Author name: Richard Clarke

This photo shows the cliff line immediately north of the concrete promenade at Withernsea. Crossing the fields to the east of their hamlets the people of Owthorne and Withernsea in the 18th century, for example, (s.p.b.) would have had to create some safe way of getting down to the beach to collect stones rounded by

Today’s photo shows a section of the seafront at Withernsea with the large blocks of Norwegian granite breaking the force of the waves at the base of the concrete promenade. Jeffrey’s map of the East Riding, 1775, shows the two ‘sister kirk’ communities of Owthorne and to its south Withernsea as two tiny communities, with

At the northern end of Withernsea’s concrete promenade and granite boulders is a flight of stairs from the beach to the top of the promenade. Beyond this some boulders were deposited (see above) but it is surprising how little coastal erosion there has been north of these. There was some expectation that reinforcing bits of

Withernsea beach at low tide reveals an expanse of sandy beach that would be the envy of many more prestigious seaside towns. In fact the whole of the Holderness coast is made up of pristine sandy beaches often completely deserted, although this is, to a large extent, a result of there being very few access

Today’s photo shows a view of Swine church in the middle distance as taken from the top of Bransholme Castle. Attended an excellent guided walk recently to Bransholme Castle led by Neil who works at the Hull History Centre, this being their contribution to the Hull Heritage Week. His detailed knowledge was very impressive and

Have just completed preparing the quarterly newsletter for the Friends of Pearson Park, my 17th. On Saturday last was highlighting the once green areas off Spring Bank. It was the latest of my monthly guided walks highlighting Hull’s green areas (although this was once green areas). Started at Morpeth St. and spoke about the once