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	SPURN HEAD, OR SPURN POINT - LoveToKnow Article on SPURN HEAD, OR SPURN POINT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		SPURN HEAD, or SPURN POINT, a foreland of the North Sea coast of England, in Yorkshire, projecting across the mouth of the Humber.
		It is formed of sand and shingle, the debris of the soft coast of Holderness to the north, from which it is estimated that six million tons of material are annually removed by southerly currents along the shore.
		Deep water is found close off the seaward side of Spurn Head, the formation of which appears to have taken place within historic times, even since about the close of the 16th century.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SP/SPURN_HEAD_OR_SPURN_POINT.htm (2614 words)

	Spurn. Who is Spurn? What is Spurn? Where is Spurn? Definition of Spurn. Meaning of Spurn.
		Spurn is a narrow sand spit on the tip of the coast of Yorkshire, England that reaches into the North Sea and forms the north bank of the mouth of the Humber estuary.
		Spurn, a designated Heritage Coast, is a nature reserve, owned since 1960 by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and covering 113 hectares above high water and 181 hectares of foreshore.
		Material is washed down the Holderness coast by longshore drift and accumulates to form the long, narrow embankment in the sheltered waters inside the mouth of the Humber estuary.
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Spurn (306 words)

	Spurn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Spurn, a designated Heritage Coast, is a nature reserve, owned since 1960 by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and covering 113 hectares (1.13 km²) above high water and 181 hectares (1.81 km²) of foreshore.
		The mud flats are an important feeding ground for wading birds, and the area has a bird observatory, for monitoring migrating birds and providing accommodation to visiting birdwatchers.
		Material is washed down the coast by longshore drift and accumulates to form the long, narrow embankment in the sheltered waters inside the mouth of the Humber estuary.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spurn_Head (544 words)

	BBC - Seven Wonders - Spurn Head
		Spurn Point is one of the most striking features of Britain's coastline, stretching for three and a half miles across the Humber Estuary.
		Spurn's environment is very fragile and is open to the ravages of the North Sea.
		Spurn Point is an important wildlife haven for migrant birds, lizards, roe deer and numerous species of insects.
	www.bbc.co.uk /england/sevenwonders/yorkshire/spurn (182 words)

	Spurn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Spurn is a narrow sand spit on the tip of thecoast of Yorkshire, England thatreaches into the North Sea and forms the north bank of the mouth of the Humber estuary.
		Spurn, a designated Heritage Coast, is a nature reserve, owned since1960 by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and covering 113 hectares (1.13 km²) above high water and 181 hectares (1.81 km²) of foreshore.
		The mud flats are an important feeding ground for wading birds, and the area has a bird observatory, for monitoring migrating birds.
	www.therfcc.org /spurn-64789.html (297 words)

	Spurn Point: A cyclic coastal landform.
		The frequently relaid road to the tip is testament to the rapid movement of the spit neck.
		Spurn Point is a narrow sandy promentory aproximately five kilometers long.
		The reasons for the rapid erosion of this coastline are dealt with in The Holderness Coast _Rapid erosion
	www.fortunecity.com /greenfield/ecolodge/25/spurn.htm (564 words)

	sprunpoint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Spurn Head or Point, is a long narrow spit of sand and shingle that stretches about a third of the way across the mouth of the estuary.
		On Spurn there is a lighthouse, an old light tower, a bird sanctuary, the only permanent lifeboat community, Humber Coastguards, The Humber Lifeboat and the Humber Pilot boats.
		A walk around the shoreline of Spurn will start on the River side, past the moored Humber Lifeboat, round the tip and then the bracing winds of the North Sea hit you full on as you walk the sands on the eastern side.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /lyapunovia/Yorkshire/spurnpoint.html (353 words)

	What effects does Human Activity have on Coastal Landforms.
		Spurn head is lcated, on the humber Estuary in North East England.
		The growth and destruction of Spurn head occurs on a regular cycle of about 250 years.
		In the 18th and 19th Centuries, Whalers used shingle from spurn head as ballast.
	www.coursework.info /i/28059.html (345 words)

