Bishop leads pilgrimage in honour of forgotten saint
By Sam Hawcroft The Bishop of Hull led nearly 70 pilgrims to the tip of Spurn Point in a journey of prayer, silence and reflection honouring a largely forgotten Anglo-Saxon saint. The Rt Rev Dr Eleanor Sanderson was joined by Rev Philip West, deanery priest for South...
Photography project helping to archive the coastline
By John Prince Visitors to the east coast are being encouraged to explore its landscapes through a network of artistic photo posts. The wood-turned posts, created as part of the Active Beacon Photopost Project, form a series of connected trails designed to guide...
Book celebrates six decades of natural gas
by Terry Bearpark Way back in 1966 a quiet revolution began which was to change the way we cooked and heated our homes for ever. The construction of the Easington Gas Terminal marked a defining moment in British energy history, the point where the nation first began...
£94,000 lottery grant secures future of little tern project
A major conservation project protecting one of the UK’s most successful little tern colonies near Spurn has secured £94,000 in funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The Beacon Ponds little tern project will now be safeguarded through the 2026 to 2028...
Book sheds new light on Spurn
by Terry Bearpark A new book detailing the history of the Spurn lighthouses has been published, marking the 130th anniversary of the last lighthouse to be built on the peninsula. Sentinel of the Sea has been compiled by Easington resident and historian Mike Welton on...
