Waxholme
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Paul Glazzard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Withernsea Lighthouse and Church of St Mary.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Owthorne and Tunstall.
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.
Tunstall
Hamlet
Photo: Stephen Horncastle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tunstall is a village in the civil parish of Roos, in Holderness, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, close to the North Sea coast. It is situated approximately 3 miles north-west of the town of Withernsea, and less than 0.6 miles from the North Sea coast, at a height of 10 to 15 m above sea level, and close to the Prime Meridian at its northernmost point on land anywhere in the world. Tunstall is situated 2 miles northwest of Waxholme.
Roos
Village
Photo: Stephen Horncastle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Roos is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated 12 miles east from Kingston upon Hull city centre and 3.5 miles north-west from Withernsea, and on the B1242 road. Roos is situated 2½ miles west of Waxholme.
Waxholme
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet in East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Rimswell, East Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.74689° or 53° 44′ 49″ northLongitude
0.01329° or 0° 0′ 48″ eastElevation
52 feet (16 metres)Open location code
9F52P2W7+Q8OpenStreetMap ID
node 2402401858OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Waxholme” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Waxholme”
- French: “Waxholme”
- Irish: “Waxholme”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Weaxhām”
- Polish: “Waxholme”
- Swedish: “Waxholme”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Waxholme”. Photo: Paul Glazzard, CC BY-SA 2.0.