Falls to form the Humber Estuary, which empties into the North Sea below Hull and Immingham.The Trent...

 and becomes the Humber

Humber

The Humber is a large tidal estuary on the east coast of Northern England. It is formed at Trent Falls, Faxfleet, by the confluence of the tidal River Ouse and the tidal River Trent. From here to the North Sea, it forms part of the boundary between the East Riding of Yorkshire on the north bank...

. It is approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Goole

Goole

Goole is a town, civil parish and port located approximately inland on the confluence of the rivers Don and Ouse in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England...

 town centre.

The civil parish of Blacktoft consists of the following places Bellasize

Bellasize

Bellasize is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately east of the market town of Howden.It forms part of the civil parish of Blacktoft....

, Faxfleet

Faxfleet

Faxfleet is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately east of Goole town centre. It is located at the start of the Humber, on the north bank, where the River Ouse and the River Trent meet....

 and Yokefleet

Yokefleet

Yokefleet is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, it forms part of the civil parish of Blacktoft. It is situated on the north bank of the River Ouse, not far from where it flows into the River Trent and becomes the Humber. It is approximately east of Goole and west of Blacktoft....

 in addition to the village of Blacktoft. According to the 2001 UK census

United Kingdom Census 2001

A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....

 the parish had a population of 321.

Blacktoft Sands RSPB reserve lies across the Ouse.