Hornsea
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Hornsea is a small seaside resort town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England at the eastern end of the Trans Pennine Trail. It is well known for its pottery factory, Hornsea Pottery. Along with exhibits of fascinating local history, the largest display of Hornsea Pottery in the world can be seen at the Hornsea Museum, which is located in Newbegin, the main street of Hornsea. It has many coastal defences such as sea walls, groynes and beach nourishment. A sea wall is a wall that is used to absorb waves. Groynes are rock or wooden types that hold material threatened by longshore drift. Beach nourishment is replacing a beach lost by longshore drift. Longshore drift is when waves hit the beach at a certain angle and move material up the beach. Despite these defences, Hornsea's primarily cliff-based shoreline is eroding at the one of the fastest known rates in Europe.[2]
Like the larger resorts in the area, (such as Withernsea, Bridlington, Filey and Scarborough), the town has a promenade with shops selling fish and chips, ice cream, bucket and spade sets and other traditional seaside paraphernalia. Attractions for the visitor might be the Rainbow's End crazy golf course.
Hornsea Mere, a large lake and bird sanctuary, lies near the town and is popular for sailing. Hornsea Mere is a natural lake (not man made) which was created by glacial movement during the Ice Age.
From 1854 to 1964 Hornsea had a railway station which connected it to Hull. This line was opened by Joseph Armitage Wade, whose house once stood where Hornsea School and Language College stands today. A cottage close to the school was once owned by Lawrence of Arabia and Winston Churchill visited, and was photographed in, a house nearby. Another famous visitor to the town was the Victorian novelist Charlotte Brontë.[3] After the railway was axed by Dr Richard Beeching (see British Rail), the old line became the final lap of the Trans Pennine Trail. The old railway line is now a well maintained walking and cycling (bicycles only) trail. It is a very pleasant trail with appropriate stopping points for picnic lunches.
On the southern edge of Hornsea, (near the former site of Hornsea Pottery) is a large shopping centre known as Hornsea Freeport, which was the first shopping centre of its kind in this part of the north-east.
[edit] External links
- Hornsea Online
- Hornsea Town Council
- Hornsea School & Language College
- Hornsea Museum
- Hornsea Carnival
- Hornsea Scouts
- 298 (Hornsea) Squadron Air Training Corps
- Hornsea Sailing Club
[edit] References
- ^ http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=790980&c=Hornsea&d=16&e=15&g=391076&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779
- ^ http://www.hull.ac.uk/coastalobs/hornsea/erosionandflooding/index.html
- ^ Gaskell, Elizabeth Claghorn. "29", The Life of Charlotte Bronte, Volume 2.
