Withernsea
Withernsea is a seaside resort town and civil parish in Holderness, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Its white inland lighthouse, rising around 127 feet above Hull Road, now houses a museum to 1950s actress Kay Kendall, who was born in the town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 6,160 residents
- Description: seaside resort town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
- Also known as: “Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Withernsea Lighthouse and Withernsea High School.
Withernsea Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Graham Flint, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Withernsea Lighthouse is an inland lighthouse that stands in the middle of the town of Withernsea in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The lighthouse stands 127 feet high and took 18 months to build between 1892 and 1894.
Withernsea High School
School
Photo: Withernseahigh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Withernsea High School is a coeducational secondary school located in Withernsea in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The school was officially opened on Thursday 28 April 1955 by Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax.
Withernsea Lifeboat Station
Building
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Withernsea Lifeboat Station is located in the town of Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is one of four RNLI stations in the East Riding of Yorkshire, with another five in North Yorkshire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Owthorne and Waxholme.
Owthorne
Neighborhood
Photo: Lajmmoore, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Owthorne is an area of the town of Withernsea, in the civil parish of Withernsea, on the Holderness coast in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Owthorne was originally a separate town to the north of Withernsea, one of many settlements that have been lost to coastal erosion.
Waxholme
Hamlet
Photo: Paul Glazzard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Waxholme is a seaside hamlet in the civil parish of Rimswell, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the North Sea coast approximately 1 mile north-west of Withernsea, off the B1242 road.
Winestead
Village
Photo: Paul Glazzard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Winestead is a village in the civil parish of Patrington, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately seven miles south-east of Hedon and 1+1⁄2 miles north-west of Patrington. Winestead is situated 3½ miles southwest of Withernsea.
Withernsea
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Withernsea, East Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.72924° or 53° 43′ 45″ northLongitude
0.03328° or 0° 1′ 60″ eastPopulation
6,160Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB WEXOpen location code
9F52P2HM+M8OpenStreetMap ID
node 59860873OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Withernsea” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Withernsea”
- Basque: “Withernsea”
- Cebuano: “Withernsea (kapital sa distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Withernsea”
- Chinese: “威瑟恩西”
- Dutch: “Withernsea”
- French: “Withernsea”
- German: “Withernsea”
- Hebrew: “וית’רנסי”
- Irish: “Withernsea”
- Italian: “Withernsea”
- Ladin: “Withernsea”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Withernsea”
- Persian: “ویترنسی”
- Polish: “Withernsea”
- Romanian: “Withernsea”
- Russian: “Уитернси”
- South Azerbaijani: “ویترنسی”
- Spanish: “Withernsea”
- Swedish: “Withernsea”
- Turkish: “Withernsea”
- Volapük: “Withernsea”
- Welsh: “Withernsea”
- “Withernsea”
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