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Hornsea is a small seaside resort town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England at the eastern end of the Trans Pennine Trail. It is well known for its pottery factory, Hornsea Pottery.

Like the larger resorts in the area, (such as Withernsea, Bridlington and Scarborough), the town has a promenade with shops selling fish and chips, ice cream, bucket and spade sets and other traditional seaside paraphanelia. Attractions for the visitor might be the Rainbow's End crazy golf course, amusement arcade s and beach.

Hornsea Mere , a large lake and bird sanctuary, lies near the town and is popular for sailingSailing is motion across a body of water in a sailing ship, or smaller boat, powered by wind. How sailing works The force of the wind is used to create motion by using one or more sails. The movement of the air over the sails acts in the same way that air.

The town should not be confused with HornseyHornsey is a place in London, England in the London Borough of Haringey. It should not be confused with the Yorkshire town of Hornsea. Hornsey lent its name to a district council, covering a wider area than the "village" of Hornsey itself, until the creat, a suburb of LondonLondon is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England, and with over seven million inhabitants in the Greater London area, is the second-most populous conurbation in Europe (after Moscow). From being Londinium the capital of the Roman province of Bri.

Towns in the East Riding of Yorkshire

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