Until early 2023, the southernmost tip, known as Spurn Head or Spurn Point, was the home to an RNLI lifeboat station and two lighthouses that fell into disuse. It is a designated nature reserve ...

Spurn Point lighthouse has stood empty since it stopped operating in 1985. It stands on a thin peninsula of land which juts 3.5 miles (6km) into the North Sea at the mouth of the Humber Estuary.