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Withernsea
Withernsea is a seaside resort community and also civil church in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, and forms the centerpiece for a broader community of little towns in Holderness. Its most popular landmark is the white inland lighthouse, climbing around 127 feet (39 m) over Hull Road. The lighthouse-- no more energetic-- currently houses a museum to 1950s starlet Kay Kendall, that was born in the town. The Prime Meridian crosses the shore to the north-west of Withernsea. According to the 2011 UK census, Withernsea parish had a population of 6,159, a boost on the 2001 UK census number of 5,980. Like several seaside resorts, Withernsea has a broad promenade which gets to north and also south from Pier Towers, the historical entryway to the pier, built in 1877 at an expense of £12,000. The pier was initially 399 yards (365 metres) long, yet was progressively decreased in length through numerous impacts by local ships, starting with the Saffron in 1880 before the crash by an unnamed ship in 1888, again by a Grimsby angling boat and once again by the Henry Parr in 1893, leaving the once grand pier with a mere 50 feet (15 metres) of damaged timber as well as steel, which was eliminated in 1903. The Pier Towers have actually been reconditioned.