Blacktoft is a village and
civil parish in the
East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The village is situated on the north bank of the
River Ouse, west from where it joins the
River Trent and becomes the
Humber. It is approximately east from
Howden and south-east from the
county town of
York. Blacktoft lies within the Parliamentary constituency of
Haltemprice and Howden an area that mainly consists of middle class suburbs, towns and villages. The area is affluent, placed as the 10th most affluent in the country in a 2003
Barclays Private Clients survey, and has one of the highest proportions of owner-occupiers in the country.