Kilnsea Warren - Humber Estuary - A circular walk of approximately 8 miles.

We parked at  Easington Road car park adjacent to the beach. This is the same car park as used for the Kilnsea Warren - Easington Walk. It has toilet facilities and was ideal for us.

Spurn Head is at the end of a low lying, narrow spit of land leading out into the Humber estuary. It is the southernmost point of the Yorkshire coast. The spit was formed by the sea washing sand and stones from further up the coast in a process called longshore drift. Where the stones have been washed out of the boulder clay their origin is much further away.

Walking towards the lighthouse on the seaward side, an interesting collection of colourful stones was made: 

The concrete sea defence below the lighthouse provided an ideal place for a lunch break and an excellent barrier from a westerly wind. As it was the first section of our coast walk, we walked from the lighthouse to the estuary waters to symbolically dip our feet and mark the start of the journey.

We returned along the track with the view up the estuary towards Hull. As a National Nature Reserve (NNR), there is interesting flora to be seen although a fox at the lighthouse and a deer near the car park were unexpected.

A useful resource:

Spurn National Nature Reserve

Note: The nature reserve may be closed in bad weather.

No dogs permitted.