Heck, North Yorkshire

Farm Buildings on either side of the A645, near Little Heck

Heck is a civil parish in the English county of North Yorkshire. The population of this civil parish at the census 2011 was 201,[1] a slight drop on the 2001 census figure of 209.[2]

The main settlement is Great Heck, there is also Little Heck at grid reference SE599220. For the purposes of local administration Heck forms part of the district of Selby; before April 1974 it was part of Osgoldcross Rural District and the West Riding of Yorkshire. It was the location of the fatal Selby rail crash in February 2001.

  1. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Heck Parish (E04007743)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  2. ^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Heck Parish (36UH043)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2019.