Back on the east coast again, we come to Humberside. Another one of the "new" counties, this was created from part of north Lincolnshire and a large chunk of what was the East Riding of Yorkshire. Humberside sits astride the estuary of the River Humber.
Spurn Head (sometimes called Spurn Point) is a sand spit on the northern side of the estuary. Subject to constant erosion, the neck spit is likely to be breached fairly soon. When that happens, the whole spit will be washed away and a new spit will start to form. This happens about every 250 years.
Further north, the town of Bridlington was once a popular seaside resort. It still attracts visitors but in much smaller numbers now that travel to warmer places like Spain is so easy and comparatively cheap.
Possibly the most attractive town in the area is Beverley, where the minster church is sometimes described as the finest Gothic building in Europe. Graham Hermon's picture shows the west front.
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