Carnaby

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For the street in London, see Carnaby Street.

Carnaby
St John the Baptist's Church, Carnaby
Carnaby shown within the East Riding of Yorkshire
Population	300 (2001 census)^[1]
OS grid reference	TA147655
Parish	Carnaby
Unitary authority	East Riding of Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	East Riding of Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BRIDLINGTON
Postcode district	YO16
Dialling code	01262
Police	Humberside
Fire	Humberside
Ambulance	Yorkshire
European Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	East Yorkshire
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

Coordinates: 54°04′23″N 0°14′54″W / 54.073068, -0.248339

Carnaby is a small village and civil parish on the A614 road in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 2 miles south west of Bridlington town centre.

The civil parish is formed by the villages of Carnaby and Haisthorpe and the hamlet of Wilsthorpe. According to the 2001 UK census, Carnaby parish had a population of 300.^[1]

During World War II, Carnaby Aerodrome served as an emergency landing site for crippled planes. Specially built to cater for stricken aircraft, the airfield had an extra large runway, 9000 feet (2.7 kilometres) in length and 700 feet (213 metres) wide. The airfield also operated a fog dispersion system, nicknamed FIDO.

After the war, the site was used to store Thor IRBM Missiles. The airfield finally closed in 1963 and is now an industrial estate, a large source of employment for the local area.

Carnaby railway station on the Yorkshire Coast Line from Hull to Scarborough served the village until it closed on 5 January 1970.

Carnaby Temple

Carnaby Temple, a strange octagonal folly stands in fields about a mile north of Carnaby. It was built by Sir George Strickland, owner of Boynton Hall, in 1770. It was supposed to resemble an ancient Greek temple, but known locally as 'The Pepperpot'.