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Explanations | General Views | Plants and Birds | Defences and Drift | Lifeboats and Pilot Boats | Wartime Remnants | Lighthouses

Explanations

Explanation of Spurn Point

 

Explanation of Spurn Point

 

Explanation of Spurn Point

 

Explanation of Spurn Point

 

Explanation of Spurn Point

 

Explanation of Spurn Point

 

General Views

Spurn Point from the air

 

Looking south towards Lincolnshire

 

The long curve of Spurn Point

 

Viewing across the Humber towards the end of the point

 

North Sea beach

 

It's bleak at times down here

 

Spurn footpath

 

Blocking the road

 

The road disappears

 

Railway disappears under the sand

 

The railway line appears and disappears

 

Buildings at the end of the point

 

An oil delivery tanker

 

Industry across the Humber at Immingham

 

River traffic control

 

River traffic control

 

Ship passing the tip of Spurn Point

 

Plants and Birds

Plants thrive anywhere

 

Different plants colonise the point

 

Different plants colonise the point

 

Different plants colonise the point

 

Different plants colonise the point

 

Colonisation of the marshland at the north of the point

 

Colonisation of the marshland at the north of the point

 

Heligoland trap explanation

 

Heligoland trap

 

Defences and Drift

Old wooden defences create art forms

 

Old wooden defences create art forms

 

Old wooden defences create art forms

 

Old wooden defences create art forms

 

Old wooden defences create art forms

 

Old wooden defences create art forms

 

Wooden groynes

 

Old wooden defences create art forms

 

Old wooden stakes failing to control erosion

 

Old wooden stakes failing to control erosion

 

Flotsam caught in the wooden groyne

 

Old wooden and concrete sea defences

 

Old wooden and concrete sea defences

 

Concrete sea defences and beach rubbish

 

Concrete sea defences

 

Concrete sea defences

 

Concrete sea defences

 

Concrete sea defences

 

Concrete sea defences

 

Concrete sea defences

 

Concrete blocks to try to halt erosion

 

Crumbling sea defences

 

Crumbling sea defences

 

Erosion by the river

 

Lifeboats and Pilot Boats

Explanation of the Humber lifeboat

 

Explanation of the Humber lifeboat

 

Lifeboat crews' houses

 

Lifeboat station

 

Humber lifeboat

 

Humber lifeboat

 

Humber lifeboat

 

Humber lifeboat

 

Humber lifeboat

 

Humber lifeboat

 

The river pilot's jetty

 

Pilot boat

 

Pilot boat

 

Wartime Remnants

Old fort out in the river

 

Wartime defences

 

Concrete remains

 

Wartime defences

 

Wartime defences

 

Wartime defences

 

Wartime concrete pill box

 

Inside the wartime concrete pill box

 

Inside the wartime concrete pill box

 

Wartime defences reclaimed by nature

 

Wartime defences reclaimed by nature

 

Wartime defences reclaimed by nature

 

Lighthouses

Spurn Low Light

Spurn low light

Spurn low light

Spurn low light

Spurn low light

Spurn low light

 

Spurn Lighthouse

View north-east from Spurn lighthouse

Spurn lighthouse

Spurn lighthouse

Spurn lighthouse

Spurn lighthouse

Spurn lighthouse

 

Spurn lighthouse

Spurn lighthouse

Spurn lighthouse

Spurn lighthouse

Spurn lighthouse

Spurn lighthouse

 

Spurn lighthouse

Spurn lighthouse

Spurn lighthouse

The lighthouses viewed from the river

The lighthouses viewed from the river