The civil parish lies in the Vale of York east of the River Derwent approximately halfway between Howden and Holme on Spalding Moor.[2] Spaldington lies within the Parliamentary constituency of Haltemprice and Howden an area that mainly consists of middle class suburbs, towns and villages.[17][18] The airship station RNAS Howden was built in the southern part of the parish in the early 20th century, opening in 1916, and closing in 1930.In 1953 F. Hall & Sons constructed a water tower for Howden Rural District Council at the A614 / Spaldington Lane junction.[20] Falck Renewables and Coriolis Energy submitted an application for five 2.3 MW wind turbines, 126 metres (413 ft) tip height with 92 metres (302 ft) diameter blades, to be built west of the village on Spaldington Airfield; Spaldington parish council and a large number of residents objected to the scheme; the application was refused in September 2010, but allowed on appeal (under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990) in 2011 (appeal reference APP/E2001/A/10/2137617).