 Kirk Ella is primarily residential, but has a few shops.Modern Kirk Ella is contiguous with the suburbs of Willerby to the north; and Anlaby to the east; the village of West Ella is to the west, separated by a golf course; to the south is Hessle separated by under of fields.The village skirts the foothills of the Yorkshire Wolds to the west, and rises from around above sea level east to west.