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    Godwin Artillery Battery is next to the Sandy Beaches Holiday Village in Kilnsea, Yorkshire. Built around 1914. In its heyday the battery dominated Kilnsea, and many local girls married soldiers. In World War I the hospital on the camp was used for recuperating soldiers once the focus of the war moved to the Continent.

    The Godwin Coast Artillery Battery was part of the outer defences of the Humber on the stretch of low cliffs near Kilnsea and was the terminal of the Spurn Point railway that supplied the Spurn Point garrison. The site consisted of two 9.2" breech loading (BL) guns mounted in circular concrete pits, underground magazines, crew shelters and workshops. On the right and left of the battery were two observation posts and a single coastal artillery searchlight. The barrack accommodation was unusual, being substantially constructed of brick and concrete: it consisted of a guard house, officers’ quarters and a hospital. The battery was protected by a wall enclosing the landward perimeter, a network of fire trenches and a 20ft ditch filled with barbed wire.
































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    This is a great place to wander around, one of my faves.

    Did you check the abandoned lighthouse on The Point? I have always wanted to get in there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KingElvis View Post
    This is a great place to wander around, one of my faves.

    Did you check the abandoned lighthouse on The Point? I have always wanted to get in there.
    Yes, would love to get up to the top of the light. Been a few times to Spurn Point and always seem to find something new.
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    Great report, the sea really is tearing things apart.

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