Withernsea
Withernsea is a seaside hotel town and also civil church in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, and also creates the prime focus for a broader neighborhood of small towns in Holderness. Its most well-known spots is the white inland lighthouse, climbing around 127 feet (39 m) over Hull Road. The lighthouse-- no more active-- now houses a museum to 1950s actress Kay Kendall, who was birthed in the community. The Prime Meridian goes across the coastline to the north-west of Withernsea. According to the 2011 UK census, Withernsea parish had a population of 6,159, an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 5,980. Like lots of seaside resorts, Withernsea has a broad promenade which reaches north and also southern from Pier Towers, the historic entryway to the pier, built in 1877 at a price of £12,000. The pier was originally 399 lawns (365 metres) long, yet was gradually reduced in size with a number of impacts by regional ships, starting with the Saffron in 1880 prior to the crash by an unrevealed ship in 1888, once again by a Grimsby fishing boat and also once again by the Henry Parr in 1893, leaving the once grand pier with a mere 50 feet (15 metres) of damaged timber and also steel, which was removed in 1903. The Pier Towers have actually been refurbished.