The village of Kirkburn is located within the county of East Riding of Yorkshire.
The Parish Church (a Grade I listed building) is called Kirkburn: St Mary and serves the parish of Kirkburn: St Mary and the benefice of Woldsburn and belongs to the diocese of York.
Kirkburn is situated in the Yorkshire and The Humber region of the UK and is governed by East Riding of Yorkshire, council.
The village of Kirkburn is in the East Riding of Yorkshire region of East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire within Yorkshire and The Humber.