Great Heck
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Great Heck is a small village in Heck parish, about 7 miles south of Selby, North Yorkshire, England. The population of the parish was 201 at the 2011 census.
The New Inn at Great Heck
Heck Lane
Population of Great Heck from 1881 to 2011
Occupation data for Great Heck in 1881
Selby rail crash
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The Selby rail crash was a railway accident that occurred on 28 February 2001 near Great Heck, Selby, North Yorkshire when a passenger train collided with a car which had crashed down a motorway emban
Great Heck
…From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Selby District, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. The village was the site of the Great Heck rail crash in 2001. The name Heck derives from the Old English hæcc meaning 'hatch…
The aftermath of the crash
The wreckage of the car and trailer
The memorial garden, with the East Coast Main Line in the background, in May 2007