it's a beautiful spit of land, so precarious, the sea facing side being completely different to the land facing side, superb different habitats within metres. with a splendid lighthouse. a wonderful strip of grasses holding the whole thing together. truly a wonder
My one and only visit, 2010ish, having to leave the car hafe road up, then the walk to the RNLI station, noting the rail tracks crossing across the Spit and from what I read indicated twas, with the railway serving it then: an industrious re-ammoing point, of WW1 era to begin, from land to sea, that large cruisers or resupply ship would haul up there to take on board, along with the bunkers of such a vital point, piece of land,
they did. My grandparents used to take me there as a kid in the 60's. I still remember seeing narrow guage railway tracks along the tarmac road as it was then. My grandad saw the huge cannons that were installed up there. You could still see the round mounting bases on the ground. The small sailway was used to transport massive shells. I didn't see it on the video, but there was a small round concrete or brick tower on legs on the estuary side. I found old cartridge cases in the mud around it
Hi, I've taken my children quite a number of times (8 and 10). The walk takes a couple of hours to reach the end of the spit. Then back. You need to carefully plan your walk as the spit has been breached and often becomes an island at high tide! There is a truck which I think is operated by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust that provides a guided tour.
From what I understand, an episode of Last Of The Summer Wine was filmed in Spurn Point. It was the one where Compo, Clegg and Foggy went away to a beach resort for x-mas holiday, only to be disappointed that the "resort" was a run-down abandoned shack! Very hilarious indeed!
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Beautiful video. Spurn is one of my favourite places for a good hike along the beach
it's a beautiful spit of land, so precarious, the sea facing side being completely different to the land facing side, superb different habitats within metres. with a splendid lighthouse. a wonderful strip of grasses holding the whole thing together. truly a wonder
My one and only visit, 2010ish, having to leave the car hafe road up, then the walk to the RNLI station, noting the rail tracks crossing across the Spit and from what I read indicated twas, with the railway serving it then: an industrious re-ammoing point, of WW1 era to begin, from land to sea, that large cruisers or resupply ship would haul up there to take on board, along with the bunkers of such a vital point, piece of land,
Awesome ... and they apparently used to sail bogies along the railway to the end too.
they did. My grandparents used to take me there as a kid in the 60's. I still remember seeing narrow guage railway tracks along the tarmac road as it was then. My grandad saw the huge cannons that were installed up there. You could still see the round mounting bases on the ground. The small sailway was used to transport massive shells. I didn't see it on the video, but there was a small round concrete or brick tower on legs on the estuary side. I found old cartridge cases in the mud around it
Great way to do it.
Great video. Is it suitable for kids? And how long does it take to walk right to the end?
Hi, I've taken my children quite a number of times (8 and 10). The walk takes a couple of hours to reach the end of the spit. Then back. You need to carefully plan your walk as the spit has been breached and often becomes an island at high tide! There is a truck which I think is operated by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust that provides a guided tour.
From what I understand, an episode of Last Of The Summer Wine was filmed in Spurn Point. It was the one where Compo, Clegg and Foggy went away to a beach resort for x-mas holiday, only to be disappointed that the "resort" was a run-down abandoned shack! Very hilarious indeed!