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The spit is over 3 miles long and as little as 50 yards wide in places, reaching into the North Sea and forming the north bank of the mouth of the Humber estuary. The southernmost tip is Spurn Head itself, and here stands an RNLI lifeboat station and disused lighthouse. | The spit is over 3 miles long and as little as 50 yards wide in places, reaching into the North Sea and forming the north bank of the mouth of the Humber estuary. The southernmost tip is Spurn Head itself, and here stands an RNLI lifeboat station and disused lighthouse. | ||
Spurn Head covers 279 acres above high water and 447 acres of foreshore. It has been owned since 1960 by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust}}<noinclude> | Spurn Head covers 279 acres above high water and 447 acres of foreshore. It has been owned since 1960 by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust.}}<noinclude> | ||
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