As the name implies this county, covering over 1,300 square miles is centred on the Humber estuary.

It has it's administrative headquarters at Kingston upon Hull with it's other major towns being those of Grimsby (named after the Viking who founded the town), Scunthorpe, Goole and Cleethorpes.

The river Humber dominates the county with the industries of petrochemical production, oil refining and fish processing all directly profiting from it. As with many other eastern English counties Humberside also relies on root crops, cereals and cattle farming.