Humber Estuary
The Humber is a large tidal estuary on the east coast of Northern England. It is formed at Trent Falls, Faxfleet, by the confluence of the tidal rivers Ouse and Trent.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Estuary
- Description: large tidal estuary in England
- Also known as: “Humber”, “Humber River”, and “River Humber”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Spurn Point Low Light and Spurn Lighthouse.
Spurn Point Low Light
Lighthouse
Photo: grassrootsgroundswell, CC BY 2.0.
Spurn is a narrow sand tidal island located off the tip of the coast of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England that reaches into the North Sea and forms the north bank of the mouth of the Humber Estuary. Spurn Point Low Light is situated 2½ miles north of Humber Estuary.
Spurn Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Cyr, CC BY-SA 2.0 uk.
Spurn is a narrow sand tidal island located off the tip of the coast of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England that reaches into the North Sea and forms the north bank of the mouth of the Humber Estuary. Spurn Lighthouse is situated 2½ miles north of Humber Estuary.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Cotes and Kilnsea.
North Cotes
Village
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
North Cotes or North Coates is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated close to the coast, 4 miles to the east, and 10 miles north-east from the town of Louth. North Cotes is situated 5 miles southwest of Humber Estuary.
Kilnsea
Hamlet
Photo: Paul Glazzard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kilnsea is a village in the civil parish of Easington, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 2 miles south of the village of Easington, on the north bank of the Humber Estuary. Kilnsea is situated 5 miles north of Humber Estuary.
Humberston
Village
Photo: David Wright, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Humberston is a village and civil parish south of Cleethorpes in North East Lincolnshire, England. Humberston is situated 5 miles west of Humber Estuary.
Humber Estuary
- Categories: river, estuary, and body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Humber Estuary from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Humber Estuary” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الهمبر”
- Armenian: “Համբեր”
- Basque: “Humber”
- Belarusian: “Хамбер”
- Belarusian: “эстуарый Хамбэр”
- Breton: “Humber”
- Bulgarian: “Хъмбър”
- Catalan: “Humber”
- Catalan: “Riu Humber”
- Cebuano: “River Humber”
- Chinese: “亨伯河”
- Chinese: “亨伯河口”
- Croatian: “Humber”
- Czech: “Humber (estuár)”
- Czech: “Humber”
- Danish: “Humber”
- Dutch: “Humber”
- Dutch: “River Humber”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر الهمبر”
- Esperanto: “Humber”
- Finnish: “Humber”
- French: “Humber”
- Galician: “Humber”
- German: “Humber”
- Hebrew: “האמבר”
- Hungarian: “Humber”
- Italian: “Humber”
- Japanese: “ハンバー川”
- Korean: “험버강”
- Latvian: “Hambera”
- Lithuanian: “Hamberio estuarija”
- Lithuanian: “Hamberis”
- Northern Frisian: “Humber”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Humber”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Humber”
- Norwegian: “Humber”
- Persian: “هامبر”
- Piemontese: “Humber (estuari)”
- Piemontese: “Humber”
- Polish: “Humber”
- Portuguese: “Estuário do Humber”
- Portuguese: “Estuário Humber”
- Portuguese: “Humber”
- Russian: “Хамбер (река, Великобритания)”
- Russian: “Хамбер”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Humber”
- Slovenian: “Humber”
- Spanish: “El Humber”
- Spanish: “Humber”
- Spanish: “Rio Humber”
- Spanish: “Río Humber”
- Spanish: “The Humber”
- Swahili: “Mto Humber”
- Swedish: “Humber”
- Swedish: “River Humber”
- Turkish: “Humber”
- Ukrainian: “Гамбер”
- Ukrainian: “Хамбер”
- Venetian: “Fiume Humber”
- Welsh: “Afon Humber”
- Welsh: “Humber”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Spurn Point and Tetney Lock.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Spurn Island and RAF North Coates.
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