Kingsway Hotel
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Spurn National Nature Reserve
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KINGSTON UPON HULL, EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE
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Our View
The four-mile-long, narrow, crooked finger of sand of Spurn Point NNR beckons out from the Holderness coast across the mouth of the mighty Humber. It is probably most famous for its migratory birds, and huge numbers pass through Spurn during the year. The adjacent Humber Estuary is of international importance for its vast numbers of wildfowl and wading birds, which can be seen passing through in spring, autumn and winter. Plants include marram grass on the dunes mixed with stunted elder and orange-berried sea buckthorn bushes. On the Humber side of Spurn, a strip of saltmarsh lies between the land and the mudflats, supporting colourful flowering plants including sea lavender, sea aster and sea rocket, along with common glasswort and eel grass. Curlew, grey plover and knot also use the saltmarsh to roost at high tide, and shelduck and Brent geese are conspicuous on the mudflats during winter. Birdwatching will not only reveal passing seabirds, including the locally breeding little tern in the summer, but also harbour porpoises and even a passing minke or humpback whale.
Facilities – at a glance
Spurn National Nature Reserve
Spurn Head, south of Kilnsea, KINGSTON UPON HULL, HU12 0UH
Phone:
01964 650533
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- Open all year
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About the area
Discover East Riding of Yorkshire
Yorkshire’s East Riding is the only one left of a trio of ‘ridings’ which existed up until 1974. The North and West are gone, to be replaced by North, South and West Yorkshires. The East Riding rises up from the Hull side of the Humber estuary, until it reaches Flamborough Head. This is an impressive headland with sheer white cliffs, serving as a home to large colonies of seabirds. The area is also a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and a Special Area of Conservation (SAC).
The county has plenty of beachy coast, including the seaside towns of Hornsea and Bridlington. The first of these is between the sea and a large freshwater lake called Hornsea Mere. This is also an SSSI and an SAC, and is great for watersports and fishing. The area was also known for its pottery, which has sadly gone into decline in recent years. Further north, Bridlington is a family-friendly summer beach resort. Kingston upon Hull is the largest city in the county, and was one of the few places outside London that suffered widespread bombing during WW2. It’s long ago come back from that though, and was the 2017 UK City of Culture.
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