Flamborough Head
Flamborough Head is a promontory, 8 miles long on the Yorkshire coast of England, between the Filey and Bridlington bays of the North Sea. It is a chalk headland, with sheer white cliffs.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Flamborough Head Lighthouse and Flamborough Castle.
Flamborough Head Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Keith D, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Flamborough Head Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located at Flamborough, East Riding of Yorkshire. England. Flamborough Head Lighthouse acts as a waypoint for passing deep sea vessels and coastal traffic, and marks Flamborough Head for vessels heading towards Scarborough and Bridlington.
Flamborough Castle
Castle
Photo: Alan Walker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Flamborough Castle, also known as the Danish Tower, is a Grade II listed Medieval manor house in Flamborough, East Riding of Yorkshire which has partial ruins existing today.
Flamborough Lifeboat Station
Building
Photo: Andy Beecroft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Flamborough Lifeboat Station is a Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeboat station located at Flamborough in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thornwick Nab and Sewerby.
Sewerby
Village
Photo: Nigelcoates, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sewerby is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England approximately 1 mile north-east of Bridlington on the North Sea coast. The village is on Bridlington Bay and is the only south-facing resort in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
Buckton
Hamlet
Photo: manonabike, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Buckton is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bempton, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is near the North Sea coast, and about 4 miles north of Bridlington.
Flamborough Head
- Type: Cape
- Description: promontory on the Yorkshire coast of England
- Categories: promontory, headland, and landform
- Location: Flamborough, East Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.11679° or 54° 7′ 1″ northLongitude
-0.08409° or 0° 5′ 3″ westOpen location code
9C6X4W88+P9OpenStreetMap ID
node 9270167167OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
2649336Wikidata ID
Q3073271
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Flamborough Head” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Flamborough lurmuturra”
- Cebuano: “Flamborough Head (punta)”
- Cebuano: “Flamborough Head”
- Chinese: “弗兰伯勒岬”
- Chinese: “弗兰伯勒角”
- Chinese: “弗蘭伯勒角”
- Dutch: “Flamborough Head”
- Esperanto: “Flamborough Head”
- French: “Flamborough Head”
- German: “Flamborough Head”
- Irish: “Ceann Flamborough”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Flamborough Head”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Flamborough Head”
- Norwegian: “Flamborough Head”
- Polish: “Flamborough Head”
- Spanish: “Cabo Flamborough”
- Swedish: “Flamborough Head (udde)”
- Swedish: “Flamborough Head”
- Welsh: “Pen Flamborough”
- Welsh: “Pentir Flamborough”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Old Lighthouse and Flamborough Outer Headland LNR.
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