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E36 - Spurn Head Walks
Summary
Walk Name
Spurn Head Walks
Ref
E36

Look across the Stony Binks and Greedy Gut from this narrow tongue of sand, and see if you can spot a seal or two.

Details
Circular Walk
Yes
Grade
Moderate
Walk Type
  • Coast and Beach Walks
  • Top 10 Walks for Visitors
Ordnance Survey Explorer Map
292
Car Parking Facility
Car park at Spurn Head (see map)
Refreshments
Shops in Easington
Public Conveniences
Blue Bell Car park, Kilnsea
Distance
Distance (Miles)
1
Distance (Kilometres)
1.5
Lengthened Distance (Miles)
6
  • Start from the car park near the houses of the lifeboat crew.  Drop down to the 'beach' and walk to the right along the foreshore of the Humber Estuary.  (There is a path which runs parallel with the narrow road in places, although some people like to walk on the road itself.)
  • When you reach the R.S.P.B. bird observatory cross the road and walk through the scrub to the sea side of the promontory.  Walk along the beach to Spurn Head.  Go round the end to pass the coastguard and lifeboat and you will return to the car park.
Map(s)
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Location
Start Point
Spurn Head
End Point
Spurn Head
Towns & Villages
Easington
ParishEasington
Start Easting
540,223.00
Start Northing
411,122.00
End Easting
540,223.00
End Northing
411,122.00
Features of Interest
Spurn Point is one of the most striking features of Britain's coastline, stretching for three and a half miles across the Humber Estuary.

This curving spit is only 50 metres wide in places, making it look like an elongated tongue.

Spurn is made up of a series of sand and shingle banks held together by Marram grass and Seabuckthorn.

There is a series of sea defence works built by the Victorians and maintained by the Ministry of Defence, till they sold Spurn to the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust in the 1950s.

Spurn's environment is very fragile and is open to the ravages of the North Sea.

Spurn Point is an important wildlife haven for migrant birds, lizards, roe deer and numerous species of insects.

Fossil hunting is popular with an abundance of fossils to be found amongst the pebbles on the beach. (information from the BBC)
Accessibility Information
This route:-

- is relatively flat.

- contains steps and/or stiles.

- contains surfaces which can be boggy in wet weather.

- contains some uneven surfaces.
Additional Information
Ravenser Odd, also spelt Ravensrodd, was a port in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, during the medieval period, built on the sandbanks at the mouth of the Humber estuary. The name Ravenser comes from the Viking 'Hrafn's Eyr' or "Raven's tongue" referring to the lost sandbank promontory, the modern successor of which is now known as Spurn Point.' In the 13th century the town was a more important port than Kingston upon Hull, further up the Humber, and was represented in the Model Parliament of 1295, but as the sandbanks shifted the town was swept away and completely destroyed by the end of the 14th century. The site is now completely underwater (from Wikipedia).

Before the War Department (now MOD)constructed the road along the peninsula, the only 'vehicular' access to the Point was by a wind powered railway trolley with a sail. The braking system was unusual in that there wasn't one! Legend has it that the local vicar was riding on the trolley and he was unprepared when the operator threw a baulk of timber onto the line in front to stop it. The reverend gentleman was also flung off.