	OhioLINK ETD: NICHOLAS, JAMES
		The statistics derived from the sand samples were used to investigate the spatial variability and influence of sediment transport on grain size characteristics.
		Spurn Head in East Yorkshire was chosen for the study because it has a single identifiable sediment source (the glacial till cliffs of the Holderness Coastline).
		Despite the complexity of the source sediment, and variability in transport mechanisms and energies both spatially and temporally, significant patterns were identified on the long shore direction, which were perpetuated over the two sampling seasons.
	www.ohiolink.edu /etd/view.cgi?ucin1043959373 (224 words)

	Internet Geography - GeoTopics - Coasts
		The area known as Spurn forms the southern extremity of the Holderness coast and includes the unique feature of Spurn Head, a sand and shingle spit 5.5km long, reaching across the mouth of the Humber.
		Spurn is made up of the material which has been transported along the Holderness Coast.
		Spurn Head is an example of a feature geographers call a spit.
	www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk /topics/spurn.html (145 words)

	ENGLISH NATURE - Special Sites
		Spurn NNR is owned and managed by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust.
		The NNR has sandy beaches and the North Sea on its eastern side, and areas of saltmarsh and extensive mudflats on its western side, the latter attracting thousands of birds.
		Spurn is 16 km south east of Withernsea, and 40 km east of Hull.
	www.english-nature.org.uk /special/nnr/nnr_details.asp?NNR_ID=192 (313 words)

	or PEBBLE BEDS GRAVEL - LoveToKnow Article on or PEBBLE BEDS GRAVEL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Where the pebbles are swept along to a projecting cape they may be carried onwards and form a long spit or submarine bank, which is constantly reduced in size by the currents and tides which flow across it (-e.g.
		Spurn Head at the mouth of the Humber).
		The Chesil Bank is the best instance in Britain of a great accumulation of pebbles constantly urged forward by storms in a definite direction.
	30.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GR/GRAVEL_or_PEBBLE_BEDS.htm (1036 words)

	Help keep Spurn Head beautiful
		This annual national beach clean and survey organised by the Marine Conservation Society is now in its tenth year and this year they hope to make it the biggest event yet in the fight to keep our shores clean and to expose the sources of marine litter.
		Spurn Head owner the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is keen to get local volunteers and visitors involved in this year’s event.
		Volunteers will be asked to please leave dogs at home as Spurn is a sensitive area for wildlife.
	www.spurnpoint.com /Beachwatch.htm (184 words)

	WARS OF THE ROSES - LoveToKnow Article on WARS OF THE ROSES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		But at a favorable moment he sailed from Flushing with 1500 retainers and Burgundian mercenaries, and eluding the Lancastrian fleet and the coast defence troops, landed at Ravenspur (Spurn Head) in Yorkshire in March 1471.
		For fourteen years, except for local outbreaks, the land had peace, and then Richard III.s crown, struck from his head on Bosworth Field (Aug. 22, 1485), was presented to Henry earl of Richmond, who, as Henry VII., established the kingship on a secure foundation.
		A last feeble attempt to renew the war, made by an army gathered to uphold the pretender Lambert Simnel, was crushed by Henry VII.
	20.1911encyclopedia.org /R/RO/ROSES_WARS_OF_THE.htm (1537 words)

	?? Spurn Head/Point Catch Report on the Fishing Forum
		I would have thought all the usual hot spots are producing the odd cod,holmpton,tunstall,ringborough,easington at low water,dimlington low water,old hives and spurn rd.
		I would stay away from Spurn Road this week, the tides are massive, and fishing a flood tide there on these tides will be horrendous!
		Agree with Paul totally,give the head ago at low water round near the binks or go to old hall which usually fishes on big tides.
	www.fishing-forum.info /printthread.php?t=2870 (275 words)

