Hedon is a town and civil parish in Holderness in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

The course staged its first meeting on 24 August 1888, with Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale in attendance on the second day, and racing continued until 1895.

[15] It was the arrival point of Hull-born aviator Amy Johnson on her record-breaking solo flight to Australia in 1930, where she began a triumphant homecoming.

The station was built to the north of the town and it proved a vital part of Hedon's transport system for a century.

In 1965 Hedon lost its passenger service when British Railways appointed Lord Beeching to stop losses, and closed branch lines not making a profit.

[19] Hedon became the subject of national media attention in August 2000 when a freak mini-tornado in the Humber Estuary caused flash floods and hailstones to drop on parts of the town.

[23] There is an open-air concrete skate park in the south of the town between Draper's Lane and the Burstwick Drain.