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Hornsea

Hornsea is a small seaside town in . It grew slowly in the 20th century as a resort, and commuter town for Hull, then the railway closed in 1964. And Hornsea has remained largely frozen in time since then.
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Photo: Cyr, CC BY-SA 2.0 uk.
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  • Type: Town with 8,430 residents
  • Description: town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hornsea Town Hall and Hornsea Cottage Hospital.

Town hall
Photo: Graham Robson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a municipal building in Newbegin in Hornsea, a town in the in England. The building began life as a Wesleyan school, then became a church hall and finally became a town hall.

Hospital
Photo: Paul Glazzard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a health facility in Eastgate, Hornsea, , England.

Church
Photo: David Wright, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bewholme and Goxhill.

Hamlet
Photo: Stephen Horncastle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in the , England. It is situated approximately 3 miles north-west of the town of Hornsea. is situated 2½ miles northwest of Hornsea.

Hamlet
Photo: Paul Glazzard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small hamlet in the civil parish of , in the , England in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 2 miles south-west of Hornsea town centre. is situated 2½ miles southwest of Hornsea.

Hamlet
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in the , England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 2 miles south of Hornsea and lies just west of the B1242 road.

Hornsea

Latitude
53.9135° or 53° 54′ 49″ north
Longitude
-0.1689° or 0° 10′ 8″ west
Population
8,430
Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB HRZ
Open location code
9C5XWR7J+9C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 20628349
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2646583
Wiki­data ID
Q1263457
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Hornsea” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Hornsea”
  • Basque: “Hornsea”
  • Bengali: “হর্নেসা”
  • Cebuano: “Hornsea (kapital sa distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Hornsea”
  • Chinese: “霍恩希”
  • Chinese: “霍恩西”
  • Dutch: “Hornsea”
  • French: “Hornsea”
  • German: “Hornsea”
  • Gujarati: “હોર્નસી”
  • Hausa: “Hornsea”
  • Irish: “Hornsea”
  • Italian: “Hornsea”
  • Japanese: “ホーンシー”
  • Kannada: “ಹಾರ್ನ್ಸಿಯ”
  • Korean: “혼시”
  • Ladin: “Hornsea”
  • Latin: “Horneseia”
  • Lithuanian: “Ornsėja”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hornsea”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Hornsǣ”
  • Persian: “هورنسی، ریدینگ شرقی یورکشر”
  • Polish: “Hornsea”
  • Portuguese: “Hornsea”
  • Romanian: “Hornsea”
  • Russian: “Хорнси”
  • South Azerbaijani: “هورنسی، ریدینق شرقی یورکشر”
  • Spanish: “Hornsea”
  • Swedish: “Hornsea”
  • Tamil: “ஹார்ன்ஸீ”
  • Telugu: “హార్న్ సీ”
  • Turkish: “Hornsea”
  • Urdu: “ہورنسیا”
  • Volapük: “Hornsea”
  • Welsh: “Hornsea”
  • “Hornsea”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Hornsea”. Photo: Cyr, CC BY-SA 2.0 uk.