	Spurn Point Nature Reserve. Spurn Head, RiverHumber.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This region from the village to the north, Kilnsea (which has two shores the seaward one is a sandy beach while the other one in the Humber estuary is muddy sand but sheltered) to Spurn head is now a National Nature Reserve.
		To get on to the Point all cars pay a toll and the car park is next to the lighthouse and it is only a few hundred metres walk along he shore to the tip of the head.
		At the head moored just off the jetty is the Humber lifeboat, one of only three in the country, manned by a full time crew.
	www.riverhumber.com /index7.htm (306 words)

	WILGILSLAND The homepage of Pete and Jan Crowther
		Spurn Head (or Point) is a long curving peninsula at the end of which is a small community of lifeboat crew and their families.
		I am now retired and live with Jan at Kilnsea near Spurn Head where we enjoy being just two fields away from the sea and within sight of the broad Humber estuary.
		Subsequently we moved to East Yorkshire, where I became a mature student at Hull University studying history and gaining a Ph.D. began teaching courses on the history of the East Riding for Hull University and for the Workers' Educational Association, and the arts and family and community history for the Open University.
	www.wilgilsland.co.uk (803 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Programmes \| Politics Show \| Yorkshire and Lincolnshire: It's an ill wind
		Spurn Head is a fragile finger of land that juts out into such a dangerous part of the North Sea that Britain's only full time lifeboat crew is on permanent standby at its windswept tip.
		A scramble to the top of one of the sand dunes that run down its narrow spine easily reveals why this peninsula on the north bank of the Humber estuary demands such special attention.
		It is here, five miles off Spurn's beaches, that the Government has said it wants to see dozens of huge off shore wind generators built.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/programmes/politics_show/3675746.stm (512 words)

	Remains of the Spurn Head railway
		There are two or three places on Spurn where rails can still be seen set into the later concrete road.
		It is far more than simply an update of the previous volumes, and as well as the railway matters has more on the social history of Spurn and Kilnsea.
		Not far from Spurn is the Kilnsea sound mirror, one of a number of acoustic mirrors I've taken photographs of.
	www.ajg41.clara.co.uk /spurn.html (341 words)

	HUMANE SOCIETY, ROYAL - LoveToKnow Article on HUMANE SOCIETY, ROYAL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		at the head, gradually widening to 31/2 m.
		The seaward horn of this bay, however, is formed by a narrow protruding bank of sand and stones, thrown up by a southward current along the Yorkshire coast, and known as Spurn Head.
		Many ancient villages have disappeared entirely, notably Ravenspur or Ravenser, once a port, represented in parliament under Edward I., and the scene of the landing of Bolingbroke, afterwards Henry IV., in 1399.
	64.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HU/HUMANE_SOCIETY_ROYAL.htm (2578 words)

	(GC25B9) Spurn Head {E Yorks} by jstead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Spurn Head is an extraordinary place to visit (even more so from the air!).
		It is a 3 mile long spit of sand and shingle projecting from the SE corner of East Yorkshire into the Humber Estuary and is gradually being pushed to the West as the seaward side is eroded and fresh material is deposited on the estuary side.
		The Head is a nature reserve administered by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust so please respect it – a charge of £2.50 is made for cars but you can walk the 3 miles there and back for free.
	www.geocaching.com /seek/cache_details.asp?ID=9657 (600 words)

	Reader's Digest - British Edition
		The Holderness coast has a long sweep of sandy beaches backed by soft cliffs, but the pounding of the North Sea is gradually wearing down the cliffs and depositing the debris on Spurn Head, a narrow spit at the estuary mouth.
		Beneath Spurn Head is Ravenspur, where Henry Bolingbroke disembarked from France in 1399 to claim the throne as Henry IV.
		East of Goole, at the head of the Humber estuary, the Trent flows across a landscape of marshes and meres to meet the southern Humber shore.
	www.readersdigest.co.uk /travel/humberestuary.htm (483 words)

