Read's Island

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Read's Island is an island situated just outside the Ancholme sluice, on the Humber Estuary in England. The Lincolnshire Trust suggest it is an artificial island, and a report from 1979 says that it was reclaimed. However, the site was for many years a large sandbank going by the name of "Old Warp" and is shown on the 1734 Customs Map of the Humber where Read's Island now lays, and extending further downstream. ()

Coordinates: 53°40'57"N, 0°32'34"W

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Read's Island – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Normanby Hall, Humber Bridge, St Peter's Church, Yorkshire Wolds Way.

5.7 miSW
Museum, Park, History museum
Normanby Hall, Scunthorpe
145 min walk • Normanby Hall is a classic English mansion, located near the village of Burton-upon-Stather, 5 miles north of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire.
4.1 miNE
Massive suspension bridge over estuary
Humber Bridge, Kingston upon Hull
106 min walk • The Humber Bridge, near Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, is a 2.22 km single-span road suspension bridge, which opened to traffic on 24 June 1981.
4.4 miE
Church
St Peter's Church, Barton-upon-Humber
113 min walk • St Peter's Church is the former parish church of Barton-upon-Humber in North Lincolnshire, England. It is one of the best known Anglo-Saxon buildings, in part due to its role in Thomas Rickman's identification of the style.
5.4 miNE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Yorkshire Wolds Way, Kingston upon Hull
137 min walk • The Yorkshire Wolds Way is a National Trail in Yorkshire, England. It runs 79 miles from Hessle to Filey, around the Yorkshire Wolds. At Filey Brigg, it connects with the Cleveland Way, another National Trail.
4.2 miE
Universities and schools, Museum
Wilderspin National School, Barton-upon-Humber
109 min walk • The Wilderspin National School is a former national school and Grade II listed building in Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire, and a museum focussing on the life and works of Samuel Wilderspin.
4.1 miE
Art gallery, Shopping, Museum
The Ropewalk, Barton-upon-Humber
106 min walk • The Ropewalk, originally Halls' Barton Ropery is a former ropewalk in Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire, first built in 1767. It is a Grade II Listed building and currently operates as a regional centre for the arts.
4.3 miE
Specialty museum, Park, History museum
Baysgarth House Museum, Barton-upon-Humber
109 min walk • Baysgarth House Museum is a local museum located in Baysgarth House, situated in Baysgarth Park, in the market town of Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, England.
3.9 miNW
53°44'1"N • 0°34'53"W
Brough Golf Club, Brough
99 min walk • Golf
1.8 miS
Bridge
Horkstow Bridge
46 min walk • Horkstow Bridge is a suspension bridge that spans the New River Ancholme near the village of Horkstow in North Lincolnshire. It was designed by Sir John Rennie as part of the River Ancholme Drainage Scheme, completed in 1836, and is a Grade II* listed building.
2.6 miNE
Ship
Ferriby Boats, North Ferriby
66 min walk • The Ferriby Boats are three Bronze-Age British sewn plank-built boats, parts of which were discovered at North Ferriby in the East Riding of the English county of Yorkshire. Only a small number of boats of a similar period have been found in Britain and the Ferriby examples are the earliest known sewn-plank boats found in Europe.
4.3 miE
Park
Baysgarth Park, Barton-upon-Humber
109 min walk • Baysgarth Park is a public park situated in the market town of Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, England. The park provides thirty acres of recreational space off Brigg Road to the south of the town.