Withernsea is a seaside hotel town and also civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, and forms the centerpiece for a broader community of small villages in Holderness. Its most renowned landmark is the white inland lighthouse, climbing around 127 feet (39 m) above Hull Road. The lighthouse-- no longer energetic-- currently houses a gallery to 1950s actress Kay Kendall, who was birthed in the town. The Prime Meridian crosses the coastline to the north-west of Withernsea. According to the 2011 UK census, Withernsea parish had a population of 6,159, a boost on the 2001 UK census figure of 5,980. Like numerous seaside resorts, Withernsea has a large promenade which gets to north and also southern from Pier Towers, the historical entry to the pier, built in 1877 at an expense of £12,000. The pier was originally 399 backyards (365 metres) long, yet was gradually reduced in length with numerous effects by neighborhood ships, beginning with the Saffron in 1880 before the crash by an unrevealed ship in 1888, once again by a Grimsby angling boat and once again by the Henry Parr in 1893, leaving the when grand pier with a simple 50 feet (15 metres) of harmed timber and steel, which was gotten rid of in 1903. The Pier Towers have been refurbished.