GB2SL International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend 20th to 21st August

00.01 UTC 20th August to 24.00 UTC 21st August 2022

Numbers Location information Lighthouses:

Locator: JOØ3BN

UK0080=Spurn Point High

UK0081=Spurn Point Low

WAB: TA-41

LAT: 53.578978n

LNG: 0.06.33 E

Spurn Head (old): A2424X

Grid Reference: TA 40345 11240

Grid Reference (6 figure)
TA403112

X (Easting) 540345, Y (Northing) 411240

Latitude, Longitude (decimal)

53.578980 , 0.11832847

Latitude, Longitude (degs, mins, secs)

53°34′44″N, 000°07′06″E

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The Humber Fortress DX ARC has once again been invited by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, to put on a station during International Lighthouse on the air weekend, Spurn High Light is a visitor attraction the tallest lighthouse in Northern England!

Made of 300,000 Staffordshire bricks, with a height of 128ft (39m) and 145 steps to the top landing, providing a spectacular view of the Spurn nature reserve and the River Humber.

It is 3 years since HF DX A.R.C was last down at Spurn Point to activate GB2SL.

We are pleased to have been invited back by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust to help promote the restored Spurn High lighthouse.

Since our last visit, there have been changes to the shape of Spurn Point and it is now inaccessible to road transport due to the storms of 2013.

With at least 200yrd break between the mainland and Spurn point making a newly created island at high tide.

We are taking a small team of 10, regrettably only those who can climb Stairs can attend this event, manpower and equipment will be ferried to the site by the YWT, in “or should that be on” their Unimog all-terrain vehicle.





Yorkshire Wildlife Trust

International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend

Association of Lighthouse Keepers

Humber Fortress DX ARC.

 

I'll be looking forward to it this weekend