Spurn Point is a natural breakwater between the Humber and the North Sea and has been a land mark for shipping for 100's of years. There is the Spurn Low Light used to help shipping to find the Deep water channels and the light house which was built in 1895.
The peninsula of sand and shingle, was an important Military base until the 1950's when they left and then in 1960 it was acquired by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust.

Spurn Heritage Coast. Blue Bell Visitor Centre. Open; Easter-October Sat - Sun & school holidays. Tel:- 01964 650139

   This is an aerial view of the peninsula, with the North Sea on the right and the River Humber on the left.
This is a 6 km long spindly peninsula of sand and shingle, that hooks into the Humber estuary. It has built up over a period of years with deposits from the eroding shores to the north and the build up of silt from the River Humber.
This region from the village to the north, Kilnsea (which has two shores the seaward one is a sandy beach while the other one in the Humber estuary is muddy sand but sheltered) to Spurn head is now a National Nature Reserve.
To get on to the Point all cars pay a toll of £3.00, and the car park is next to the lighthouse and is only a few hundred metres walk along the shore to the tip of the head. At the head moored just off the jetty is the Humber lifeboat, one of only three in the country, manned by a full time crew. At the jetty you will see the comings and goings of the Humber Pilots as they go and guide the shipping in and out of the Humber through the difficult and narrow shipping lanes.

Spurn Heritage Coast. Blue Bell Visitor Centre. Open; Easter-October Sat - Sun & school holidays. Tel:- 01964 650139