Our seaside town has been destroyed by tourists & extreme weather… it’s like Marmite but will soon disappear
RESIDENTS who live in a seaside town say it has been destroyed by tourists and extreme weather.
Kilnsea in East Yorkshire, on the north bank of the Humber Estuary, is slowly being eroded by the North Sea due to its unique position.
The hamlet is home to one public house called the Crown and Anchor and a World War One concrete acoustic mirror.
It also has two nature reserves and The Spurn Bid Observatory.
But locals say it’s like “Marmite” due to its remote location and lack of facilities.
David Whitaker, 57, runs the pub with his partner Adrian Bennett, 55.
“It’s out of the way, a Marmite place, definitely, as some people just can’t deal with it,” he told YorkshireLive.
They also claim “obsessed” bird watchers cause parking “bedlam” with cars lining the streets.
Linda Brown has lived in Kilnsea with her husband for 15 years.
She said: “If there’s a rare bird, it’s like bedlam. Bird watchers will be parked all over the place.”
The pub’s chef Charlie, 30, added: “They’ll turn up and line the roads and be stood in a bush waiting for this bird to fly. It’s quite peculiar to see.”
While residents say the area can have every type of weather, including wind, rain, sun, hail and snow, in the space of 24 hours.
Linda said: “It has its own climate, you can get everything in one day.”