Withernsea is a seaside resort community and also civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, and develops the prime focus for a larger community of little villages in Holderness. Its most renowned landmark is the white inland lighthouse, increasing around 127 feet (39 m) over Hull Road. The lighthouse-- no longer active-- currently houses a gallery to 1950s actress Kay Kendall, that was born in the town. The Prime Meridian crosses the coastline to the north-west of Withernsea. According to the 2011 UK census, Withernsea parish had a population of 6,159, a rise on the 2001 UK census number of 5,980. Like numerous seaside resorts, Withernsea has a large promenade which reaches north and southern from Pier Towers, the historical entryway to the pier, built in 1877 at a price of £12,000. The pier was originally 399 backyards (365 metres) long, however was gradually reduced in length through several impacts by local ships, beginning with the Saffron in 1880 before the collision by an unrevealed ship in 1888, once more by a Grimsby angling boat and also again by the Henry Parr in 1893, leaving the when grand pier with a mere 50 feet (15 metres) of damaged wood as well as steel, which was eliminated in 1903. The Pier Towers have actually been reconditioned.