Withernsea is a seaside resort town as well as civil church in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, as well as develops the focal point for a larger neighborhood of small towns in Holderness. Its most renowned spots is the white inland lighthouse, increasing around 127 feet (39 m) above Hull Road. The lighthouse-- no more energetic-- currently houses a museum to 1950s actress Kay Kendall, that was birthed in the community. The Prime Meridian crosses the coast to the north-west of Withernsea. According to the 2011 UK census, Withernsea parish had a population of 6,159, a rise on the 2001 UK census figure of 5,980. Like several seaside resorts, Withernsea has a wide promenade which reaches north and southern from Pier Towers, the historic entry to the pier, built in 1877 at a cost of £12,000. The pier was originally 399 backyards (365 metres) long, however was slowly lowered in size via several impacts by regional ships, beginning with the Saffron in 1880 prior to the collision by an unrevealed ship in 1888, once more by a Grimsby angling boat as well as again by the Henry Parr in 1893, leaving the once grand pier with a mere 50 feet (15 metres) of harmed wood and steel, which was removed in 1903. The Pier Towers have been reconditioned.