Holiday Attractions in BridlingtonHoliday attractions and places to visit while visiting Bridlington. Bridlington is a seaside resort, minor sea fishing port and civil parish on the Holderness Coast of the North Sea, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It has a static population of over 33,000, which rises considerably during the tourist season. The town is twinned with Millau in France and Bad Salzuflen in Germany. One of the UK's coastal weather stations is located at Bridlington. It is an area which is said to have the highest coastal erosion rate in Europe. Southward the coast becomes low, but northward it is steep and very fine, where the great spur of Flamborough Head projects eastward. The sea front is protected by a sea wall and a wide beach encouraged by wooden groynes which trap the sand. The beaches are part of a large deposit of smithic sand which stretches out into the bay in sand banks which are an important habitat for many marine species. The climate is temperate with warm summers and cool, wet winters. The hottest months of the year are from June to September, with temperatures reaching an average high of 19 °C (66 °F) and 11 °C (52 °F) at night. The average daytime temperature in winter is 9 °C (48 °F) and 5 °C (41 °F) at night. The nearby Dane's Dyke on Flamborough Head, a 2.5-mile (4 km) long man made dyke dates back to the Bronze Age. A Roman road can be traced into the town and Roman coins have been found in the town. Although the fishing fleet has declined the port remains popular with sea anglers for day trips along the coast or further out to local shipwrecks. Bridlington has lucrative export markets for shell fish to France, Spain and Italy, said to be worth several million pounds a year. The town of Bridlington is divided into two parts:
Bridlington is served by the Bridlington railway station on the Yorkshire Coast Line that runs between Hull and Scarborough. Bridlington is a leading entertainment resort with a nationally-famous venue at The Spa where many famous entertainers appear. Bridlington Priory in the Old Town has a good-sounding ring of eight bells. It also has a large four-manual organ that boasts the widest "scaled" 32 ft reed (contra tuba) in the United Kingdom. |
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