Editing Beverley (section)

===World Wars and modern===
The [[Second World War]] saw the nearby city of [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]] suffer significantly from [[Hull Blitz|aerial bombardment]]: however, Beverley was more fortunate and did not endure such heavy attacks.<ref name="beverleyhistory"/> Since the war, Beverley has gone through some remodelling, and has grown in size. It attracts thousands of tourists each year who come to view the religious buildings and visit [[Beverley Racecourse]].<ref name="beverleyhistory"/> 

In the 1960s, plans to redevelop Armstrong's Engineering Works for housing put the Dominican Friary at threat of demolition: the friary building was listed in 1965 and is now in use as a youth hostel. Housing was developed on the former works site in the 1980s on what is now Dominican Walk and its adjacent streets.<ref name="vch-mod">{{cite web |title=Modern Beverley: Beverley after 1945 Pages 154–160 A History of the County of York East Riding: Volume 6, the Borough and Liberties of Beverley. |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/east/vol6/pp154-160 |website=British History Online |publisher=Victoria County History, 1989 |access-date=25 April 2023}}</ref>

In 2007, Beverley was named as the best place to live in the United Kingdom in an "Affordable Affluence" study by the [[Royal Bank of Scotland]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.yorkshire-forward.com/news-events/local-news/beverley-is-the-top-place-to-live |title = Beverley 'is the top place to live in Britain'|access-date = 3 August 2009|date = 3 September 2007|publisher = Yorkshire Forward}}</ref>

In late 2015 a new shopping and entertainment complex opened in Flemingate (on the site of the old Hodgsons Tannery). Among the attractions is a six-screen cinema and a Premier Inn hotel. East Riding College (formerly Beverley College of Further Education) also relocated to Flemingate, after the previous site was sold for a housing development.