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This is the north side of the Humber Estuary, including Spurn Point, and up the East Yorkshire Coast as far as Bridlington.
There is much erosion of this coastline so any descriptions may be out of date fairly soon (after 2026) especially where the path is near the top of the cliffs which are very soft and crumbling at quite an alarming rate. There are many examples of roads which now go over the current cliff line. Roads which followed the top of the cliffs have often been washed away. This is very noticeable on Seaside Lane in Tunstall. Previous paths sometimes followed the cliff top road but, where this has been washed away, a lengthy detour may be needed as some landowners are reluctant to agree to a footpath across their land. This is very noticeable just to the north of Sand le Mere holiday Park in Tunstall.
The current cliffs (2026) are usually too steep and unstable to allow easy access to the beach but there are safe routes down in a few places. Be careful not to get stuck on the beach when a high tide is coming in.
The coastline has been broken up into small sections which can easily be combined into longer days. Buses run from Bridlington to Hornsea and from Hornsea to Withernsea but the route is sometimes a fair distance from the coast. For example, Aldbrough has a bus stop close to coast near the Sellwood Arms yet Garton bus stop is about 2 km from the coast.