	Lighthouse Personnel In England, Wales and the Channel Islands, c1790-1911
		Sully was AK at Spurn Head in 1909
		Watson was keeper at Spurn Head when he married in 1797, and apparently continued until his death in 1807.
		AK 1871-6 Eddystone, 4-11/1876 Plymouth Breakwater, 1876-9 Beachy Head, 1879-94 Chapman
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/Lighthouses/LighthousesKeepers.html (8638 words)

	The Battle of Britain - Today's Events Page
		Between 1700 and 1800 hours one aircraft flew inland at Mablethorpe to Kirton-in-Lindsey, and a second at 10,000 feet from Cromer to Spurn Head, Driffield and Hull thence South again to Kirton-in-Lindsey.
		Between 1300 and 1700 hours, eight raids crossed the coast to Wittering, Spurn Head, Nottingham and East Anglia.
		In addition two raids were suspected of minelaying off Spurn Head.
	www.raf.mod.uk /bob1940/today.html (1112 words)

	BirdForum - Confession
		We (my wife and I) had not been interested in birding before, but Spurn, the sea etc. you have to give it a go, it was my birthday, (Late October) so I decided that I would like a telescope to help with our new interest.
		Next day woken by the bin men, I dash off to Spurn Head with my new scope, spotting away like crazy, I ventured into the Hut where they keep the daily list, top of the list is 'Possible Asian Mottled Swift'.
		There was a claim at Spurn in the late eighties, but it was, unsurprisingly, rejected.
	www.birdforum.net /showthread.php?t=15119 (945 words)

	Visiting the Spurn LightVessel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Built in 1927, the 'Spurn' served for 48 years as a vital navigation aid in the approaches to the river Humber.
		The Spurn Lightship is closed October to March and is not suitable for wheelchair users.
		The Spurn Light Website has been designed and is maintained by Dave and Mick Evans.
	www.arcticcorsair.f9.co.uk /spurn/visiting.html (252 words)

	Newsroom - Press Releases
		A fishing vessel, which first came to the attention of the Coastguard on Wednesday, has finally sunk after burning out off Spurn Head.
		To avoid the risk of vessel sinking in River and proving hazardous to passing shipping it was decided to tow the burning vessel to a safe anchorage south east of Spurn Head.
		This was done and just after lunch time today she burnt out and sank at the anchorage in 7 to 12 metres of water.
	www.mcga.gov.uk /c4mca/mcga-dops_pr_newsroom-press-releases-release.htm?mcga_news_id=340&month=10&year=2001 (403 words)

	coastline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Although large towns such as Hornsea are protected by sea walls they may eventually be left cut off at the end of a long peninsula.
		It is this soft sand and clay which is easily eroded by the action of waves.
		A variety of data has been collected showing how Spurn has evolved over the centuries and the impact of wave, wind and climate on the area of the Spurn.
	www.pml.ac.uk /lois/Education/coastl.htm (192 words)

	Holiday rentals in Kilnsea, Yorkshire, Humberside, England, Bluebell Cottage, Cottage
		Spurn Point nature reserve starts within 5 minutes walk of the cottage & is an excellent place for walking, exploring & bird watching.
		The river Humber is also within 5 minutes walk & the ferries can be seen going in & out both from Spurn, the sea side or the river side of the cottage.
		There is a lifeboat station at Spurn and on the point itself there are many world war bunkers still standing which make for good exploring.
	www.holidaylets.net /properties/7614 (710 words)

	Spurn Point near Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire - Yorkshire - UK Attraction
		spurn point, spurn head, sand, shingle, lighthouse, bird watching, sea fishing, walking, family day out, places to visit, north humberside attraction, north east england, english attraction, ukattraction.com.">
		Spurn Point (or Spurn Head as it is also known) is a long, narrow spit of sand and shingle held together with mainly marram grass and sea buckthorn.
		One of the most striking features is the fl and white lighthouse near to the end of Spurn.
	www.ukattraction.com /yorkshire/spurn-point.htm (214 words)

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