Withernsea
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Withernsea is a seaside resort town and civil parish in Holderness, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Its white inland lighthouse, rising around above Hull Road, now houses a museum to 1950s actress Kay Kendall, who was born in the town.
Key facts
- UK place.type
- Town and civil parish
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.label_position
- top
- UK place.official_name
- Withernsea
- UK place.population
- 6,159
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Withernsea
- UK place.unitary_england
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- UK place.region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Beverley and Holderness
- UK place.post_town
- WITHERNSEA
- UK place.postcode_district
- HU19
- UK place.postcode_area
- HU
- UK place.dial_code
- 01964
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TA344277
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 150
- UK place.london_direction
- S
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Withernsea is a seaside resort town and civil parish in Holderness, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Its white inland lighthouse, rising around above Hull Road, now houses a museum to 1950s actress Kay Kendall, who was born in the town.
The Prime Meridian crosses the coast north-west of Withernsea.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Withernsea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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